Senior Project Manager (Treasury Transformation)
Location: Toronto– hybrid – onsite 1-2x/week
Business group: Group Treasury Central Office - TCO
Project: Liquidity Cash Management Treasury Project (supporting projects affiliated to treasury)
Responsibilities:
- Manage 1–2 projects at any given time, working under the direction of a Director, DPMO, with accountability for driving project activities from initiation through execution and closeout.
- Lead project coordination and governance activities, including preparing agendas, facilitating meetings, documenting decisions and minutes, tracking action items, and maintaining project documentation.
- Manage project financials, including budgets, forecasts, accruals, invoice payments, and financial reconciliations, ensuring information is accurate, complete, and appropriately reflected in project reporting.
- Drive core project management activities by coordinating across Business, Technology, Finance, and other stakeholders to manage project plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and actions through the full project life cycle, including working groups and steering committees.
- Maintain required project artifacts in enterprise project management tools (e.g., Clarity/PPM), including project plans, risk and issue logs, status reports, steering committee materials, and sponsor updates, ensuring documentation remains current and governance requirements are met.
- Manage investment planning and project financial activities for assigned projects, including submission templates, actuals-to-plan reconciliation, forecast and variance tracking, change requests, funding adjustments, rebaselines, and business case preparation in accordance with investment governance requirements.
- Prepare project- and portfolio-level reporting and executive materials for Directors, VPs, and senior leadership, while supporting audit readiness and governance compliance through evidence collection, sponsor approvals, project closeout activities, document management, and continuous improvement of PMO processes and reporting.
Candidate Requirements:
- 5+ years of Project Management experience, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects across the full project lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closeout.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, governance processes, and tools, including experience with CA-PPM/Clarity and PeopleSoft.
- Demonstrated experience managing project financials, including budgets, forecasts, accruals, invoice tracking, cost-to-complete forecasting, and financial reconciliation.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, with experience using Excel for financial analysis, tracking, reconciliation, and project reporting.
- Strong project coordination, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate meetings, prepare agendas and minutes, track actions and decisions, and maintain project documentation.
- Working knowledge of IT concepts, delivery methodologies, and terminology, with the ability to coordinate effectively between Business and Technology stakeholders and support the translation of business requirements into functional requirements.
- PMP Certified and other Project Management certifications (i.e., Prosci, Scrum, etc.)
- Ability to consolidate multiple schedules and produce detailed reporting.
- Knowledge of client-specific development processes and lifecycle.
-previous experience working on technical projects (technology implementation)
Best VS. Average Candidate:
- Brings strong financial acumen and budget management discipline, with the ability to spot variances early and provide meaningful insights.
- Has solid project experience, ensuring structured execution, clear reporting, and proactive risk management.
- Connects project activities to Treasury’s strategic objectives and the Bank’s balance‑sheet mandate.
- Communicates clearly, builds strong relationships, and contributes to smoother, more predictable delivery.
- Operates with ownership, curiosity, and a forward‑looking mindset.
Candidate Review & Selection
2 rounds
1st round – HM + Associate Director – 30 mins – MS Teams Video
2nd round – HM – 30 mins – in-person