Job Title: Senior Analyst, Project Management
Location: Toronto, ON
Introduction:

• GTT's client, a leading Canadian financial technology company, is on a mission to revolutionize the payments infrastructure within Canada.
• As part of a major technology modernization initiative, they are seeking a Senior Analyst, Project Management to drive the planning, delivery, and evaluation of projects within a project portfolio.
• This role is integral to a transformative program designed to implement the ISO 20022 messaging standard, enhancing payment data richness while fortifying fraud mitigation capabilities through a centralized fraud utility service.
• Operating in a fast-paced Agile environment, this position requires a strategic person who can support the execution of project activities, including financial management, project management, and monthly reporting.
• Working very closely with the Project Team, providing support and assistance in the gathering, synthesizing, and translating of information, conducting analysis, and facilitating consensus

About the opportunity:

• Be at the forefront of innovation, leading cutting-edge FinTech projects that redefine the future of payments.
• Join a dynamic organization scaling from 800 to over 1,100 employees within 24 months, offering unparalleled career growth.
• Competitive base salary, industry-leading bonus structure, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Key Projects:

• Payment Processing Fraud Detection Implementation
• Settlement Engine System Implementation
• Portal System (UI/UX) Implementation
• API & Backend Solution Implementation
• Payments Engine System Implementation
• Machine Learning Technology Enablement

Job Duties:

• Working in partnership with Project Managers in the consistent deployment of the Interac project management methodology across the portfolio of projects, aligned with the project delivery and portfolio management requirements.
• Senior Analyst, Project Management supporting risk and issue identification and mitigation activities, including maintenance of Risk, Issue, Action Item, and Decision (RAID) Logs.
• Owning the accurate reporting of project health, status, and other details, supporting data quality.
• Performing project staffing/resource analysis and working closely with leaders to develop recommendations. Creates new or adjusts forecasting and allocation models to reflect changes.
• Utilizing project management software to create, update, and maintain program and project schedules, with new and revised work packages and plans.
• Ensuring dependencies and links with other schedules are documented and maintained.
• Project / Program documentation, including developing and monitoring the plan and milestones as required.
• Providing direct support to the Project Manager for day-to-day analysis and reporting tasks.
• Gathering and maintaining thorough information on project status and performance.
• Consolidating information into varied program/project views, summarizing details on achievements, risks, financials, action items, timelines, etc.
• Presenting and communicating information to large audiences representing the project and the EPMO in organizational cross-functional forums.
• Participating in portfolio review sessions, facilitating information sharing between project managers and project practitioners, and stakeholders.
• Supporting & Administer project requests on initial setup and ongoing updates to work management tools (specifically, 'Jira', 'Planview,' and 'Confluence').
• Maintaining EPMO wiki/repository with updated templates, announcements, etc.
• Organizing data in a meaningful manner to clearly identify bottlenecks and over-allocation.
• Collaborating with Project Managers to collect metrics on project progress (budget, timelines, quality, etc.).
• Consolidating metrics into a dashboard at a portfolio level and distributing it to executives to allow them to view and analyze progress and performance at a portfolio level.
• Working with Project Managers to plan gate timelines and deliverables.
• Validating the quality of gate deliverables with assigned owners.
• Consolidating Gate timelines for the project portfolio
• Creating a highly engaging team model, working closely with Project Managers, to understand pain points and opportunities for process improvements.
• Curating innovative ideas on how to address pain points and facilitate decision making and implementation of solutions.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in an Enterprise PMO, applying both PMI and Agile methodologies, with strong proficiency in enterprise project management tools (e.g., Planview).
• Eligible to work full-time in Canada.
• Proven experience in project process/methodology, data gathering, documentation management, and maintaining project artifacts (status reports, meeting minutes, etc.).
• Strong understanding of the full project life cycle, including planning, execution, and control phases.
• Hands-on expertise with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, advanced Excel, Word).
• Demonstrated ability to plan, execute, and monitor complex projects independently.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills.
• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to interact across all levels of management.
• Creative, solutions-oriented thinker with coaching/mentorship abilities and a focus on delivering results.

About GTT:
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation's largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!
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