Project Coordinator, Enterprise Risk Management

Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.
We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 370,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than 5 million members. Together we have over $100 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our EQ Bank platform ( eqbank.ca ) has been named the top Schedule I Bank in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks 2023, 2022, and 2021 lists.
The Work
This position is for a Project Coordinator who will reside in the Basel PMO and report to the Senior Basel Program Manager. In this role the incumbent will be responsible to work alongside and support the Senior Basel Program Manager in all aspects of managing a material program. The incumbent will also support the Director, Basel Compliance, as well provide support to the Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management.
The Core Parts Of The Role Would Be

• Participate in monthly budget tracking and fiscal planning, as required.
• AIRB Program
• Collect, monitor and prepare updates with regards to AIRB compliance gaps raised and actioned by business units.
• Provide Basel PMO support to all business streams participating in the AIRB Program in alignment with the AIRB Program Handbook. This includes weekly status reporting, project plans, RAID log maintenance, Program templates, and Change Requests.
• Follow-up and document progress against action items.
• Maintain/manage and inventory the completeness of project documentation as appropriate.
• Provide support to the Director Basel Compliance and the Vice President Enterprise Risk Management, including:
• Where appropriate, assist program business streams with Project Management deliverables.
• Client Relationship Management
• Coordinate, schedule and help to manage meetings, assist in agenda creation, create/collect meeting content, and capture discussions, risks, issues, decisions and action items in meeting notes as required.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with all business streams and IT members participating in the AIRB Program.
• Manage the content of the Basel PMO mailbox.
• Prepare weekly program reporting, including program dashboards, status summary, and share with stakeholders.
• Collect, prepare, facilitate program wide Dependency works on a quarterly basis.
• Act as the Administrator and provide program support for the AIRB Program’s Confluence site.
• Facilitate meetings as required.
• Create and provide customized reports and presentation materials for meetings as well as for key project/program leaders; distribute to management teams as required.
• Prepare the weekly PMO report package including program dashboards, and status summary.
• Support the collection and preparation of steering committee materials as required
• Create and maintain project templates as required.
• Provide coverage for Basel PMO team members as required.
• Organize and maintain documentation to support the AIRB application to OSFI.
• Scheduling, documenting and following up on meetings.
• Maintain the AIRB Program level RAID logs.
• Create process/ workflow charts and diagrams as required.
• Escalate difficult or complex project-related business stream issues to Basel PMO.

What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
💰 Competitive discretionary bonus
✨ Market leading RRSP match program
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan
👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
🏝 Generous vacation policy, personal days and even a moving day
🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
🎓 Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program
💛 A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well.
We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.
We can’t wait to get to know you!