Senior PMO Analyst

Ambition Group Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambition Group Limited in Sydney seeks a Senior PMO Analyst to govern the portfolio change slate, delivering strategic insights to senior leadership and rigorous project controls across change programmes.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, drive data-led reporting, capacity planning, and budget tracking, while mentoring juniors and refining PMO methodologies to boost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in PMO or project delivery.
• Advanced Excel with complex formulas and pivot tables.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, SharePoint and Power BI.
• Strong communication to present to senior management.
• Financial services exposure is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders and PGC for data-led reporting and prioritisation.
• Maintain capacity planning, forecast staffing across project teams.
• Track budgets, headcount, burn rates and actuals for financial reporting.
• Govern gate approvals and manage risks across Waterfall and Agile.
• Mentor juniors and refine PMO methodologies.

Skills

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Governance discipline

PMO experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Power BI

Job description

About the Role

I have a fantastic Senior PMO Analyst opportunity to join a key portfolio management function. This role plays a critical part in governing the whole-of-portfolio change slate, delivering strategic insight to senior leadership, and maintaining rigorous project controls across our change programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders and the Portfolio Governance Committee (PGC) to deliver data-led reporting, track pipeline roadmaps, and support project prioritisation.
• Maintain forward-looking capacity planning, manage resource contention, and forecast staffing across project teams.
• Track portfolio budgets, headcount, burn rates, and actuals to ensure accurate financial reporting and prevent cost overruns.
• Safeguard the change delivery framework across Waterfall and Agile streams, govern gate approvals, and manage portfolio-level risks and issues.
• Mentor junior team members, refine PMO methodologies, and drive operational efficiencies.

Key Requirements

• 5+ years of experience within a PMO or project delivery environment; past Project Management experience is highly regarded.
• Strong intermediate to advanced Excel skills, strong operational ability with complex formulas (e.g., XLOOKUP, nested logic) and pivot tables to manage detailed financial and resource data.
• Practical experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and Power BI dashboards.
• Confident communication skills with the gravitas to present to senior management and drive governance discipline.
• Financial services / investment / banking experience is advantageous / desirable.

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