EPMO Analyst
Home Hardware Stores
- Saint Jacobs, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Setup and administer projects within Home Hardware’s project portfolio management application.
- Provide timely and consistent monitoring and reporting across the portfolio. Derive insights and establish action planning to assist with guiding portfolio and project-based decisions.
- Build relationships and collaborate with appropriate key stakeholders through all levels of the organization.
- Coach and educate internal partners and external stakeholders as they participate in project portfolio management.
- Support Project Managers, Business leads, as well as HR and Finance representatives for ad hoc troubleshooting and general problem solving.
- Manage the portfolio invoice intake process including invoice recording, allocation, approval, and submission for payment. Reconcile discrepancies between Finance and EPMO project costing data, and identify, assess, communicate, and help resolve issues.
- Monitor and assess the impact of change requests and enterprise resource capacity challenges, escalating as appropriate.
- Understand and apply best practices within project portfolio management.
- Foster continuous process and tool improvement to enable improved delivery effectiveness and success.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Commerce or Business Administration, with a focus on Business, Finance, or Accounting. Project Management certification or courses are an asset.
- Five to seven years’ experience in supporting the oversight of project portfolios.
- Strong interpersonal and people management skills with the ability to work in a team environment.
- Project management and project costing/budgeting experience.
- Exceptional proficiency with Microsoft Office (advanced Excel).
- Attention to detail coupled with strong analytical and problem-solving expertise.
- Prior experience in PowerBI is an asset.
- Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to present difficult concepts in understandable terms to all levels in the organization.
- Strong business acumen and awareness of retail and distribution trends.
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible, to prioritize and be able to respond to multiple competing demands.
- Results-oriented with a focus on quality.
- Ability to be onsite three days a week at our corporate office in St. Jacobs, to accommodate our hybrid working model.
- Competitive Salary.
- Annual Incentive/Bonus Program.
- Comprehensive Benefits Program including:
- Health, Dental, Vision, Paramedical, Disability Coverage, Out of Country Travel Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Family Assistance Program.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan with Company Match, and choice of contribution level.
- Group RRSP.
- Discount from our corporate retail stores.
- WorkPerks© by Venngo discounts.
- Home & Auto Insurance discounts.
- 3-weeks’ vacation to start.
- Personal and sick time.