Project control Officer - GTT, LLC

Chicago, IL

About the Job

Senior Project Coordinator / Project control Officer

Contract Duration 6 Months

Job Description:
Strategic Business Unit Description

Client US Region is focused on deepening client relationships by delivering a full range of financial products and services to clients in the US Region.
The group provides business strategy and integrated financial services to clients.
Being in line with the client's core purpose: to help make our client's ambitions a reality, the client US offer focuses on integrated relationship management, where Investment Management Trust, Fiduciary, Asset Management, and Wealth Strategies teams work together to deliver customized financial solutions.
In addition, client US also offers Commercial Banking, Commercial Real Estate Financing, and Community Banking solutions to clients.

Business Unit Description
Job Purpose

The Senior Project Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and preparing project schedules, assigning work to the project team, monitoring progress, responding to changing priorities, and adjusting work schedules.
The role applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to assist in the development and delivery of key project planning initiatives such as the project charter, project scope, and project schedule.
The Senior Project Coordinator exercises independent judgment within defined procedures, tracking progress and making recommendations on response plans for risks, resolution plans for issues and results on action items. Working with limited direction, the Senior Project Coordinator proactively identifies any deviations to the project schedule and recommends corrective action to the project manager to mitigate risk.

Key Accountabilities

This position will have responsibility for supporting the operations of various program initiatives.
Work with stakeholders to schedule and facilitate meetings.
Create status reports, meeting minutes, and presentations.
Maintain up-to-date risks, actions, issues, and decision logs.
Track follow-ups, ensuring that the teams adhere to the project management approach and expectations.
Assist the workstreams with creating business requirement documents, process maps, or other project artifacts and analyzing project needs.
Work collaboratively with the bank project managers and stakeholders to track progress on work plans and milestones.
Support maintenance and tracking of program budget(s)
The position will often support more than one project at a time.

Cross-Functional Relationships (Legal, Compliance, External, Etc.):

Be the liaison between business units, technology teams, and support teams.

Compliance Requirements/Responsibilities

As an employee of the client, the incumbent must comply with all applicable client and Line of Business policies, standards, guidelines, and controls.

Conduct & Culture Risk

Our client risk culture is based on employees striving to exceed the expectations of ourselves and our leadership's identification and mitigation of risks in their daily responsibilities, not just in quarterly or annual monitoring/assessments. We all are accountable for managing risk.
As an employee of the client, the incumbent must conduct themselves (and foster an environment for others) in a manner consistent with our strong risk culture. This includes:
- Following all aspects of the client Code of Conduct, as well as all applicable client policies, frameworks, guidelines, processes, and controls
- At all times acting in accordance with our Purpose and shared values, to achieve our Bank's strategic goals
- Understanding and following the qualitative and quantitative components of our Risk Appetite Statements
- Completing all annual Corporate Mandatory Training and Testing modules, as well as any additional business-specific modules, as required and employing the learnings in daily activities and undertakings
- Escalating matters through one of the appropriate channels identified in the client Code of Conduct (i.e., HR, management, Ethics Hotline, Whistleblower, etc.) upon observing activities that may be inconsistent with the client's policies, frameworks, guidelines, processes, and controls
- Speaking up if witnessing behaviors that drive poor or unfair outcomes for clients, team members, or other stakeholders
- Escalating matters that can result in adverse market practices and outcomes, thereby negatively impacting the client's reputation as a leading financial institution

Note:

Hybrid // Core day is Wednesdays for regulatory. Core day for the operations program will vary. Onsite meetings every other month. More onsite with the operations program but generally speaking onsite day will be Tuesday. Potential for more days onsite, CWs need to be flexible.
40 Hours/week, 9-5 Monday to Friday

Benefits:

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
401k Retirement Fund

About The Company:

Our client is a leading and well-diversified North American financial institution committed to creating enduring value for their clients, teams, communities, and shareholders as we activate our resources to create positive change and contribute to a more secure, equitable, and sustainable future. They know the importance of reliable financial products and services and are dedicated to providing them in a way that lets you bank however you want, whenever you want.
They work hard to make client organization a place where everyone’s welcome and can truly feel they belong. You deserve a job that’s more than a job. Take your career to new heights and work alongside the best in the industry.

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Source : GTT, LLC