Project Controller (PCO)

Position Description:

Contribute to the success of strategic initiatives at the heart of a dynamic, innovation-driven organization!

CGI Montreal is looking for a Project Controller (PCO) with a strong interest in project performance monitoring, data analysis, and the continuous improvement of project management tools. As part of a dynamic project management team, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective governance and oversight of a large-scale Agile program. If you enjoy tracking progress, managing risks, and producing reports to support project efficiency, CGI offers you an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on the success of our clients.

Work model: Hybrid Location: Montréal

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Assist Project Managers in developing project plans and schedules, identifying conflicts, and establishing dependencies with other projects

• Monitor and control projects in terms of schedules, activities/milestones, effort, and budgets, and be able to explain variances

• Produce monthly status reports, health assessments, and budget forecasts

• Perform month-end and fiscal year-end activities

• Track project plans and resource assignments

• Monitor and analyze project efforts, communicate any risk of deviation, and participate in defining mitigation measures

• Participate, when required, in project quality assurance processes and respond to audits

• Contribute to various administrative tasks such as invoicing, project creation, and resource assignment requests

• Collaborate closely with project controllers across the business unit

• Produce Agile performance metrics and indicators

• Support project delivery and coordinate project-related activities

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• University degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Computer Science, or another related field

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a similar Project Controller (PCO) role on IT projects

• Strong proficiency with Confluence, Jira, Jira Roadmaps, Excel, Power Query, and Power BI

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work with a structured approach

• Leadership, autonomy, and excellent teamwork skills

• Excellent communication skills in French (spoken, written)

Location: Montreal Work mode: Hybrid

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is 50 000$ et 100 000$. This role is an existing vacancy.

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Skills:

• French

• Atlassian Confluence

• Jira

• Leadership

• Microsoft PowerBI

• Project Management

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

To learn more about accessibility at CGI, contact us via email. Please note that this email is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used for application status inquiries.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.