Project Controls & Governance Lead

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive culture and collaboration

Access to online and in-person courses

Competitive rewards package (base, bon

Pension and profit sharing

Paid vacation, personal & sick days

Medical, vision, and dental

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Project Control Officer to support planning, control, and monitoring of programs within the Enterprise Delivery Office. Responsibilities include integrated scheduling, financial tracking, risk and issue management, change control, and governance support across multiple workstreams.

You will partner with Delivery Managers, Finance, and stakeholders to ensure transparency, predictability, and adherence to enterprise standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline.
• 3–5 years of experience in project controls, PMO, project coordination, or delivery support roles.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and reporting skills.
• Strong project financial management experience, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, resource planning, and funding governance.
• CAPM, PMP (an asset) or equivalent certification preferred
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and dependencies across assigned projects or programs.
• Track and report on delivery performance including schedule, cost, scope, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Maintain RAID logs, change logs, decision logs, and action items, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare executive-ready status reports, dashboards, and materials for governance forums and leadership consumption.
• Support monthly and quarterly reporting cycles, ensuring alignment with enterprise reporting standards.
• Support project financial management including budget tracking, forecasting, accruals, actuals, and variance analysis.
• Partner with Delivery Managers and Finance to ensure financial controls, data integrity, and timely reporting.
• Support vendor financial tracking, invoice validation, and cost allocation activities.
• Identify financial risks, trends, and variances, escalating concerns and insights as appropriate.
• Support integrated planning across multiple workstreams, teams, and delivery partners.
• Assist in identifying, tracking, and escalating delivery risks and issues, including clear articulation of impacts and mitigation options.
• Enable effective dependency management across internal and external teams.
• Support delivery governance forums at the Director and VP levels, including preparation of materials and tracking of actions and decisions.
• Ensure adherence to Enterprise Delivery Frameworks, controls, and audit requirements.
• Support delivery assurance activities, including internal reviews, audits, and regulatory requests.
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready documentation aligned to enterprise standards.
• Partner closely with Delivery Managers, Program Managers, Technology teams, Business stakeholders, Risk, and Finance.
• Coordinate inputs from multiple teams to ensure consistent, accurate, and timely reporting.
• Build strong working relationships through clear communication, responsiveness, and attention to detail.
• Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing delivery culture consistent with Scotiabank’s Values and Code of Conduct

Skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline

Job description

Scotiabank is seeking a Project Control Officer to support planning, control, and monitoring of programs within the Enterprise Delivery Office. Responsibilities include integrated scheduling, financial tracking, risk and issue management, change control, and governance support across multiple workstreams.

You will partner with Delivery Managers, Finance, and stakeholders to ensure transparency, predictability, and adherence to enterprise standards in a fast-paced environment.