Project Manager - Oakville, Canada - nugget

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Oakville, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

This position is for a 1 year Term Project Manager who will be responsible for managing initiatives to support the Bennington's goal of obtaining approval to transition to the Advanced Internal Ratings Based (AIRB) approach to determining Regulatory Capital requirements for Credit Risk.

These initiatives may include core-system changes as one of the deliverables.

The Project Manager will follow Bennington and Equitable Bank's delivery methodology, policies, procedures, and practices under the direction of the Project Management Office, BASEL PMO and Technology Delivery groups.

The scope, timelines, and deliverables of the overall AIRB Program will be directed by the dedicated BASEL PMO Program Leaders and Program Sponsor.

Main Activities:
Initiate, plan and execute projects in accordance with policies and procedures, and the methodologies and standards established by the PMO and in alignment with AIRB Program Governance:

Manage several initiatives of different priority levels through the entire project life cycle
In collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders, define project scope, objectives, approach, and deliverables
Develop project plans, resource plans and project governance documents
Track project deliverables and milestones
Manage the Project Change Control process
Identify and manage risks, issues and interdependencies and report up critical items to the AIRB Program Management team
Prepare status reports in accordance with the Program governance standards
Ensure project artefacts and control documents are completed and filed according to PMO standards
Assign tasks and responsibilities to the project team
Oversee the production and approval of project deliverables
Lead or facilitate project meetings
Document minutes and action items from project meetings
Participate in the gathering and production of business requirements

Knowledge / Skill Requirements:

5+ years of Project Management experience in Risk Management, Policy, Compliance, Law or Bank Regulation; or Consulting on bank practices in any of these fields
Experience managing crossfunctional Business driven projects through the entire life cycle
Ability to analyze complex business issues, identify solutions and assess impacts
Good knowledge of project management methodologies based on PMBOK
Postsecondary education (diploma/degree), preferably in business or finance
Good understanding of business requirements processes and experience working with Business Analysts
Familiar with lending platforms
Experience working closely with internal IT groups and outside vendors to deliver the technology work packages to projects
Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle methodology
Experience managing stakeholders in a matrix environment

Good organizational skills

Solid communication skills; can convey complex issues in clear and concise manner
Strong business writing skills; produces grammatically correct and errorfree project documentation
Working knowledge of MS Office, MS Project and MS Visio
Knowledge of industry bestpractices on selfassessments against regulatory guidelines within the Basel framework is highly desirable