About the position
A large, established enterprise in the financial services space is looking for experienced Project Coordinators to step into a six-month contract. The environment is delivery-focused and fast-moving, with multiple workstreams running in parallel and a strong emphasis on accuracy, visibility, and follow-through.
If you're someone who thrives on structure, enjoys being the glue between delivery, finance, and governance, and prefers a role where things are done properly the first time, this contract could be a good fit.
Responsibilities include:
- Support project managers by keeping project artefacts current and reliable (e.g.: maintaining logs, trackers, and risk registers with a consistently high level of accuracy
- Scheduling support, documentation, and proactive issue tracking form(s)
- Regular participation in project forums to help resolve blockers before they escalate.
- Stakeholder coordination: Arranging meetings, capturing outcomes, and ensuring every action item is tracked and followed up weekly, with clear ownership and status visibility
- Financial administration: Assist with programme budget updates, monthly cost and forecast reporting, invoice validation, and cost centre management, maintaining invoice trackers, producing regular financial reports for project leadership, and ensuring costs are allocated correctly
- Governance and audit readiness: Working with standard templates, track open audit items, support governance reporting, and assist with routine audit readiness checks through structured reviews and updates
- Participating in regular process reviews, suggesting practical improvements, and helping teams adopt new tools and ways of working
- Monitoring usage and compliance for tools such as Jira and financial trackers is part of this responsibility
Key Requirements:
- Grade 12
- Agile and/or Project Management certification
- Proven experience in structured project coordination with strong attention to detail and measurable accuracy
- A track record of supporting project managers with planning, documentation, and issue resolution
- Proven experience working with stakeholders across delivery, finance, and governance
- Solid financial tracking experience, including budgets, cost centres, invoices, and reporting
- Working knowledge of SAP procurement and enterprise financial processes - Hands-on exposure to SAP for procurement and financial processing is important, as is experience producing MIS or PPO-style reports.
- Exposure to governance frameworks, audits, and compliance-driven environments
- Experience supporting process improvement initiatives and tool adoption
This role suits a Project Coordination professional who is organised, methodical, comfortable working with numbers, and known for closing loops rather than chasing chaos.
Desired Skills:
- Project Coordinator
- PMO
- Financial Services Projects
- SAP Procurement
- Governance & Compliance
- Jira
- Contract Project Support
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