Project Control Officer

Dawn InfoTek; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn InfoTek is seeking a Project Control Officer to join a major bank for a 6-month contract. This role involves financial management activities, collaboration with IT and project teams, and utilizing tools like MS Project and Clarity. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in financial institutions, strong communication skills, and a background in risk regulatory projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PCO experience in financial institutions working on project financials.
• 2+ years of recent experience with top 5 Canadian bank.
• 2+ years of recent experience using Clarity (CA-PPM).

Responsibilities

• Perform financial management activities such as project budget forecasting and payment processing.
• Collaborate with IT management teams to ensure effective execution of mandated assessments.
• Support the Delivery Manager/Project Manager to maintain project momentum.

Skills

PCO experience

Financial Management

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Risk Regulatory Projects

Education

Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field

Tools

Clarity (CA-PPM)

MS Project

MS Office Suite (Excel proficient)

Job description

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Base pay range

CA$50.00/hr - CA$70.00/hr

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Senior Technical Recruiter @ Dawn InfoTek | Talent Management

Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

We are currently seeking competent individuals to fulfill the role of

Project Control Officer to join our dynamic team for our client, one of the major banks.

Hybrid: 3 days (Anchor days: Tuesday, Thursdays. Days will change based on the project need)

Contract Duration: 6 months

Possibility of extension: 12-month extension based on performance and business needs.

Pay range: $50 - $70/hr + HST

Key Accountabilities:

• Perform financial management activities such as project budget forecasting and payment processing while following the bank guidelines, for the different components of the budget including international and Canadian project teams. Create financial Project Change Requests (PCRs) to ensure the costs are allocated to the correct Component/Cost Element.

• Update the financial information for the Executive Steering Committee documents. Administrate the SharePoint for the Collection Solutions. Interact and support the countries/regions with the financial management of the budget assigned as per the approved business case, by building and maintaining a strong partnership with them.

• Collaborate with IT management teams, security advisory and operational Risk teams, on a Global Scale to ensure effective execution of mandated assessments

• Develop/enhance and/or execute effective communication models to assist with the management of reported vulnerabilities, control gaps, people and process related gaps, issues and their remediation

• Identify opportunities and gaps within internal process and procedures to develop/enhance and/or execute strategies for improvement and maturity within each program, inclusive of but not limited to, execution, operations, reporting and tracking

• Be responsible for adherence to established process flows that ensure development teams, infrastructure teams and business owners implement control measure that effectively mitigate or eliminate risk.

• Be responsible for scheduling, oversight of execution, creation and management of deliverables to stakeholders

• Support the Delivery Manager / Project Manager to ensure all appropriate areas are represented on the project team and to maintain the momentum of the project against a background of constantly conflicting priorities. The individual is required to multitask on several projects at one time depending on the complexity and activities in progress.

• Formally document and cost project activities by using the Microsoft Project tool Definition of development activities at sufficient detail levels (not to exceed 10 workday increments and not to detail less than 4 hours) Ongoing communication of project status, completing the agreed-on project reports, and escalating issues to the Delivery Manager, or Senior Delivery Manager as required

• Responsible for supporting the Delivery Team in the following: Maintain the project files; Risk, Actions, and Issues log (RAID), this pertains to project documentation, approvals, drawdowns, spreadsheets, meeting minutes, monthly status reports, third-party contracts, and other correspondence and documentation as appropriate.

1. 5+ years of PCO experience in financial institutions working on project financials.

2. 2+ years of recent experience with top 5 Canadian bank

3. 2+ years of recent Experience using Clarity (CA-PPM)

4. 4+ years of experience with MS project

5. Strong experience with MS office suite (proficient in excel)

Nice to have:

1. Bank experience preferred.

2. PMP certification is nice to have

3. Previous exp with Risk regulatory projects

Soft Skills Required:

- High work ethics

- Extroverted and Outgoing

- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills

- Quick learner

Education:

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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