Project Controller

PMO Controller – Core Banking Modernization (Temenos)

Job Type: Full-time / Contract

Location Preference: Qatar

Reports To: PMO Manager / Program Director

The PMO Controller will act as the central planning, financial control, and governance anchor for an enterprise-wide Temenos Core Banking Modernization program. The role will consolidate workstream plans into an Integrated Master Schedule, manage dependencies and financial controls, monitor risks, and provide executive-level program reporting.

Schedule Control

• Consolidate individual Waterfall workstream plans into an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Track cross-workstream dependencies, technical handoffs, environment availability, and vendor milestones.
• Perform critical path analysis and delay-impact assessments.
• Model the impact of schedule slippage on Go-Live and program costs.
• Work with Workstream Leads on recovery, remediation, and fast-tracking plans.

Budget Control

• Monitor multi-year Cap Ex and OpEx transformation budgets.
• Analyze actual spend against baseline budgets.
• Forecast future expenditure and identify potential overruns.
• Reconcile Temenos and system integrator milestone invoices and delivery certificates.
• Work with Finance on software capitalization.

RAID & Change Control

• Own and maintain the central Risk, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) log.
• Track financial and schedule impacts of program risks.
• Manage the formal Project Change Request (PCR) process.
• Assess resource, timeline, and cost impacts of scope changes.
• Ensure compliance with internal banking governance and regulatory requirements.

Program Reporting

• Track Schedule Variance (SV), Cost Variance (CV), and Schedule Performance Index (SPI).
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards.
• Prepare Steering Committee, C‑suite, and Board‑level presentations.
• Consolidate complex schedule, financial, risk, and dependency information into clear executive reporting.

• 7–10+ years of PMO, Planning, and Project Controlling experience.
• Mandatory experience on a large‑scale Temenos core banking transformation/modernization program.
• Strong expertise in Waterfall delivery and gated lifecycle management.
• Experience across Requirements, Design, Build, Testing, Dress Rehearsal, and Go‑Live phases.
• Strong Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling and master scheduling experience.
• Experience controlling project portfolios of $20M+.
• Experience managing/guiding junior PMO analysts or administrative staff.
• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification is advantageous.