Project Control Officer-Summer term co op

Position

Description:

This role is ideal for a student who is highly organized, detail-oriented, and interested in gaining practical experience in business operations within a leading global technology and consulting firm.
You will collaborate with teams across the business and assist with process improvement, reporting, documentation, and coordination tasks that drive operational efficiency and client success.

What You’ll Gain at CGI:

• Practical, hands-on experience in a business operations role within a global IT and consulting organization

• Exposure to real-world challenges in project coordination, reporting, and process optimization

• A collaborative team environment that encourages innovation and continuous improvement

• Mentorship and professional development opportunities

• A chance to contribute to meaningful internal initiatives that have an impact

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Provides coordination services to the IT project team – acts as primary point of contact between internal team, client, and subcontractors

• Supports financial aspects of the project by coordinating billing, resolving Work In Process (WIP) issues and tracking Accounts Receivables

• Provides administrative and technical support of a clerical nature to project management, informing management about project status and any serious issues that arose;

• Maintains project documentation, project records, expenditure reports, new contracts and statistical information

• Supports invoicing activities

• Updates and tracks project change requests and project information in manual/electronic MS Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) files and libraries such as contracts, purchase orders, extras, information requests as well as generated submittals/transmittals, reports, project activity logs, schedules, deficiencies and correspondence, in the quality management tool

• Communicated monthly summaries for overall project status in MS Office Suite Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, including monthly project office support status reports, HR and cost impact of change requests to the PM and all levels of CGI stakeholders

• Assists with subcontractor agreements and ensures timely payments to subcontractors and resolves any issues

• Report creation and review for key performance indicators, as well as analysis of data/reports and investigation of any issues found

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Highly proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, primarily Excel

• Excellent analytical, problem solving, organizational, and time management skills

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills

• Able to prioritize, work under pressure and meet deadlines

• Works well independently and within a team environment

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