Project Control Officer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Job details
- Job type
- Contract
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- Experience
- 3–5+ years of experience as a Project Control Officer, Senior IT Project Coordinator, or similar role.
- Working hours
- 37.5 hours/week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Our client, a leading Canadian financial institution, is looking for an Intermediate Project Control Officer to support project financial governance, resource management, and reporting across multiple workstreams. This role will work closely with project teams and senior stakeholders to maintain financial controls, track budgets and forecasts, support resource allocation, and provide accurate reporting in a fast-paced environment.
- Contract: 4 Months
- Extension: Possible based on performance and business needs
- Hybrid: Mondays + first Friday of every month, with occasional additional onsite days as required
- Location: Toronto, ON
- Schedule: 37.5 hours/week, Monday–Friday, 9–5
Key Responsibilities
- Support project financial management throughout the project lifecycle.
- Maintain financial forecasts, track project progress, and escalate risks and issues.
- Manage and reconcile project financials, including accruals, GL reconciliation, chargebacks, invoice tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Prepare financial and status reports for senior leadership and steering committees.
- Support governance activities and continuous improvement of processes, tools, and reporting.
- Assist with resource allocation and resource management activities.
- Support onboarding and user assistance for project financial and resource management tools.
- Pull, manipulate, analyze, and report data from various systems.
- Manage competing priorities and adapt to changing business requirements.
Must-Have Skills
- 3–5+ years of experience as a Project Control Officer, Senior IT Project Coordinator, or similar role.
- Experience managing project/program financials, including GL reconciliation and financial reporting.
- Strong experience with financial tracking, forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and attention to detail.
- Strong ability to pull, manipulate, analyze, and report data.
- Experience preparing reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Experience in the banking or financial services industry.
- Experience with GL reconciliation.
- Experience with resource/project financial management tools.
- Advanced Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
- Experience with Jira, Power BI, or Alteryx.
If you are interested & qualified for this opportunity, please send your updated resume in MS Word format to fouzan@ifgpr.com
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More about this job
Responsibilities
Manage project financial governance across multiple workstreams, including forecasts, budgets, reconciliations, invoices, accruals, and variance analysis. Prepare leadership reports, support resource allocation and project tools, and contribute to governance and process improvements.
Requirements
Requires 3–5+ years of experience in project controls, senior IT project coordination, or a similar role, including project financial management, general ledger reconciliation, forecasting, and reporting. Candidates should be skilled in data analysis, senior-stakeholder reporting, communication, collaboration, attention to detail, and managing competing priorities.
Skills
- Project Financial Management
- Financial Forecasting
- Budget Tracking
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accruals
- Chargebacks
- Invoice Tracking
- Variance Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Resource Management
- Data Analysis
- Governance
- Stakeholder Communication
- Advanced Excel
- MS Project
- Power BI
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Hiring contact email
fouzan@ifgpr.com
Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
- Administrative
Keywords
- Project Control Officer
- Project Financial Governance
- Project Lifecycle
- Financial Forecasting
- Budget Tracking
- General Ledger Reconciliation
- Accruals
- Chargebacks
- Invoice Tracking
- Variance Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Status Reporting
- Resource Allocation
- Resource Management
- Data Analysis
- Governance
- Continuous Improvement
- Senior Stakeholders
- Steering Committees
- Advanced Excel
- MS Project
- PowerPoint
- SharePoint
- Jira
- Power BI
- Alteryx
- Banking
- Financial Services