Purpose of the Role:    

Key Accountabilities:

• Collaborates with stakeholders, including Project Management Office (PMO), EDF process owners, and parent company, soliciting improvements from EDF process owners and addressing challenges on governance matters and reviewing and publishing documents to ensure templates, processes and other associated documents are current and accessible, all required documentation is completed to required standards, and ensure continuous improvements, compliance and adherence to the EDF and that projects are delivered according to approved standards with high level of quality, resulting in increased efficiency and favourable audits.
• Maintains project management methodologies used by the Bank, developing, refining / enhancing, publishing, implementing and maintaining the policy, standards, processes and project templates for project planning, tracking and reporting and research and consulting on project management best practices and capabilities to ensure policy, standards, processes and templates remain current, relevant and accessible and to continuously improve quality of business change and associated deliverables.
• Tracks, monitors & reports to the SPO adherence of all SPO projects to project governance methodology and EDF to highlight instances of non-compliance and then ensure that the necessary corrective actions have been identified, planned and completed.
• Reviews & validates project data at a portfolio level (financial and non-financial) and performs independent governance reviews of monthly project status and performance summary reports for accuracy from a governance perspective and ensures content and statuses consistent with the progress of key milestones.
• Reviews & validates EDF artifacts / business case prerequisites, providing guidance and expertise as required throughout the project lifecycle and works with project teams and project sponsors to complete required governance documentation, to ensure they are completed and approved for applicable funding requests, deviation requests have the relevant approvals, and adherence to EDF and all relevant governance policies and that all project risks are identified, assessed and mitigated.
• Reviews project funding requests (business cases, seed funding and change requests) from a governance perspective, providing support during preparation to project teams and project sponsors requiring Executive Steering Committee (ESC) SPO, and / or Board approval to ensure accuracy from a governance perspective and compliant with all applicable Bank policies.
• Checks & confirms the closure process has been completed for all applicable projects, including the relevant reports and checklists have been completed, the necessary sponsor approvals obtained, document repositories updated, and escalates to Senior Manager if not completed to ensure project records are maintained in compliance with record retention policies and projects are closed in compliance with EDF requirements.
• Manages risk and controls processes and is the contact for stakeholders, including Audit, Operational Risk, Compliance and Controls teams, for audit exercises, requests or activities associated with project governance and follow-up reporting or closing of identified issues to ensure controls are maintained and all requests are addressed adequately and timely.

Knowledge / Experience:

• 5-7 years of experience in project management, with at least 3 years in a governance or control-focused role.
• Proven ability to plan, organize, monitor and control projects ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources.
• Experience in assessing business benefits, costs, and risks for a variety of projects / situations.
• Ability to understand, monitor, update, or enhance existing business or work process.
• Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques and roles and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients within and outside own area.
• Knowledge of process, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization’s exposure to risks of various kinds.
• Knowledge of existing and emerging governance frameworks and best practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, or related field
• Professional certification in project management (e.g. PMP, Agile Scrum Master)