Finance Professionals Inc.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Location: Hybrid (Downtown, Toronto OR Montreal)
Duration: 6 months
Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto is looking for a Senior Project Manager to collaborate and facilitate decision making with stakeholders (Trading and IT groups). The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.
- Typical Day in role:Use Agile practices to lead team and drive progress
- Collaborate with developers to build solutions for the Front Office
- Effective monitoring and escalation to the overall team
- Develop and track project milestones and timelines
- Create and own Working Groups with the different business stakeholders
- Develop the Working Group’s milestones and timelines
- Must-Have Skills:Experience with Scrum
- Relevant industry knowledge – background of working in Capital Markets Trade Processing projects
- Able to effectively chair Working Group discussion and manage priority items
- Able to develop and maintain consolidated work plan with intra and inter-stream dependencies
- Able to develop and maintain risks and issues log
- Good written and communication skills
- Financial Product knowledge and business analysis experience
- Experience with MS Office suite
- Strong communication and coordination skills
- Ability to work effectively within global teams with traders, middle office, and IT
- Nice-To-Have Skills:Previous experience with JIRA
- Agile project methodology
- Soft Skills Required:Good Communication Skills
- Teamwork and Collaborate
- Time Management
- Education:Bachelor Degree