Project Coordinator, Project Management And OCM - Finance Continuous Improvement

Project Coordinator

The Project Coordinator is responsible for the planning, execution, and monitoring of finance transformation projects within Global Business Services. This role requires a strong project management and collaboration skillset to be able to work on business projects together with our cross-functional groups ensuring consistency with the Magna Global Business Services strategy, commitments, and goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Planning and executing implementation of multiple business projects or strategic initiatives within the Global Business Services.
• Manage project scope, budget, and timelines to meet defined project goals and deliverables.
• Provide support in developing and maintaining full scale project plans as well as evaluations and assessments of project performance against benchmarks.
• Coordinate with various project stream leads in gathering and documenting business functional and technical requirements together with functional teams / business units.
• Lead various workshop and huddle meetings with the project stream leads, functional teams, and business units to review project status, key risks/issues, and associated mitigation strategies.
• Maintain Risk log by documenting potential risks identified through project progress review.
• Identify, document, and manage project change requests in compliance with change requests management process.
• Provide project management support to project leads in monitoring and controlling the execution of project tasks to ensure deadlines are met on time.

Who We Are Looking For

• Completion of a degree in Computer Science or a combination of education, training, and experience deemed equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years' progressive experience planning and implementing IT projects with cross-functional stakeholders from IT and business groups.
• Knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of project management and organizational change management.
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, methodology development, and application evaluation.
• Project management and supervisory principles and practices to supervise project staff and coordinate multiple complex projects under pressure to meet schedule and budget commitments.
• Basic understanding of IT infrastructure, network, databases, web applications.

Your Preferred Qualifications

• Project management professional (PMP) designation, CAPM, PMP, or equivalent certification is an asset.
• Project experience of supporting large data set migration from legacy systems using Data ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes is an asset.
• Smartsheet, Asana, MS Project experience is an advantage.
• Understanding data governance principles and compliance regulations is an asset.
• Project experience based on technologies like MS SQL based web applications, MS Azure, MS PowerBI is an asset.
• Project experience of implementing a Payroll / Time and Attendance system is an asset.

What We Offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

In addition, we offer you the following site benefits: An overview of our benefits will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

Notice Regarding the Use of AI

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies. If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

Worker Type

Regular / Permanent

Group

Magna Corporate