MatchBox is urgently seeking a Project Coordinator (Budget and Forecasting) for a 17-month contract role at our New Westminster, BC based client. This is a hybrid role 2 days on site and 3 days remote per week.

Project Coordinator

About The Role

Our client’s technology services division is supporting a Budgeting and Forecasting replacement project that will modernize the organization’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. The project will assess and implement a fit‑for‑purpose solution to replace the existing legacy platform and improve process efficiency, data quality, collaboration, and visibility across Finance and enterprise stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Project Planning and Coordination

- Maintain the project plan and track actions, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies.
- Help document goals, objectives, work packages, schedules, and risks.
- Identify technical resources and help determine the need for external resources.
- Coordinate project evaluations and help define success measures for each project or phase.
- Recommend process and documentation improvements to the Project Manager and project team.

Meetings, Communication, and Reporting

- Plan, coordinate, and attend project meetings; prepare agendas and minutes.
- Act as liaison for internal and external communications, keeping stakeholders informed.
- Prepare status reports, correspondence, special reports, analyses, and recommendations.
- Draft, edit, and proofread project documents, forms, tools, and written procedures.
- Research and summarize information from surveys, studies, and other sources.

Financial Management

- Help develop, monitor,



and administer project budgets.
- Approve invoices within defined authority levels, and review and reconcile monthly variance reports.
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports on current spend and spending forecasts.
- Coordinate administrative activities to support project funding.

Procurement and Vendor Management

- Develop procurement specifications.
- Take part in the evaluation and selection of consultants and vendors, and coordinate contract evaluation and selection.
- Track product delivery, warranty, and installation against project milestones.
- Monitor vendor activity for timeliness, contract compliance, and quality, and elevate issues as needed.
- Work with Strategic Sourcing on hiring resources, contract extensions, follow-ups, and purchase order maintenance.

Governance

- Administer project governance paperwork, and ensure gating and funding documentation is completed, reviewed with the Project Manager, and submitted.
- Flag issues to the Project Manager and help track and resolve them, recommending solutions for budget, scheduling, and technology concerns.

Onboarding and Offboarding

- Onboard new hires: coordinate account, system, and access card setup, hardware preparation and testing,



and provide introductory training and team materials (e.g., SharePoint site, document storage).
- Offboard departing resources: coordinate termination of account, system, and access card privileges, and the return of hardware and access cards.

Deliverables

- Financial reports (budget, actuals, burn rate, forecasts)
- Project status reports covering milestones, issues, risks, and decisions
- Project meeting agendas and minutes
- Project close-out support and document updates
- Other deliverables as required

Qualifications

- 7+ years of IT project and project coordination experience
- Experience with IT infrastructure (highly desirable)
- Experience managing project financials, including producing regular reports
- Previous vendor contract coordination experience
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Robust analytical, communication, and writing skills
- Ability to gather, analyze, and consolidate information from a variety of sources
- Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Experience with Microsoft Project Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive
- Accuracy and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment
- Public sector experience (an asset)

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About MatchBox

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📌 Project Coordinator (New Westminster)
🏢 MatchBox Consulting Group
📍 New Westminster