PROJECT CONTROL OFFICER - Montreal

BDC; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian financial institution in Montreal is seeking a Project Control Officer to support the EPMO department. The ideal candidate will monitor and coordinate all project plans, identify budget and resource issues, and ensure project interdependencies are managed effectively. A Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, or computer science, along with project management certification and three years of relevant experience, are required. This role offers a hybrid work model and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

$750 wellness and health care spending account

Paid vacation and personal days

Opportunities for learning and development

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years’ experience in a similar role.
• Excellent analytical skills in multi-project monitoring.
• Dynamic, rigorous, well organized.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and coordinate all project plans.
• Establish interdependencies within and between schedules.
• Create and maintain a global plan with team leads and project managers.
• Coordinate report production to monitor project expenses.
• Ensure consistency in administrative and logistical aspects for meetings and project launches.

Skills

Project management

Problem-solving

Bilingual (French and English)

Analytical skills

Coordination

Excel proficiency

MS Project (EPM)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or computer science

Certification in project management

Job description

We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few
• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1
• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life
• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more...

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POSITION OVERVIEW

BDC is looking for a Project Control Officer (PCO) to support the EPMO department. In this role, the Officer will monitor and coordinate all project plans by determining potential budget, resource, timing and workload issues with project managers. If being a team player and connecting with clients are values that are important to you, you’ve come to the right place!

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

As an expert, you will be in the best position for an overview of the project portfolio! You will be asked to work and contribute at all stages, including the following:

• Monitor and coordinate all project plans while taking the initiative to determine clear conflicts in each plan to find a solution
• Check that interdependencies within and between schedules are correctly established, and monitor WIP units and tasks
• To maximize resource allocation and with a view to managing capacity, create, update and maintain a global plan with the participation of all team leads and project managers so that management has an overview of all projects in progress
• Coordinate report production so as to monitor and foresee all project expenses (invoice management)
• Verify any unforeseen deviation with project managers by making sure that the justification is duly documented in accordance with project management methodology
• Make sure the administrative and logistical part is consistent for all progress meetings, project launches and closures

WHAT MAKES OUR OFFER INTERESTING?

Because each day, you will contribute to the advancement of the Business Development Bank of Canada’s projects!

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

If you can answer “YES” to the following questions, you may be just the person we are looking for:

• Do you have a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or computer science, combined with a certification in project management?
• Do you have three years’ experience in a similar role?
• Have you unlocked all the secrets of Excel?

Your application will get our attention if you’re bilingual (French and English, both spoken and written) and you have excellent analytical skills in multi-project monitoring. You are known for your excellent ability to solve problems and follow up. You work efficiently with an integrated projects team and are proficient in MS Project (EPM). You are dynamic, rigorous, very independent and well organized.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail].

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.