Project Control Officer

ProViso Staffing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency in Toronto is seeking a Project Manager with 8+ years of experience in financial services, particularly in payments. The role involves managing relationships with various stakeholders and overseeing financial activities related to a large-scale compliance program. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and be proficient in project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall. The position is a 5-month contract.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project management.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with partners related to program financials.
• Utilize project management software for financial reporting.
• Work closely with TS Finance for necessary financial data.
• Manage all financial meetings and support invoice processing.
• Update internal financial management tracking tools.
• Track and report resource utilization.
• Act as a central point of communication for stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Agile experience

Waterfall methodology

Governance

Financial services experience

Strong analytical background

Jira

Excel

MS Project

Clarity

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

Jira

Excel

MS Project

Clarity

Job description

Candidate profile details

• Years of experience : 8+
• Interaction with Stakeholders : with delivery team – 100%, others from the business or executive – depends
• Project : 1 project, fraud assessment activities and scoping – working with payment systems.
• Selling Point of the position : Large scale compliance program that will give experience within the payments space
• How will performance be measured : deliverables, deadlines, ability to complete the assigned work at a certain quality
• Best vs Average Candidate : someone who is independent, minimum supervision, good understanding of Agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery. Pretty short learning curve, critical thinking, clear communicator, well organized, ability to articulate where they need support and to be able to run the assignments

Summary of day-to-day responsibilities

• Manage relationships and all activities with all required partners (business, TS Finance, program PMO, TS project teams, external partners) related to program one-time and on-going financials (prepare budget, forecasts, and actuals).
• Utilize project management software for development and distribution of comprehensive set of monthly, weekly, and ad hoc project financial reporting to a variety of program stakeholders (including templates for use by other project members).
• Work closely with TS Finance to provide necessary detailed financial data to support the forecasting and tracking of capitalization and amortization.
• Manage all financial status meetings for the program. Provide support for invoice processing.
• Manage process for all required updates to internal financial management tracking tools (e.g. EPM, Carpe Diem).
• Manage reporting and tracking for resource utilization.
• Exercise discretion in managing correspondence and information, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Act as central point of communication for core team members, management, business partners and other stakeholders on program, organization, and platform issues.

Must have

• Project management
• Agile exp / waterfall
• Governance
• Project management Financials
• Financial services, FI / Banking experiences specific to Payments experience
• Strong analytical background
• Jira
• Excel
• MS Project
• Clarity
• Critical thinking, clear communicator, well organized

Nice To Have

• Prior client exp within the last 2 years

Job Details

• 13169
• Contract
• 5 months
• Toronto
• J-18808-Ljbffr