Banking Finance Project Manager
- Montreal, QC, Canada
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- 8-10+ years of Project Management experience, preferably within Banking or Financial Services.
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Original job description
Finance & Tax (F&T) Transformation and Continuous Improvement – Project Manager
Location: Montreal, QC (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Department: Finance
Job Summary
Seeking an experienced Finance & Tax Transformation Project Manager to lead Finance and Tax transformation, continuous improvement, and digitalization initiatives. This role will manage a portfolio of projects focused on process optimization, operational efficiency, stakeholder coordination, and project delivery across global teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Finance & Tax transformation, continuous improvement, and digital projects.
- Manage end-to-end project lifecycles, including planning, execution, testing, deployment, and reporting.
- Coordinate with Finance, Tax, IT, PMO, and business stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
- Conduct process reviews and identify opportunities for automation and operational improvements.
- Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, milestones, and status reports.
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings and communicate project objectives, progress, and issues.
- Drive project governance and ensure adherence to project management best practices.
- Support digital transformation initiatives that improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
Required Qualifications
- 8-10+ years of Project Management experience, preferably within Banking or Financial Services.
- Strong experience managing Finance, Accounting, Tax, Transformation, or Process Improvement projects.
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
- PMP and/or Scrum Master certification preferred.
- Strong Continuous Improvement and Digital Transformation mindset.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with geographically dispersed global teams.
- Strong consulting and problem-solving abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- Consulting background preferred.
- Experience with finance process optimization and automation initiatives.
- Interest in emerging technologies and digital solutions
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead Finance and Tax transformation, continuous improvement, and digitalization projects from planning through deployment and reporting. Coordinate global stakeholders, optimize processes, manage project plans and risks, and ensure effective governance and delivery.
Requirements
Requires 8–10+ years of project management experience, preferably in banking or financial services, with experience in Finance, Accounting, Tax, transformation, or process improvement projects. Candidates should know Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall, have strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, and be proficient in Microsoft Office; PMP or Scrum Master certification and a relevant bachelor’s degree are preferred.
Skills
- Project Management
- Finance Transformation
- Tax Transformation
- Continuous Improvement
- Digital Transformation
- Process Optimization
- Project Lifecycle Management
- Agile
- Scrum
- Waterfall
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- Project Governance
- Automation
- Microsoft Office
- Consulting
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Finance & Accounting
- Consulting
Keywords
- Finance
- Tax
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Project Management
- Finance Transformation
- Tax Transformation
- Continuous Improvement
- Digital Transformation
- Process Optimization
- Operational Efficiency
- Automation
- Agile
- Scrum
- Waterfall
- PMP
- Scrum Master Certification
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Project Governance
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Global Teams
- Finance Process Optimization
- Accounting
- Digitalization
- PMO