Project Control Officer

RBC • Toronto, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Project Control Officer within the HR PMO group, you will serve as a critical strategic partner to Program/Project Managers and Leadership, ensuring programs and projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in full compliance with organizational governance standards. You are the HR PMO’s eyes and ears for project health, financial integrity, and risk management, translating complex project data into actionable intelligence for leadership decision-making.

Requirements

• 3+ years of program/project control experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk management or regulatory/compliance project delivery.
• Fair understanding of financial risk infrastructure and regulatory capital requirements.
• Proficiency in cost management, risk-based planning, and integrated reporting methodologies.
• Ability to navigate enterprise PM tools (Eg: Planview, MS Project, Planner) and financial tracking systems (Eg: MIS).
• Ability to extract, analyze, and present complex financial and schedule data to executive audiences.
• Strong communication skills translating technical details into business relevant insights.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Risk Management.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience with Agile/hybrid delivery models.
• Knowledge of banking operations and financial control frameworks.
• Experience managing relationships across Finance, HRIT, and business functions.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain rigorous cost management frameworks, tracking actual spend against approved budgets with real time variance analysis.
• Support financial forecasting with integrated risk and issue modeling to support accurate executive reporting.
• Facilitate monthly financial reviews, escalating variances and risks to drive corrective action.
• Assist project Manager when required to develop integrated, master level program schedules that consolidate multi stream dependencies and identify critical path risks.
• Create visual roadmaps (dependency diagrams, milestone trackers, timeline artifacts) that communicate program complexity to all governance levels.
• Proactively identify Project risks, conflicts, and optimization opportunities, recommending mitigation strategies.
• Maintain schedule discipline and baseline integrity throughout program lifecycle.
• Conduct periodic risk and compliance assessments, ensuring 100% alignment with RBC’s risk governance frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain a centralized risk, issue, assumption, and dependency (RAID) register with real-time escalation protocols.
• Act as compliance steward, ensuring all regulatory and organizational control requirements are embedded in program execution.
• Provide early warning indicators on emerging risks that could impact program or organizational objectives.
• Serve as the central intelligence hub, synthesizing project data into executive-ready narratives, dashboards, and reports.
• Support Project/Program managers for executive steering committee meetings, IRB presentations, and status communications with tailored insights.
• Manage critical program documentation, establishing the single source of truth for all program artifacts.
• Exercise strategic discretion in escalation and communications, ensuring the right information reaches the right stakeholders at the right time.

Benefits

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• A world-class training program in financial services.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level