Project Control Officer - 105989-1

Our client, a major Canadian financial institution, is seeking an Intermediate Project Control Officer to join their Technology Operations team. This role is essential for maintaining financial governance, resource management controls, and operational efficiency across multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will exercise independent judgment within defined procedures to support resource management and project financial governance, including GL reconciliation, tracking actuals vs. forecasts, and preparing impactful reporting for senior leadership.

Contract Duration: 3 Months (Strong potential for extension based on performance)

Advantages
•Prestigious Enterprise Experience: Gain exposure working within a top-tier Canadian bank and building relationships with senior leadership.
•Hybrid Work Flexibility: Enjoy a hybrid schedule combining the convenience of remote work with an modern office location in downtown Toronto.
•Extension Potential: Opportunity for contract renewal for top-performing candidates.
•Collaborative Team Environment: Join a tight-knit 6-member team that fosters collaboration across financial, resource, third-party, and contract governance.


Responsibilities
•Project Financial Governance: Manage and reconcile project financials, including GL reconciliation, accruals, chargebacks, invoice tracing, LE & actual updates, and variance analysis with commentary.
•Resource Governance & Tool Support: Oversee resource allocation governance, assist with onboarding users to the proprietary Eclipse tool, and provide first-line technical support.
•Reporting & Executive Summaries: Prepare financial, status, and resourcing reports for leadership and executive steering committees; synthesize complex data to tell an impactful story.
•Lifecycle & Operational Support: Maintain financial forecasts, monitor governance activities, track progress, and escalate risks, issues, and action items across all project phases.
•Month-End Priority: Support critical month-end operational activities and ensure strict adherence to reporting timelines.


Qualifications
•Experience: 3 to 5+ years of experience as a Project Control Officer (PCO), Senior IT Project Coordinator, or similar role in an enterprise environment.
•Financial Management: Demonstrated expertise in managing program/project financials, including GL reconciliation and executive financial reporting.
•Technical & Data Skills: Strong ability to pull, manipulate, analyze, and present data using tools like MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and SharePoint.
•Soft Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication, strong attention to detail, and a proven ability to synthesize data for high-level executive storytelling.
•Asset/Nice-to-Haves: Prior experience with Banks, familiarity with GL reconciliation, hands-on experience with Eclipse, Jira, Power BI, or Alteryx.


Summary
This role offers an exceptional opportunity for a detail-oriented Project Control Officer to step into a collaborative Technology Operations group and drive impact through robust project financial controls and resource governance. If you bring 4+ years of hands-on financial reconciliation experience and excel at translating data into actionable insights for leadership, we encourage you to apply today!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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