IT Project Manager

Toronto, CA

Duration: 6+ Months

Location: Remote to start, then Toronto

Job Notes and Description

Can you tell me about the project and the day-to-day responsibilities for the contractor?

- The candidate may work on a variety of projects GL Feed Integration Project, Oracle EBS Upgrade Project, eInvoicing and Banking Integration Project
- Manages moderately complex projects or pieces of a larger project end-to-end to deliver business outcomes, ensuring that the project is completed on time, within budget, and to a high level of client satisfaction.
- Establishes and manages an appropriate project governance structure, and manages all project stakeholders and project team members in the successful delivery of the project, including managing their tasks, project workload, and deadlines.
- Ensures comprehensive scope document is in place at the start of the project, and continuously reviews the scope document as the project progresses and suggests changes of scope, as appropriate.
- Actively manages all project risks and issues, and ensures lessons learned on projects are shared with colleagues and recommendations adopted are implemented.
- Liaises with other areas in the organization to secure specialized resources and contributions for the project.
- Provides accurate and timely cost estimates for project work where requested, together with providing regular reporting on project costs and discuss any cost issues.
- Interacts and communicates effectively with project teams, third party providers, clients, etc.
- Provides technical support and input to the Manager on project proposals of average to difficult complexity.
- Researches and provides recommendations on new best practice standards.
- What are some of the specific technologies utilized?
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Teams
- SharePoint
- JIRA
- What are the top three MUST HAVE skill sets (technical) that are required?
- Microsoft Project Expert Level
- Knowledgeable on software development for financial applications
- What are top three PREFERRED skill sets (technical)?
- 10+ Years Project Management experience with Oracle projects
- Excellent written and communication skills for client facing role
- Expert in MS Project 2013 or higher
- Soft Skill requirements (team fit/personality requirements)
- Energetic, highly motivated, self-starter
- Collaborative, organized, pro-active approach to leading each project




- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build partnerships with internal and external teams
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Assertive, proactive, and results-focused
- Proven excellent people skills to be able to lead and motivate the project teams.
- Are nonlocal or remote candidates considered?
- The position is based out of the Toronto office but will be remote to start
- What will be the interview process?
- Zoom video conference
- 2 Interviews depending on the quality of the candidates
- What is the committed timeline for interview and hire decisions?
- 2-4 weeks depending on the quality of the candidates

IT Project Manager – Financial Systems

Overview

- Based in the Toronto office, the person will be responsible for managing IT projects for financial systems ranging from system integrations, enhancements, upgrades and replacements, with the ultimate aim of creating efficiencies, eliminating manual processes, automation, and enhancing the user experience for clients and colleagues.
- This person will work across multiple projects and interact with clients, business stakeholders, and technology teams across the globe.
- You are a seasoned and principle based project manager, have a good background in financial systems projects, and either currently in a IT project manager/program manager role with Insurance and/or Financial Industry domain knowledge

- Manages moderately complex projects or pieces of a larger project end-to-end to deliver business outcomes, ensuring that the project is completed on time, within budget, and to a high level of client satisfaction.
- Establishes and manages an appropriate project governance structure, and manages all project stakeholders and project team members in the successful delivery of the project, including managing their tasks, project workload, and deadlines.




- Ensures comprehensive scope document is in place at the start of the project, and continuously reviews the scope document as the project progresses and suggests changes of scope, as appropriate.
- Actively manages all project risks and issues, and ensures lessons learned on projects are shared with colleagues and recommendations adopted are implemented.
- Liaises with other areas in the organization to secure specialized resources and contributions for the project.
- Provides accurate and timely cost estimates for project work where requested, together with providing regular reporting on project costs and discuss any cost issues.
- Interacts and communicates effectively with project teams, third party providers, clients, etc.
- Provides technical support and input to the Manager on project proposals of average to difficult complexity.
- Researches and provides recommendations on recent best practice standards.

Qualifications / Skills / Experience

- Energetic, highly motivated, self-starter
- Collaborative, organized, pro-active approach to leading each project
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build partnerships with internal and external teams
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Assertive, proactive, and results-focused
- Ability to manage and drive multiple global projects to successful completion, some complex, highly cross-functional, and long in duration
- Proven excellent people skills to be able to lead and motivate the project teams.
- Track record of effectively delivering complex IT projects for financial systems successfully
- Expert in creating and maintaining project plans using MS Project
- Driving requirements gathering and testing sessions, getting regular status updates, resource planning, scope management, managing cutovers and managing project budgets.
- Delivery of Oracle EBS implementations, upgrades and Cloud Financials Projects
- Delivering several large and complex implementations/upgrades projects
- Experience leading and facilitating meetings with large number of participants
- Experience working with a distributed team of analysts, developers, and shared services including off-shore contractors

📌 IT Project Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Axelon Services
📍 Toronto