At a Glance
- Tasks: Support strategic business and tech transformation programmes with governance, reporting, and planning.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in a small to mid-sized bank focused on innovation.
- Benefits: Earn £350/day, enjoy hybrid work, and develop your skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for growth in a collaborative culture with a focus on digital transformation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving successful programme delivery and continuous improvement.
- Qualifications: Experience as a PMO Analyst with strong organisational and analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 70000 £ per year.
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented PMO Analyst to support the delivery of strategic business and technology transformation programmes. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining programme governance, reporting, planning, financial tracking, and delivery controls, ensuring projects are delivered in line with agreed objectives, timelines, and budgets. This is a hands-on PMO role requiring an individual who is comfortable managing programme administration, producing executive-level reporting, tracking risks and dependencies, and supporting programme managers and stakeholders across multiple workstreams.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day operation of the PMO function across projects and programmes.
- Maintain programme plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery trackers.
- Manage RAID logs and ensure risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies are accurately tracked and escalated where appropriate.
- Produce weekly and monthly programme status reports, dashboards, and governance packs.
- Support steering committees, programme boards, and governance forums by preparing documentation and recording actions.
- Track project budgets, forecasts, resource utilisation, and financial performance.
- Monitor project progress against key milestones and highlight delivery concerns.
- Ensure compliance with established governance processes, methodologies, and controls.
- Coordinate actions across business, technology, and third-party teams to support successful programme delivery.
- Drive continuous improvement of PMO processes, reporting, and governance standards.
Required Experience
- Proven experience working in small to midsized banks.
- Proven experience working as a PMO Analyst within business change, technology, or transformation programmes.
- Strong hands-on experience with governance, reporting, planning, RAID management, financial tracking, and project controls.
- Experience working within small to mid-sized financial services organisations, where the PMO function requires direct ownership and execution of activities.
- Strong understanding of project and programme lifecycle management.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to analyse and present complex information clearly.
- Experience using project management and portfolio management tools.
- Excellent organisational, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting digital transformation, platform migration, regulatory change, or operational improvement programmes.
- Knowledge of PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
- PMO, PRINCE2 Foundation, or similar project management certification.
Key Attributes
- Hands-on and delivery-focused.
- Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proactive, organised, and solution-oriented.
This is a hybrid working contract in West Yorkshire 2 days a week, 3 remote paying £350/day via Umbrella.
PMO Consultant employer: Ports North
Join a dynamic and supportive team as a PMO Consultant in West Yorkshire, where we prioritise employee growth and development through hands-on experience in strategic business and technology transformation programmes. Our hybrid working model fosters a flexible work-life balance, while our commitment to continuous improvement and governance excellence ensures that you will thrive in a culture of collaboration and innovation. With competitive pay and the opportunity to work closely with stakeholders across various projects, this role offers a meaningful and rewarding career path in the financial services sector.
