Location: Toronto CAN (2 days WFO)
Job Type: 6 months extendable contract
Experience: 8+ Years
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager – xScale Finance to lead strategic finance initiatives involving joint ventures (JVs), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), refinancing, and capital markets transactions.
This role is ideal for a delivery-focused project leader with strong Finance PMO experience, excellent executive stakeholder management skills, and a proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through completion.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of strategic Finance projects, ensuring effective governance, disciplined execution, and timely delivery.
- Establish and maintain PMO frameworks, project standards, reporting mechanisms, controls, and best practices.
- Drive end-to-end project execution for joint ventures, refinancing, M&A, and capital markets initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Tax, Controllership, Treasury, Capital Markets, Legal, and external advisors.
- Lead financial, tax, legal, and operational due diligence activities.
- Develop and manage project plans, budgets, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers.
- Provide executive-level reporting, proactively escalate risks, and facilitate timely stakeholder decisions.
- Manage cutover planning and readiness activities to support successful transaction closures.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years of project management experience, with significant exposure to Finance PMO, joint ventures, M&A, or capital markets projects.
- Proven experience establishing project governance frameworks and project management best practices.
- Strong understanding of JV, M&A, refinancing, or capital markets transaction lifecycles.
- Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders and communicate effectively at the executive level.
- Experience working with external advisors, including investment banks, legal counsel, tax advisors, and consulting firms.
- Proficiency in project planning and portfolio management tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or Jira.
- A recognized project management certification is required (PMP, PMI, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
Preferred: CPA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification, or relevant Finance operations experience.
What We're Looking For
A proactive, structured, and results-oriented project leader who can manage multiple high-impact initiatives, maintain strong governance, navigate complex financial transactions, and deliver measurable outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
