IT Project Manager

3 weeks ago

Toronto ON, Canada Nexus Systems Group Inc. Full time

Location Address: Toronto – hybrid – onsite once a week at least
Contract Duration: 9 months
Possibility of extension & conversion to FTE
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday (Possible OT)
Reason: backfill

Story Behind the Need

Business group: Global Compliance & AML

Project: PCMLTFA – A regulatory project mandated by FINTRAC with multiple work streams.

The successful candidate will be working with 1st lines of businesses (Wealth Management and Global Banking and Market). The PM will be working alongside with another PM who will be managing the enterprise-side.

Candidate Value Proposition:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on an new enterprise-wide project which is in its initial phases (so a lot of room to help define the project plan) within AML at one of the top 5 Canadian Banks, gaining exposure to business and technology lines.

Typical Day in Role from a First Line Perspective:
-Interacts with 1st line of business teams (Wealth management and GBM)
- Interacts closely with multiple stakeholders at various levels to define the project plan: the technology team, developers, the tech PM, with business sponsor, VP’s – bulk of role in first few months
- Creates a detailed project plan to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities - bulk of role in the first few months
- Provides steerco and team with regular status updates
- Manages the project’s financials – in initial phases setting up forecasts and financials for the coming months
- Ensures risks are monitored, communicated and escalated where necessary
- Interacts with their own project team from 15-30 people and chair weekly meetings
- Communicates updates and plans other stakeholders/teams regularly and proactively - need strong stakeholder management skills
- Involved in project kick-off, execution, and project team meetings after initial/planning phases
- Builds out strategic roadmap to address necessary changes to current state, and work through those enhancements
- Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities
- Supporting one or more highly complex business processes

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager, managing complex projects with multiple workstreams with budgets over 5+ million, preferably within banking
2) Demonstrated financial acumen (accruals, forecasting, modeling)
3) MS Project, MS Visio, and MS Office Suite including strong Excel skills
4) 5+ years of experience working as a Technical Project Manager (Demonstrated understanding of technology to be able to communicate with technology group, such as understanding the file formats, databases)

Nice-To-Have Skills:
1) Top 5 Canadian banking PM experience
2) 3-5 years of experience in AML
3) PMP an asset
4)MBA

Soft Skills Required:
- Candidate must be able to communicate with an executive audience and be able to present to senior leaders
- Strong ability to identify risks
- Excellent communications skills to coordinate with high-ranking individuals internally (Sr Manager and Director level generally)
- Self-starter that actively engages issues seeking resolution, ability to meet dynamic changes on prioritization
- Ability to manage assigned tasks and expectations without direct instruction or oversight
- Fast, adaptable learner who can hit the ground running
- Ability to work well under pressure while demonstrating strong professionalism
- Strong investigation, prioritization, and organization skills
- Must be able to collaborate closely with a team at times, while also being capable of holding themselves accountable to meet individual deadlines without hand holding

Education:
Post-secondary degree required

Best vs. Average Candidate:
The ideal candidate would have strong multi-year program management experience within FI. They will also have strong technology aptitude.

Candidate Review & Selection
1 round – HM + Senior PM – 1 hr – MS Teams Video (situational/behavioural questions)

Hiring Manager’s availability to interview: ASAP #J-18808-Ljbffr

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