Project Control Officer

freelance.ca; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm seeks a motivated Project Control Officer in Toronto for a 5-month hybrid contract. The role involves managing RAID logs, financial tracking, and interdependency management in the banking industry. Ideal candidates will have at least 8 years of experience and proficiency in JIRA and MS Office applications.

Benefits

Personalized CARE plan for employees

Diversity & Inclusion Charter

Qualifications

• 8 years' experience or more in project control activities.
• Proficient in JIRA, Clarity, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage RAID log and maintain its coherency.
• Prepare and consolidate reporting materials.
• Track interdependencies across project workstreams.
• Consolidate monthly costs forecasts and analyze variances.
• Maintain project change control and manage related tasks.

Skills

JIRA

Clarity

MS Office (PowerPoint)

MS Office (Excel)

Schedule Management

Reporting

RAID Management

Financial Management

Education

8 years' experience or more

Tools

SharePoint

Confluence

Job description

Job Offer : Project Control Officer

Location : Toronto

Contract Duration : 5 months

Work Mode : Hybrid

Start Date : ASAP

Why Join Us?

The company is a global leader in technology consulting. With 9,600 experts worldwide, we guide our clients through digital transformation by developing innovative solutions. In Canada, we excel in IT and engineering. We collaborate with leading companies to tackle major technological challenges, putting innovation, collaboration, and excellence at the heart of our actions. Join a passionate and committed team ready to bring your ideas to life.

About the Role

On behalf of our client in the Banking industry, the company is seeking a motivated Project Control Officer ready to take on new challenges.

Your Responsibilities

• RAID log management – Ingestion of Risk / Action / Issue / Decision items, maintain coherency / currency of the RAID log.
• Reporting – Consolidation / Preparation of reporting materials (Weekly status report, ESC materials, ad-hoc requests).
• Interdependency Management – Consolidation / Tracking of interdependencies across project workstreams as well as outside or project.
• Financial Management – Consolidation of monthly costs forecasts, tracking of actual spend and analysis of variances between forecast and actuals, vendor accruals, invoicing.
• Project change control – Maintain PCR list and action related tasks / activities.
• Artifact management – Organize / track / index required artifacts and log exceptions / exemptions, assist during compliance / delivery assurance reviews.
• Schedule Management – track and report on identified tasks / deliverables / milestones, highlight / escalate slippages for action / attention.

Your Qualifications

Education / Experience : 8 years' experience or more.

Key Skills :

• JIRA experience.
• Clarity experience.
• In-depth knowledge of MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Must be proficient specifically in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Project Monitor and Control Activities (Schedule Management, Reporting, RAID Management, Financial Management etc.).

Nice to have : SharePoint, Confluence.

Personal Qualities :

• Analytical and solution-oriented mindset.
• Team collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Autonomy and rigor in managing priorities.

The Advantages

• Personalized CARE plan for our employees.
• Diversity & Inclusion Charter.