Project Coordinator Strategic Initiatives Office, (12 month contract)

Job description

You've got big plans. We have opportunities to match, and we're committed to empowering you to become a better you, no matter what you do.

When you join KPMG you'll be one of over 207,000 professionals providing audit, tax, advisory and business enablement services across 153 countries.

With the support to do things differently, grow personally and professionally and bring your whole self to work, there's no limit to the impact you can make. Let's do this.

Overview of the opportunity:

This is a great opportunity to work with a team of professionals in strategy, change and communication, business analysis, technology, and project management. You will provide Team support for the larger projects in the Strategic Initiatives group, and will have the opportunity to coordinate a wide range of activities as well as work on project deliverables where you can demonstrate your analytical skills. You excel in your role and have a minimum 3 years experience in a Project Coordinator role combined with a solid understanding of project coordination and management principles. You are an avid learner, able to adjust to requests in a fast paced environment, not afraid to ask questions, able to understand a situation and take initiative, and produce high quality deliverables. You have a can do attitude!

What you will do:

Duties and responsibilities for this role will vary depending on the projects across the program, and will include the below activities, but not limited to:

·  Provide project support to the SI Team on larger Firm-wide initiatives
·  Produce and share high-quality meeting minutes,
·  Track action items, risks, and decisions, as well as keep the risk and action items log up to date, and follow-up on action items with project stakeholders
·  Collect, consolidate and 'cleanse data' in preparation for reports, summaries and leadership analysis.
·  Coordinate general program administration and action items
·  Schedule meetings (attendees and meeting space) in a timely manner
·  Share relevant documentation and reports with project teams
·  Provide information and regular support to the project team
·  Be point of contact for various working groups and coordinate activities with stakeholders at different levels of the organization
·  Develop in-depth understanding of project scope and particulars i.e. timeframes, financials, outcomes
·  Understand formal escalation and review processes
·  Take on small/targeted projects to support the delivery of the projects under the SIO Program. This includes developing the project scope, plan and reporting tools
·  Create, edit and review reports
What you bring to the role:

·  Minimum 3 years in a Project Coordinator role with demonstrable experience in all facets of project coordination
·  Consistent in the quality of deliverables, strong team player who is dedicated and motivated to working within a team environment
·  Able to multi-task and remain extremely organized, as well as perform under tight deadlines
·  Excellent written and verbal communication skills
·  Organized, accurate and detail oriented
·  Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships, and experience working with cross-functional, diverse teams
·  Ability to prioritize and manage concurrent activities in order to meet deadlines, and good sense of initiative
·  Strong client service skills a must
·  Superior analytical skills demonstrated through data collection, consolidation and preparation, production of reports, summaries and analysis.
·  Willingness to learn and take on additional tasks as required, e.g. management of small projects
·  Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and MS Project
·  Visio is an asset.
Learn more about where a career at KPMG can take you.

Location Toronto, ON ,Our Values, The KPMG Way
We lead by example | We work together | We respect the individual
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KPMG is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. KPMG encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will accommodate applicants' disability-related needs, up to the point of undue hardship, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Any assessment and selection materials or processes used during the recruitment process will be available in an accessible format to applicants with disabilities, upon request. If you require a disability-related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process , please contact the HR Shared Service Centre by email atcafmcdnhrsthotline@kpmg.ca or by phone at 416-777-8002 or toll free 1-888-466-4778 (Option 1). KPMG will consult with all applicants with disabilities who request accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure that the accommodation provided takes into account the applicant's individual accessibility needs.
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