Portfolio Analyst

Osborne Clarke; Middlesex Centre; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international legal practice is seeking a Portfolio Analyst to join their Change & Transformation team. This role involves supporting the PMO with governance and methodologies, managing portfolio data, and fostering collaboration. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, financial management experience, and project management qualifications. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement and competitive salary.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Focus on employee health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in a firm-wide PMO environment.
• Strong analytical skills and client-centric mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the PMO Manager with MI/reporting of portfolio and financial information.
• Develop effective relationships with stakeholders for accurate portfolio information.
• Financial management, including creating detailed business cases.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Financial management

Problem-solving

Education

Project management qualifications (e.g., PMP, PMI)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

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Osborne Clarke is seeking a Portfolio Analyst to join our growing Change & Transformation team in any of our UK offices (Bristol, London, or Reading).

This position will support the UK Firm's firm-wide PMO by embedding portfolio, programme, and project governance and methodologies, and managing change portfolio data for effective decision-making.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working arrangements.

The role

The Portfolio Analyst will be a key member of the Change & Transformation team, promoting collaboration, teamwork, and innovation. Responsibilities include supporting the PMO Manager with MI/reporting of portfolio and financial information to enable effective decision-making by the Director of Change and the International Change Board (ICB).

Other Key Responsibilities Include

• Developing effective relationships with stakeholders to ensure accurate portfolio information.
• Acting as a key contact for portfolio practices, advocating best practices in change, programme, and project management, and business analysis.
• Developing and maintaining frameworks for portfolio practices and championing these across the organization.
• Supporting risk and issue tracking across the portfolio, ensuring mitigation actions are managed.
• Understanding projects within the portfolio to identify inter-dependencies, risks, and issues proactively.
• Financial management, including creating detailed business cases with quantifiable benefits and tracking these throughout project lifecycles.

We are looking for

• Experience in a firm-wide PMO environment.
• Strong analytical skills and a client-centric mindset, with proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Excellent coordination skills developed through project, programme, or portfolio work.
• Knowledge of various portfolio, programme, and project methodologies.
• Ability to support stakeholders in developing governance documents like status reports and business cases.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, capable of consolidating complex information into executive reports.
• Project management or PMO qualifications (e.g., PMP, PMI, APM, PROSCI, P3O) are desirable.
• An understanding of the role of a firm-wide PMO and change function.
• Financial management skills, including budgeting and reporting; experience with investment planning is an advantage.
• A logical, detail-oriented approach to problem-solving.

Salary And Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, prioritizing employee health and wellbeing.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications. For further information, contact Dan Jones (Recruitment Manager) at [e-mail]. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. We are committed to an inclusive environment and will accommodate any adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and 1,260 lawyers across 26 locations. We help clients navigate current issues and prepare for future challenges with a sector-based approach. We value diversity and inclusion, fostering a culture where everyone can belong.