Job Description
Finance Project Manager
Location: Toronto or Remote
Duration: Contract-to-Permanent (4 months to start)
A leading global organization is seeking a highly organized Finance Project Manager with strong experience leading Joint Venture, monetization, mergers, divestitures, and capital markets initiatives. This role requires a solid finance background and proven ability to coordinate complex, cross-functional projects with precision and rigor.
🎯 Key Responsibilities: Leadership in Execution
- Program Leadership & Governance: Establish and enforce best-in-class project governance across all major initiatives, ensuring disciplined structure, clear accountability, and adherence to PMP/PRINCE2 methodologies.
- End-to-End Transaction Management: Lead the complete project lifecycle for Strategic xScale JV initiatives, refinancing efforts, and capital markets transactions, driving alignment and execution across Treasury, Capital Markets, Tax, and Legal teams.
- Due Diligence Command: Direct and coordinate comprehensive due diligence activities (financial, tax, legal, operational), acting as the central hub to ensure all documentation is rigorously maintained and insights are actionable.
- Stakeholder Alignment & Reporting: Serve as the primary, trusted communicator to executive sponsors and JV partners. Develop and present clear, concise, executive-level reports detailing project progress, risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Resource & Dependency Optimization: Develop detailed project plans, budgets, and resource allocation models for a concurrent portfolio of initiatives, proactively managing constraints and ensuring timely milestones.
- Critical Cutover Planning: Own the planning and management of all cutover activities to ensure a seamless, operationally sound transition and readiness for transaction closing.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Program/Project Management, with a minimum of 5 years focused exclusively on Corporate Development or Capital Markets transactions.
- Essential Transactional Experience: Proven, direct experience leading complex projects within Joint Ventures, Divestitures, Monetizations, and Capital Markets (e.g., refinancing, IPO readiness) is non-negotiable.
- Professional Certification: CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or equivalent Chartered Accountant designation is highly preferred and a significant differentiator.
- Project Management Rigor: Required certification in a recognized methodology (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent Program Management certification ).
- Due Diligence Mastery: Deep knowledge of the entire due diligence lifecycle, particularly the financial and tax components, and collaboration with external advisors (investment banks, legal counsel, consultants).
Preferred Skills & Attributes:
- Prior hands-on experience in Finance, Accounting, or Financial Reporting before transitioning into a specialized Project Management role.
- Expert proficiency in planning tools (e.g., Smartsheets, MS Project, Jira) for complex resource and dependency tracking.
- Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, coupled with an unflinching attention to detail.
Job Tags
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