Our Financial Services client is currently seeking a dynamic and confident Junior Project Manager/Project Coordinator to join their team on a 12 month engagement. This role is ideal for professionals with excellent communication skills, experience managing small budgets, and a client-facing demeanor. You will be responsible for managing low to medium complexity projects and change requests (CRs), ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to scope.
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Advantages
Exposure to a challenging work environment.
Looking for candidates with very good communication skills as they will be dealing with end-clients and vendors.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Manage multiple change requests and low/medium complexity projects simultaneously.
Track and manage project budgets and provide updates to stakeholders.
Prepare and assist in creating project-related documents (e.g., Statements of Work, estimates, and requirements analyses).
Facilitate team meetings and communicate project progress, risks, and issues to all stakeholders.
Provide weekly project status reports and updates to Program Managers, executive teams, and clients.
Ensure resource planning and forecasting are updated regularly to meet project timelines and deliverables.
Oversee project-level reporting in alignment with Symcor standards.
Proactively address project risks and variances, providing recommendations to keep projects on track.
Collaborate with others to ensure alignment with business objectives and due diligence activities.
Qualifications
Education: College diploma or undergraduate degree in a related field, or equivalent experience/training.
Experience:
At least 3-5 years of project coordination experience or 1 year of project management experience using structured methodologies.
Experience tracking budgets and delivering smaller projects or change requests.
Previous financial institution (FI) experience is a plus.
Familiarity with large, structured enterprise environments preferred.
Skills:
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface directly with clients, stakeholders, and sponsors.
Strong business acumen and diplomacy when addressing client concerns.
Familiarity with waterfall project methodologies and understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Ability to create and present detailed status reports to executive teams.
Summary
If you’re a standout Project Coordinator who is ready to jump into a project management role, or a junior Project Manager ready to take on new challenges in a structured and collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply today. Interviews begin next week!
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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Our Financial Services client is currently seeking a dynamic and confident Junior Project Manager/Project Coordinator to join their team on a 12 month engagement. This role is ideal for professionals with excellent communication skills, experience managing small budgets, and a client-facing demeanor. You will be responsible for managing low to medium complexity projects and change requests (CRs), ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to scope.
Advantages
Exposure to a challenging work environment.
Looking for candidates with very good communication skills as they will be dealing with end-clients and vendors.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Manage multiple change requests and low/medium complexity projects simultaneously.
Track and manage project budgets and provide updates to stakeholders.
Prepare and assist in creating project-related documents (e.g., Statements of Work, estimates, and requirements analyses).
Facilitate team meetings and communicate project progress, risks, and issues to all stakeholders.
Provide weekly project status reports and updates to Program Managers, executive teams, and clients.
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Ensure resource planning and forecasting are updated regularly to meet project timelines and deliverables.
Oversee project-level reporting in alignment with Symcor standards.
Proactively address project risks and variances, providing recommendations to keep projects on track.
Collaborate with others to ensure alignment with business objectives and due diligence activities.
Qualifications
Education: College diploma or undergraduate degree in a related field, or equivalent experience/training.
Experience:
At least 3-5 years of project coordination experience or 1 year of project management experience using structured methodologies.
Experience tracking budgets and delivering smaller projects or change requests.
Previous financial institution (FI) experience is a plus.
Familiarity with large, structured enterprise environments preferred.
Skills:
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface directly with clients, stakeholders, and sponsors.
Strong business acumen and diplomacy when addressing client concerns.
Familiarity with waterfall project methodologies and understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Ability to create and present detailed status reports to executive teams.
Summary
If you’re a standout Project Coordinator who is ready to jump into a project management role, or a junior Project Manager ready to take on new challenges in a structured and collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply today. Interviews begin next week!
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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