We need another world-class professional to join our team – Project Manager

In our firm raving, fanatical, flag-waiving clients are very common. That has not happened accidentally. As we continue to grow, adding more clients, projects and team members maintain and improving our project management capabilities is critical to continuing to satisfy our clients.

We are looking for a motivated, creative, highly technical skilled Project Manager capable of working with minimal supervision who is excited about a challenge, and wants to work remotely.

About Us:

For over 25 years, our firm has implemented, integrated, and optimized industry-leading tools and best practices to improve our clients' finance function. Our mission is to enable finance to do more with less, do it better than it was done before, and do it faster. Our clients are governments, universities, corporations, and public practice accounting firms across Canada and the United States.

About You:

Do you:

• Thrive on challenges?
• Dislike "the same-old-same-old"?
• Like to work outside your comfort zone, doing interesting and difficult things?
• Often find yourself saying, "There has to be a better way of doing this"?
• Need to be continuously learning and evolving? 
• Achieve great satisfaction in helping others and providing creative solutions to challenging problems?
• Want to be led, not micro-managed?
• Value flexibility? Flexibility to live anywhere in the world and the freedom to relocate whenever it suits you?
• Loath commuting and being stuck in traffic, wasting your time?

If you answered yes to all the above, you are a great fit for our firm's culture and should read on. 

Still here? Now, how about your technical attributes?

You possess:

• Accreditation as a Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Working knowledge of Asana or other project management software
• A proven capability managing people and project deadlines,
• The capacity to solve complex challenges, within a defined framework and timeline,
• Outstanding verbal, written and presentation skills. You are a regular, clear, concise and professional communicator,
• The ability to effectively use the entire MS Office Suite including Outlook, Excel, Word & PowerPoint,
• A knack for building solid relationships; people want to work with you,
• Impeccable attention to detail and high standards for quality and creativity,
• Solid time management skills, we don’t believe in micro-managing our people,
• Sensitivity to confidential matters.

The perfect Candidate will posses:

• 3 to 5 years of experience managing projects in or with the public sector and/or in or with corporate finance,
• Experience working in or with an accounting/finance department

Job Duties:

As a project manager, you will work on a team of professionals with our clients to ensure the completion of our projects on time and within budget. You will:

• direct all project management phases
• set and manage project expectations with external and internal stakeholders
• coordinate and track various projects through an entire project lifecycle
• develop a detailed project management plan to track project progress
• create and continuously update the project documentation
• mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members
• be responsible for managing numerous projects simultaneously
• report and escalate issues to management when necessary

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Work remotely - from home or with a laptop & WiFi from wherever you can take a VOIP call!
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision care coverage
• Fitness and professional development reimbursement