Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - KPMG

KPMG

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Overview:

KPMG, you'll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

The mandate of Global L&D is to develop and execute a global learning strategy in partnership with both global and member firm leadership that builds the capabilities needed to achieve KPMG's business strategies and priority annual business goals.

Global L&D works closely with the business to identify/design/curate, develop, coordinate and deliver high quality, efficient and effective learning and performance support solutions directly aligned to KPMG's needs and requirements.

Global L&D is responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of the L&D strategies for:

Global Audit, Global Tax and Legal, and Global Advisory
Global strategic crossfunctional opportunities

The Project Manager reports to the Project and Resource Lead and is responsible for managing a portfolio of assigned projects for Global Learning & Development.

Projects will range in size from simple projects with a single deliverable to complex projects with many deliverables and dependencies.

This role is responsible for scheduling the project, ensuring it adheres to our agreed development processes, project management standards, time and budget requirements and that quality assurance processes are incorporated into the project plan.

The Project Manager will proactively monitor the project's progression and communicate with relevant team members as appropriate, to ensure the project stays on track and co-ordinate reporting on project status for stakeholders.

The Project Manager will, as needed, contribute to the analysis of processes and data to identify opportunities for improvements and efficiencies for both the Global L&D team and related stakeholders.

What you will do:

Manages a portfolio of projects for Global Learning and Development
Develops detailed project schedules in Clarizen for complex projects including interdependencies
Identifies and manages interdependencies and risks or escalates for resolution
Ensures project compliance with Global L&D development processes
Proactively monitors and supports projects to ensure plans are meeting quality, cost and time goals
Establishes and holds regular project meetings for assigned specific projects, documenting outcomes and updates project plans as required
Ensures transparency and accountability by supporting management reporting
Works with the other members of the Project Management team to ensure timely and accurate reporting of the project portfolio is provided to Global People leadership, Global L&D Leadership and business stakeholders:
Prepares project dashboards and reports for specific projects or across the portfolio as required
Maintains ongoing, productive relationships with stakeholders and team members across project teams
Participation in global networks, maximising virtual collaboration, knowledge sharing and best practices
Takes initiative to stay abreast of latest project management trends and practices
Participates in internal and external forums to identify emerging trends and best practices in project management for potential implementation within the Global People team
Other duties as required

What you bring to this role:

Post Secondary Degree
Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent qualification would be desirable
Project management/ Project coordination experience with the ability to work cross border and virtually
Experience working in a complex international or diverse crosscultural environment ideally gained in a professional services firm
Comfortable with complexity and finding a new paths or solutions
Collaborative and with the ability to establish and build strong, professional relationships both internally and externally
Strong organization skills, attention to detail and ability to manage competing deliverables
Strong technical skills in MS Office and SharePoint and experience working with Project Management software
Strong communication and presentation skills
Confidence in working in an ambiguous, constantly changing environment and prepared to be responsive and flexible

Our Values, The KPMG Way:

Integrity, we do what is right |
Excellence, we never stop learning and improving |
Courage, we think and act boldly |
Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences |
For Better, we do what matters

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