Senior Specialist

We are looking for a Senior Specialist! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Senior Specialist
Term: Contract – 8 months with extension
Location: Toronto – Hybrid 3 days a week
Industry: Financial
Job ID number: 170

Description:

The Role

Support IGM’ strategic initiatives including IG Wealth Management region office modernization and renovation. – including Quebec based projects where written and spoken communications must abide by the recipient’s preferred language

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Real Estate Delivery, you will be assigned to

• Support program/project managers in delivering our active projects
• Coordinate delivery of smaller project (?$1M) moves/adds/changes and projects

You will be accountable for compiling information, preparing presentations, coordinating tasks with the lines of business. The ideal candidate is highly organized and flexible to support the most critical tasks needed within the current project phase.

Key responsibilities:

• Compiling data from multiple sources for leader updates and presentations
• Compile and track action items and follow up when required.
• Process purchasing requests to issue purchase orders and process incoming invoices for payment
• Coordinate moves/adds/changes and assigned projects with vendors and stakeholders
• Prepare summary reports

Competencies

• Demonstrates perseverance in delivering work and problem solving – raises questions or challenges pro-actively and appropriately
• Manages execution of activities by asking the right questions(s) to clear a path for task completion
• Strong communication skills to support relationships; engages with and influences others
• Executes with excellence with attention to detail and provides visibility to the status and progress of the work

The following qualifications will assist the successful candidate:

• Bilingual mandatory (English & French)
• Strong communication skills, experience in project coordination, facilities or construction management and proven tracking and reporting skills
• Experience involving multiple departments, vendors, external partners
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Toronto based, and must be bilingual