PMO

Permanent

London - with flexible working

As a PMO you will support our clients to successfully deliver projects to schedule, quality and cost.

You will define and maintain standards and be regarded as the central hub between senior

management, department heads, resource managers, controllers and project managers.

Responsibilities include

Set the standards and requirements to be followed by the project in compliance with the

programme/organisation

Ensure effective processes are in place to support the project and resolve issues effectively and timely

Collaborate with stakeholders and wider team, collate and distribute regular

communication, reporting packs and updates as per project cadence

Provide support in facilitating meetings and workshops including document agendas,

minutes and actions for meetings and ensure appropriate follow up

Maintain and responsible for the accuracy of PMO Documentation including RAID Logs,

Status Reports, Change Logs and Decision Logs

Provide general support for the project manager in all elements of the project

Contribute to the excellence of the PMO function by maintaining the change framework,

induction packs and document library, ensuring compliance with organisational standards

Facilitate governance and improved decision making through assurance, communication and reviews e.g. via project health checks, audits, stage gate reviews and lessons learned

Review project plans with key stakeholders and colleagues to provide challenge and

feedback to ensure consistency and quality

Engage with stakeholders to understand resource requirements and develop resource plans

Provide support in understanding costs and forecasts to manage the overall portfolio and

project level finances

Depending on assignment, may work across projects to ensure the business adheres to the same standards and support identification of dependencies, risks & issues between teams

Undertake other Transformation & Change lifecycle roles/responsibilities as required

Be an active member of the Transformation & Change

Skills and Experience

3+ years in a PMO role

2+ years in Investment Banking

Strong attention to detail: project timelines, risk assessments

Stakeholder management and a clear, confident communication style

Ability to communicate across multiple workstreams and identify inter-dependencies, risks and issues

Able to challenge members of the project team to make sure reporting is accurate, and individuals are accountable for their commitments

Experienced in keeping projects on track and delivered to plan

Familiar with PMO strategies, processes, and methodology

Strong expertise in MS Office applications and Microsoft Project

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Conversant in both waterfall and agile methodologies

Comfortable with technical concepts and flows

Experience working in fast-paced and demanding environment

Pragmatic approach to delivery and can-do attitude

Desirable

Experience in consulting or services organisation(s)