Portfolio Management Analyst in London

9 months Maternity FTC, London based – 1-2 days in the office per week. We are looking for a Portfolio Management Analyst to join our Technology Services team to support, enable and track the successful delivery of change and BAU portfolios, working closely with the Delivery, Engineering and Product teams.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Finances – Oversee monthly reconciliation of Oracle and change actuals, partnering closely with Delivery Managers to align value stream financial spreadsheets. Proactively challenge and validate initiative forecasts and estimates at completion. Foster strong and consistent collaboration with our Finance Business Partner and FP&A team to ensure a clear understanding of the Corporate Reporting dashboard and Marketplace tool that provide actuals. Identify and monitor any unassigned costs or discrepancies in Oracle, working with Finance to allocate them to the correct cost centres. Maintain a comprehensive portfolio financial spreadsheet to provide clear visibility for Tech Services Leadership.
• Change Oversight – Awareness and understanding of all active change and BAU initiatives within the portfolio. Understand the wider Tech Services value stream, squad and cost centre structure.
• Resource Management – Track and report on resourcing views across the department and advise on over/under utilisation.
• Portfolio Reporting – Ensure adherence to localised reporting cadence and standards. Develop and manage effective portfolio reporting, to enable effective data driven decisions/actions to be taken.
• Continuous Improvement – Work as a trusted partner to the department to ensure the effective delivery and control of the portfolio, and to add value to processes and ways of working.

Requirements And Experience

• Circa / as a guide – 3 years of experience working in a similar Portfolio Management Office/Project Office role. Those with more or less experience but with the right level of knowledge will naturally be considered.
• Financial and budgetary experience is essential - Financial month end reconciliation experience.
• Industry agnostic, but desirable would be financial services.
• Exceptional communication.
• Desirable – experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum and Kanban, or at least a core understanding of this way of working.
• Presentation and facilitation skills.
• Must be able to work independently and proactively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

About Hiscox

As an international specialist insurer we are far removed from the world of mass market insurance products. Instead we are selective and focus on our key areas of expertise and strength - all of which is underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way of doing things. We insure the unique and the interesting. And we search for the same when it comes to talented people. Hiscox is full of smart, reliable human beings that look out for customers and each other. We believe in doing the right thing, making good and rebuilding when things go wrong. Everyone is encouraged to think creatively, challenge the status quo and look for solutions. Scratch beneath the surface and you will find a business that is solid, but slightly contrary. We like to do things differently and constantly seek to evolve. We might have been around for a long time (our roots go back to 1901), but we are young in many ways, ambitious and going places. Some people might say insurance is dull, but life at Hiscox is anything but.

Diversity and Hybrid Working

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we are committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We have also learned over the past few years that working life doesn’t always have to be in the office, and now it is safe to do so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance. This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance. We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.

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