Project control officer

Job Description

About the job
Story Behind the Need

• Business group: Global Compliance & AML Program Office

The team works on AML & Compliance programs and projects. They have multiple projects coming up and the successful candidates are required to support the enhancement and upgrades of existing programs and processes.

Candidate Value Proposition

The successful candidates will be working as part of a team made up of several layers of project stakeholders, exposing them to more opportunity to grow within the bank and learn about the bank’s Compliance & AML systems.

Typical Day in Role

-Maintain the budget; this includes auditing items to be delivered under projects

-reviewing the weekly and monthly time tracking reports for anomalies

-ensuring all invoices have been approved with the proper sign-offs prior to payment and ensuring drawdowns are properly recorded and maintaining ongoing cost to complete forecasts. This includes full reconciliation of the project budget and completing investigations for differences as they occur

– Responsible for supporting the Delivery Team in the following: Maintain the project files; this pertains to project documentation, approvals, drawdowns, spreadsheets, meeting minutes, monthly status reports, third party contracts and other correspondence and documentation as appropriate.

– Support the Delivery Manager to ensure all appropriate areas are represented on the project team and to maintain momentum of the project against a background of constantly conflicting priorities

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1. 5+ years of experience working on projects end-to-end in FI

2. Strong proficiency in MS Excel

3. 3+ years of experience with MS Projects

4. 3+ years of experience working on financial project management and budget management

5. Bilingual in fluent Spanish & English is a must

Nice to Have:

– Experience with Clarity

-experience working on projects at big 5 banks in Canada (especially client)

-Bilingual in Spanish/English

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills – must be able to explain things clearly to project team members

• Strong analytical skills

• Time management skills

-ability to work well within a team

-strong organization skills

-ability to prioritize and multi-task

Education:

Post-Secondary Degree/Diploma

Best vs Average:

The ideal candidate would have financial management experience at one of the big 5 banks and would have Clarity experience as well.

Candidate Review & Selection

1st round – HM + Director – 30 mins – MS Teams Video – Technical & behavioral focus

2nd round – HM + Director – 30 mins – MS teams Video – Behavioral & Technical focus