Intermediate Project Manager On behalf of our client in the Financial Services Sector, Procom is looking for a Intermediate Project Manager
Intermediate Project Manager – Job Description
- Reporting to the Senior Portfolio Manager, the Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for providing day-to-day execution support for multiple programs and/or projects of high complexity and ensuring their assigned projects/programs are adhering to project management delivery methodologies, gating methodologies and financial processes
- Maintain and monitor project plans, project schedules and work hours
- Manage budgets and expenditures over 10 million
- Maintain appropriate project/program governance and reporting
- Coordination and development of project/program materials in support of project status meetings, leadership committees and executive steering committees
- Support project managers at meetings i.e. chairing meetings (if needed), taking minutes and tracking action items and agreements
- Prepare executive level power point presentation materials as required to support project managers
- Monitor, follow-up and organize project and program change requests
- Build and maintain a project/program level Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies Log
- Manage small work packages and enhancements to support upskilling towards a project manager role
- Ensure projects adhere to the project management delivery methodology and gating process
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and increase efficiency
- Diligently update and ensure currency of project timekeeping, financials, resourcing plans across systems as needed relative to plan, actuals and forecasts
Intermediate Project Manager – Mandatory Skills
- 2-3 years’ experience in a project management environment either working on projects as a team member or in a project management support role
- Very strong financial management experience (estimation, budget tracking, forecasts, accruals, etc.)
- Experience in data management and analysis to generate value-added outputs
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain business tools and applications to enable report development
- Ability to balance multiple priorities, meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while ensuring details are not missed; thrives in dynamic environment and is adaptable to changing needs
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal; able to prepare and present information effectively and concisely to senior management
- Continuous learner – able to quickly learn, apply and master new concepts
- Proficiency with Microsoft Suite
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project Online
Intermediate Project Manager – Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of and understanding of Project Management methods, practices, processes, scheduling software and SharePoint
- CAPM – Certified associate in project management
Intermediate Project Manager – Assignment Start Date ASAP – 6 months to start
Intermediate Project Manager – Assignment Location Toronto, ON – Work Hybrid