Finance & Banking, Risk Manager​/Analyst

• Term 12 months (November 23, 2026 to November 30, 2027)
• Assigned Recruiter(s) Farah Ulla
• Job Opening
• City Montreal
• Country Canada
• Number of Positions 1
• Work Experience 7-10 Years

Mandate Overview:

• The client is looking for a project manager who owns theentire delivery: project plan, deliverables, budget, schedule, risks anddeliverable approval. The role places the person at the centre of a broadecosystem (sponsor, managers, contribution leads, external integrator) andgives them authority over resource change requests. Reporting goes directly tothe sponsor and the steering committee, which requires a level of politicalacumen explicitly named in the mandate.
  
  What sets this mandate apart from a genericproject manager role is the note on financial knowledge: derivatives,accounting and financial risk, at a basic level, combined with a software integration and platform change project. PMP, MGP or ACP certification islisted among the required knowledge, with no mention of it being an asset.
• Target candidate: a certified project manager withmore than 6 years of large-scale cross-functional projects, who has already leda platform replacement or integration in a financial institution or riskcontext. The person must be able to speak the language of finance (derivatives,accounting, risk) with business teams, without being a domain specialist.

Required:

• More than 6 years in project management in large-scalecontexts
• PMP / MGP / ACP certifications
• Experience in a risk management context and/or in afinancial institution
• Experience in the financial sector
• Basic knowledge of finance: financial derivatives,accounting, financial risk management
• Experience in a software integration and platform changeproject
• Management skills: complex contexts, communication,political acumen, collaborative culture, planning and coordinating, leadership and initiative

Asset:

• Master's or graduate degree in project management

Profiles to Exclude:

• Profile mentioning project management without demonstratedaccountability for budget, schedule and steering committee reporting.
• Profile whose projects described in the resume aresmall-scale or limited to a single team, with no cross-functional,multi-department project.
• Profile with no software integration, platform replacementor platform change project listed in the resume.
• Profile with no demonstrated exposure in the resume toderivatives, accounting or financial risk.
• PCO, project office advisor or Scrum Master profilepresented as a project manager.
• Profile with no PMP, MGP or PMI-ACP certification listed inthe resume (pending the client's answer).