Associate Director of Project Controls

The new Associate Director will provide project controls services and compliance oversight, taking responsibility for program level reporting and metrics. We are looking for a strong communicator who can efficiently digest complex data sets and succinctly report on them both in written and oral form to senior client stakeholders.The right candidate will be a good listener and be able to take, understand and rationalize performance feedback from internal and external stakeholder partners to create an environment of continuous improvement.Assist in the leadership of program management teamWork collaboratively with staff of all levels on team to complete current and forecast project deliverablesParticipate in meetings with VP of Business Unit, Directors and staff and prepare and deliver presentations.Bet familiar with and be able to clearly communicate advice on set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and train, coach on same.Deliver fantastic client service; operate in a partnership manner and be agile and creative in problem solvingProficient in Excel and Power BI; the ability to create, evaluate and troubleshoot dashboards and complex KPI reportingBe vocal and lead client discussion; contribute to meetings and discourse by actively engaging and leading workshopsProvide weekly updates regarding the status of projects, initiatives, and staffing, and propose solutions and obtain approval and agreement from management team.Direct process improvement to improve internal and client facing systems and processes , establishing new cost and project control tools, reporting and risk documents, and cost management templates and products.Engage in financial management – Utilize the tools provided to track ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission and financial reports.Be a critical thinker and be able to articulate positions and argumentsBe an active proponent and reference point of our values and behavioursDevelop priority plans including risk mitigation through internal tools, make performance measurements via Key performance indicator (KPI) and appraisal documents, management controls and critical success factors based on company goals.Advise on contracting and procurement strategy to the benefit of clients over a variety of industries and procurement routes and program level capital planning and reportingFacilitate value engineering, capital phase planning, risk and/or life cycle costing exercises for all projects/programsHave a good working knowledge of project delivery and cost management metrics