PMO Analyst

Business Unit / Team: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: £30,400 - £42,600 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits

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Our Team
The PMO Analyst will proactively work as part of the Programme Management Office who are responsible for maintaining and championing the Programme and Project Management governance framework across the portfolio. By ensuring effective and consistent milestone reporting, management of finances, risks, issues and dependencies the PMO provides objective support to programmes and the overall portfolio in the delivery of the expected outcomes. Working in collaboration with SPPM, they ensure the coherence of the Project Portfolio and together develop and maintain the appropriate environment to support each individual Project within it.

What you’ll be doing
• Facilitate adherence to the change management policy standards, ensuring the assigned programme is adhering to methodology (including EPM) and governance
• Proactively report and challenge overall programme progress, clearly articulating and/or escalating risks and issues ensuring the appropriate actions are taken and sufficient levels of control are in place.
• Facilitate & co-ordinate effort to complete financial month end processing within Finance timescales including quality assurance of project actuals, forecasts and funding requests to ensure programme continues within governance and budget.
• Facilitate Delegated Authority attestation for projects on P2P and maintain a watching brief on open purchase orders and ensure they are closed down in a timely fashion and any portfolio risks/opportunities are managed.
• Support the Programme Manager in facilitating Programme Control Boards (PCBs), building packs and proactively manage accurate actions/decisions through to closure.
• Ensure that project deliverables/artefacts have been reviewed and signed off by Key Stakeholders in accordance to the methodology.
• Ensure the Project Manager manages a detailed project plan in place and documented dependencies where applicable.
• Ensure that all risks, issues, actions and dependencies of the overall Programme are actively managed.
• Ensure that all mandatory artefacts are collated, version controlled and stored appropriately.
• Manage change control against the scope, plan and cost of the programme to ensure demonstrated audit and control, plus continued alignment to the agreed strategy and benefit plan.
• Production of and assurance of quality reports/packs/presentations for the Programme to ensure accuracy and to the required timescales.

We need you to have
• Proven experience of Business Change and Governance preferred
• PMO and/or Projects delivery experience (preferred)
• Understanding of the principles and frameworks of successful project management from a user and support perspective
• Proven experience in providing service to internal stakeholders to achieve successful project outcome
• Proven capability of creating and monitoring communications for large portfolio preferred
• Ability to support with monthly communications call (including content creation)
• Proven experience of reporting to deadlines and established standards
• Understanding of project delivery and acceptance processes within a fast-paced business environment
• Demonstrated capability for problem solving, decision making, sound judgment, assertiveness

Red Hot Rewards
• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

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Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.