IT Portfolio Manager - Financial Analysis

Two temporary (12 month) positions are available.

Provide support in all aspects of the IT portfolio. Maintain and monitor project governance standards and risk assessments to ensure that IT projects are initiated, budgeted, executed and managed in a manner that will provide oversight to IT executives.

Assist with the delivery of value management through financial analytics and business case analysis to lead process improvement, efficiency and business case approvals that ensure IT operates as a business.

The key focus of the role would be to demonstrate the value proposition of an IT organization through robust benefits realization measures, business case analysis, alignment with corporate strategic priorities and enablement of evidence-based decision making for IT investment proposals.

On a practical level, you would:

• Provide financial analysis, management recommendations, visualize true value to IT and investment approvals
• Assist with in-depth analysis to influence senior leadership to make data driven and evidence based changes within IT
• Work with industry leaders (e.g. Gartner, Forester etc.) develop organizational best practices to ensure optimal business outcomes
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses and ROI calculations to determine project feasibility
• Participate in business planning by providing effective prioritization framework that is based on strong KPI and benefits realization tracking
• Assist with financial forecasting, reporting, budgeting, financial accounting/analysis by utilizing various Microsoft Office Suite Applications such as Project, advanced Excel and PowerPoint and SharePoint.

Major Responsibilities:

IT portfolio advisor for oversight on governance, risk management, reporting, communication strategies, including, but not limited to:

• Guiding portfolio through development and maturity phases;
• Benchmarking dependencies within assigned portfolios related to IT roadmap;
• Coordinating with internal teams for portfolio health check assessments;
• Developing portfolio managed protocols;
• Engaging stakeholders within dependent disciplines, such as; Contract Management, Quality Management, Procurement, and Legal;
• Championing innovative and value-add solutions for portfolio deliverables;
• Developing communication vehicles for executive management teams including risk assessment, dependencies, corporate goal alignment and budget

Assess IT portfolio viability within appropriate timelines and interdependencies, including, but not limited to:

• Assessing initiative proposals and business cases;
• Advising on requirement gathering consolidations
• Creating executive management reports for portfolio risks, budget, monthly status, recommendations, health checks;
• Designing and managing communication plans and strategies;
• Managing standard change management practices;
• Monitoring and advising on portfolio health check assessments;

Contribute to the development of portfolio artifacts for terms of reference, concept documents, business cases, including, but not limited to:

• Promoting integrity of portfolio processes with the PMO;
• Advising PMO statuses, as required;
• Recommending changes and improvements to portfolio processes and methodologies.

Facilitate the IT intake process including:

• Facilitating meetings for new requests
• Forecasting resources
• Developing and supporting reporting and monitoring tools.

Support Manager, Planning Management:

• Providing advice and guidance for portfolio governance and benefits realization;
• Ensuring support protocols and appropriate standards and best practices;
• Advising on portfolio interrelationships supporting priority and resource allocation decisions;
• Promoting continuous improvement through lessons learned and facilitating recommendations.

Implement project portfolio dashboards, scorecards and reports:

• Creation and generation of IT scorecards;
• Providing recommendations for dashboards, scorecard reporting;
• Planning for the 3-to-5 years ahead, consistent with the IT roadmap.

Proving advice on IT initiatives that are of a sensitive nature (for example, IT outsourcing) as assigned:

• Ensuring adherence to processes and governance in terms of time, cost and benefits;
• Managing end-to-end portfolio scope, resources, budget and deliverables;
• Facilitating and managing meetings.

Requirements:

Education:

• Post-secondary degree in a business related field/ or equivalent combination of work experience.

Experience:

• 8-10 years
• Experience managing large projects.

Technical Professional Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent (asset)

Other information:

• Accounting Designation (i.e., CPA) and / or University Degree in Accounting or Finance is a strong asset

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