Project Governance Specialist

4 weeks ago

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Stantec Consulting International Ltd. Full time

Project Governance Specialist

We are seeking a skilled Project Governance Specialist to provide support for the successful execution of construction projects. In this role, you will collaborate with business center leadership, finance, project managers, and other project controllers to ensure successful project execution, overall financial health of business operations, and process optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support project management best practices, set up revenue/cost forecasting, change management, budgets, and business plans.
  • Monitor project financial progress, recommend areas of improvement, and help identify areas of risk.
  • Assist with internal processes, including project setups, forecasting, monitoring gross margins, invoicing/accounts receivable, sub-consultants, contract reviews, etc.
  • Work closely with the project team to maintain a current and accurate understanding of project status, issues, and changes.
  • Gather and analyze data to understand trends to assist leadership with business decisions.
  • Review and analyze project gross margins and work with the team and management to find cost savings and efficiencies.
  • Assist team members to adhere to client standards and corporate policies and procedures, i.e., status reporting, quality reviews, audits, etc.
  • Support the PM by coordinating project deliverables and schedules and subconsultant contract management.
  • Support and assist with training of project controllers and project managers.
  • Collaborate with client project control staff.
  • Foster a healthy and safe work environment and provide safety compliance.
  • Create and maintain strong relationships both internally and externally, including associated stakeholders.
  • Support business development functions, which may include proposal preparation.

Qualifications:

  • Prior work in a financial role/project controller/project manager/project assistant role is a plus.
  • Financial Acumen: understanding of general finance and budgeting, including profit and loss.
  • Strong analytical skills required to review all project controls information and ensure accuracy as well as identify issues, concerns, and potential mitigations.
  • Strong listening, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Effective time management skills and ability to handle multiple priorities and assignments.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications a must.
  • Exceptional attention to detail.
  • Eager to learn, resourceful, and a "team player" approach.
  • Must have good interpersonal skills, including ability to build and maintain solid relationships with internal and external staff, the self-confidence and courage to deal with disputes and adversity by implementing effective negotiating skills.
  • Adaptability to find solutions to maximize efficiency with processes.
  • Must be able to successfully work both collaboratively and independently.
  • Experience with Adobe Acrobat Pro, MS Outlook, MS Teams, MS Office 365, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Access.

Education and Experience:

  • Technical degree/diploma/certificate or equivalent in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of 3-5 years of experience.
  • Work experience in project management, finance, analytics is preferred.

Work Environment:

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for periods of time.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us.

Benefits Summary:

Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Location:

Primary Location: Canada-Northwest Territories-Yellowknife

Other Locations: Canada-Nunavut-Iqaluit, Canada-Yukon-Whitehorse

Organization:

BC-1449 Buildings-CA North

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Level:

Entry Level

Travel:

No

Schedule:

Full-time

Job Posting:

Req ID: 240003JE

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