Senior Project Coordinator

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Scotiabank as a Senior Project Coordinator, where you'll support a variety of projects across business lines in a dynamic and inclusive working culture. You'll leverage your project management expertise and financial acumen to deliver best practices and drive innovation. This role requires collaboration with diverse teams and offers a path to long-term career development within the organization.

Benefits

Competitive rewards package

Access to online and in-person courses

Strong support network

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of project coordination/management experience.
• Strong financial management experience with program/project budgets.
• Advanced experience with MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support management on scheduling, planning, invoicing for projects.
• Manage accruals and actuals, ensuring accurate entries.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure business needs are met.

Skills

Financial management

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

CA PPM

MS Projects

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Requisition ID: 227592

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Role:

Senior Project Coordinator, Project Delivery & Support

About the Team

Projects Delivery & Support (PD&S) is a centralized project management office that supports various technology and business teams across the bank. As a Senior Project Coordinator in PD&S, you will support/lead a variety of projects across business lines and technologies, using various project management methodologies and tools. You will work in a culturally diverse environment while providing our Technology and Business partners with best-in-class project management expertise.Come join our innovative and results oriented team!

Is this role right for you?

• Support management on scheduling, planning, invoicing and forecasting financials for all assigned projects
• Manage and review accruals and actuals, ensuring they are entered in the appropriate tools prior to the monthly cycles
• Support the forecast process within Bank’s targets and drive to meet KPIs
• Create and manage project delivery artifacts for various management reviews and meetings
• Provide timely and accurate updates to the project manager and leadership teams as applicable
• Help drive best practices in order to increase efficiencies, drive innovation, and create value for the business
• Provide consulting on project initiatives including business case preparation and developing creative/alternative approaches to problem resolution
• Develop a strong partnership with the Business Sponsor to gain an understanding of requirements, sustain open dialogue to manage product backlog & benefits
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure business needs and outcomes of the project are achieved
• Participate in establishing project scope to ensure focus on delivery
• Support resource requirement identification and expectation management
• Create project plans and manage dependencies in accordance with project team needs

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed?

• 5-7 years of project coordination/management experience
• Strong financial management experience with program/project budgets
• Strong communication (verbal/written/presentation), relationship building and analytical skills.
• Advanced experience with MS Excel and MS PowerPoint and enjoys creating presentations for executive management
• Knowledge of project management tools and techniques (e.g., CA PPM, MS Projects, JIRA, Confluence)
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline
• Nice to Have:PMP certification

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success!
• Strong support network that creates a Project Management community of practice and ensures you are supported to drive success from day 1
• We are committed to investing in our employees and helping you continue your career at Scotiabank
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental benefits and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.