Senior Project Manager - 103885-1

Are you a seasoned project management professional with a passion for driving large-scale financial technology transformations? Randstad is seeking a dynamic, high-performing Senior Project Manager to join our team for an exciting new project with a premier enterprise financial institution. In this impactful role, you will have end-to-end accountability for managing medium-complexity Finance projects or spearheading critical workstreams within large, complex programs.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will sit at the intersection of business strategy and technology delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and exceptional quality are maintained throughout the project lifecycle. If you thrive in high-visibility environments and excel at managing senior stakeholder relationships across complex enterprise landscapes, this is the perfect opportunity to elevate your career.

Advantages

Cutting-Edge Technology: Gain valuable hands-on exposure to modern enterprise platforms, including cutting-edge SAP S/4HANA (FICO, MDG, Group Reporting) and Peoplesoft initiatives.

High Visibility & Impact: Work closely with senior leadership and key stakeholders across both business and technology sectors in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

Stability with Longevity: This position offers an initial 6-month contract with a strong potential for extension or permanent conversion to a full-time role.

Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a flexible Hybrid work model operating out of a prime downtown location, requiring on-site attendance only on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every 4th Friday.

Predictable Schedule: Maintain a stable 9-to-5 work week totaling 37.5 hours, with no expected overtime.

Responsibilities

Project Execution: Planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects aligned strictly to defined scope, timelines, and budgets.

Governance & Compliance: Ensuring rigid adherence to enterprise project governance standards, policies, and standard SDLC practices.

Documentation & Reporting: Developing and maintaining thorough project documentation, including comprehensive plans, status reports, risk logs, and change requests to present to leadership.

Risk & Change Management: Proactively tracking and managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and changes—specifically analyzing their financial impacts.

Business Analysis & Strategy: Analyzing business requirements and technical solutions to provide data-driven recommendations based on impact and feasibility.

Collaboration & Facilitation: Facilitating workshops, critical meetings, and decision-making sessions with stakeholders at all levels, while collaborating across cross-functional business, technology, and vendor teams.

Qualifications Must Haves

8–10+ years of project management experience specifically within technology delivery environments.

Strong technical experience managing Peoplesoft Financials and/or SAP projects (ideally S/4HANA FICO, MDG, or Group Reporting).

Financial Sector Expertise: Solid background working within Finance or Financial Systems delivery environments.

Core PM Delivery: Proven, demonstrable ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and dependencies flawlessly.

Methodology Mastery: Deep understanding of enterprise project management methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Elite Communication: Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without authority and simplify complex technical concepts for senior leadership.

Nice to Haves

Prior experience within banking or the broader financial services industry.

A foundational understanding of general accounting processes.

Summary In summary, this Senior Project Manager position is an incredible opportunity to leverage your financial systems expertise within a highly collaborative and energetic enterprise environment. Offering a fantastic hybrid schedule, exposure to modern SAP S/4HANA platforms, and excellent long-term growth potential via contract extensions or FTE conversion, this role is built for a true leader.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.

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