IT Project Controller - Banking

Erudite Innovation; Semenyih; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Erudite Innovation is seeking an IT Project Controller to deliver project controls, financial tracking and governance support across IT programmes in a banking environment.

You will monitor scope, budget, schedule, resources and milestones, producing dashboards and regular management reports for PMO and senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Business Administration, Finance, Project Management or related field.
• 3-8+ years of experience in Project Control, PMO, Project Coordination or IT Project Management.
• Strong experience with project financial tracking and reporting.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Experience with project scheduling and milestone tracking.
• Good understanding of IT project lifecycle and PMO governance.
• Experience preparing management dashboards and project reports.
• Strong understanding of CAPEX, OPEX, forecasting and variance analysis. Experience working with vendors and procurement teams.
• Banking / financial-services experience is highly preferred.
• Strong communication, analytical and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers in the planning, monitoring and control of IT projects.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables and dependencies.
• Track project progress against approved baseline plans.
• Monitor project budget, actual expenditure, forecast and variance.
• Prepare project financial reports and budget forecasts.
• Track CAPEX / OPEX, resource costs, purchase orders and accruals.
• Perform cost variance analysis and highlight potential budget overruns.
• Maintain project cost forecasts and support financial planning.
• Monitor timelines and identify schedule slippage.
• Maintain RAID logs covering Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.
• Track milestones and overdue deliverables.
• Prepare dashboards and weekly/monthly management reports.
• Consolidate status information from Project Managers and technical teams.
• Produce project portfolio reports for PMO and senior management.
• Support Project Governance / Steering Committee meetings.
• Prepare presentations and management dashboards.
• Monitor resource utilization and capacity.
• Track vendor deliverables and contracts.
• Ensure documentation per PMO standards.
• Support project change control and forecast updates.
• Track risks and financial impact.
• Support audits with governance documentation.

Skills

Project controls

Budgeting

Schedule management

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder communication

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT, Business Administration, Finance, Project Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MS Project

Power BI

PowerPoint

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Clarity / PPM tools

Job description

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Responsible for providing project controls, financial tracking, scheduling, reporting and governance support across IT projects and programmes within a banking environment. The IT Project Controller ensures project performance is accurately monitored against approved scope, budget, schedule, resources and milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers in the planning, monitoring and control of IT projects.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables and dependencies.
• Track project progress against approved baseline plans.
• Monitor project budget, actual expenditure, forecast and variance.
• Prepare project financial reports and budget forecasts.
• Track:
• CAPEX / OPEX
• Resource costs
• Purchase orders
• Accruals
• Perform cost variance analysis and highlight potential budget overruns.
• Maintain project cost forecasts and support financial planning.
• Monitor project timelines and identify schedule slippage.
• Maintain project RAID logs covering Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.
• Track project milestones and overdue deliverables.
• Prepare project dashboards and weekly/monthly management reports.
• Consolidate project status information from Project Managers, Business Analysts and technical teams.
• Produce project portfolio reports for PMO and senior management.
• Support Project Governance / Steering Committee meetings.
• Prepare presentations, project status packs and management dashboards.
• Monitor project resource utilisation and capacity.
• Track internal and external project resources.
• Monitor vendor deliverables, invoices, contracts and project expenditure.
• Ensure project documentation is complete and maintained according to PMO standards.
• Support project change control by tracking approved scope, schedule and budget changes.
• Maintain project baselines and update forecasts following approved changes.
• Track project risks and financial impact.
• Support project audits by providing financial, governance and project-control documentation.
• Identify project control issues and ***escalate*** them to the Project Manager / PMO.
• Ensure projects comply with the bank's IT governance, procurement, financial control and audit requirements.
• Support project closure activities, including final cost reconciliation and lessons learned.

Banking IT Project Experience

• Core Banking
• Internet Banking
• Payments
• Cards
• Loans / Financing
• AML / KYC
• Cybersecurity
• Infrastructure Transformation
• Data / Analytics
• Application Development
• E-Invoicing
• Regulatory / Compliance Projects
• IT Transformation

Experience supporting projects such as:

• Core Banking
• Internet Banking
• Payments
• Cards
• Loans / Financing
• AML / KYC
• Cybersecurity
• Infrastructure Transformation
• Data / Analytics
• Application Development
• E-Invoicing
• Regulatory / Compliance Projects
• IT Transformation

Project Control Areas

Schedule Control

• Milestone tracking
• Critical path
• Schedule variance
• Project completion forecasting
• Actual cost
• Forecast cost
• Budget variance
• CAPEX / OPEX
• Cost-to-complete

Resource Control

• Resource allocation
• Internal / external resources
• Contractor tracking

Governance

• RAID management
• Change control
• Steering committee reporting
• Audit support

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Excel - advanced formulas, PivotTables, financial analysis
• MS Project
• Power BI
• PowerPoint
• Jira
• Confluence
• ServiceNow
• Clarity / PPM tools

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Business Administration, Finance, Project Management or related field.
• 3-8+ years of experience in Project Control, PMO, Project Coordination or IT Project Management.
• Strong experience with project financial tracking and reporting.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Experience with project scheduling and milestone tracking.
• Good understanding of IT project lifecycle and PMO governance.
• Experience preparing management dashboards and project reports.
• Strong understanding of CAPEX, OPEX, forecasting and variance analysis.Experience working with vendors and procurement teams.
• Banking / financial-services experience is highly preferred.
• Strong communication, analytical and organisational skills.

Preferred Certifications

• PMP
• PRINCE2
• PMI-SP
• PMO certification
• ITIL
• Finance / accounting certification is beneficial