Practice Leader, Portfolio Analyst
Desjardins
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Montréal • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Assist the DGIG project portfolio manager by providing subject matter expertise and support for related activities
- Coordinate and mentor a group of seasoned professionals
- Analyze and make recommendations on budgets, estimates, projections and other financial parameters of projects
- Assess processes and recommend ways to simplify and automate them
- Help coordinate, plan and monitor projects to meet objectives on time and on budget
- Create performance and budget governance indicators
- Develop risk management, capacity management and project benefit management methodologies and processes
- Interact with many contributors working in a wide range of fields including finance, risks and delivery
- Serve as leading expert for your practice and its development
- Monitor, analyze planning and make recommendations on the capacity of the resources involved in portfolio projects
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in project management, finance or a related field
- A minimum of eight years of experience in actuarial services or finance
- Experience in portfolio management, project management and/or project control
- Knowledge of French is required
- Intermediate advanced proficiency of English
- Proficiency in Jira, Power BI, OPMI and Microsoft Office suite
- Knowledge of project and portfolio risk management
- Knowledge of cost estimate methodologies
- Action oriented, Customer Focus, Decision quality, Differences, Nimble learning, Organizational savvy, Strategic mindset
Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementportfolio managementproject controlrisk managementcapacity managementbudget governancecost estimate methodologiesfinancial analysisautomation processesperformance indicators
Soft skills
action orientedcustomer focusdecision qualityorganizational savvystrategic mindsetnimble learningmentoringcoordinationanalysisrecommendation