Defence PMO Reporting Manager | Hybrid

Mace; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid working

Medical health cover

Life insurance

Income protection insurance

Pension scheme

Discretionary annual salary reviews

Family friendly policies

22 days annual leave + 2 Mace days + 3

Job summary

Mace is seeking an experienced Reporting Manager to join the Defence team in Reading or London, delivering robust project controls, governance and timely reporting in a highly regulated Defence programme.

You will be the focal point for month-end reports, coordinate dashboards with technical experts, and drive improvements in reporting processes while supporting project delivery and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project controls/PMO environment and reporting.
• Excellent communication and ability to simplify updates for senior levels.
• Knowledge of project controls processes: reporting, risk, cost, schedule, change management.
• Interest in developing a career in project controls.
• Experience using Power BI, Foundry, Excel for project data.
• Strong attention to detail and information accuracy.
• Experience maintaining trackers, MI and reporting outputs.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management in complex projects.
• Experience in Defence, Nuclear, Construction or highly regulated sectors is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Act as the focal point for month-end reports across portfolio, programme, PMO, supply chain and senior management.
• Produce accurate, timely project reporting and ensure monthly contributions from others.
• Support project controls governance, change control and baseline management.
• Represent project interests in reporting improvement initiatives across programme and portfolio.
• Coordinate development of dashboards with Power BI/technical experts.
• Influence adoption of new reporting processes for better visibility of progress.
• Maintain project reporting archive folders and files.
• Liaise with Project Managers and senior leaders to support delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and project controls performance.
• Support Project Manager and delivery team with controls.
• Organise governance forums and project meetings; maintain calendar and schedule.
• Attend key meetings and capture decisions, actions and outputs; track escalations.

Skills

Project controls

Communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Power BI

Foundry

Excel

Regulated environment experience

Tools

Power BI

Foundry

Excel

Job description

Mace is seeking an experienced Reporting Manager to join the Defence team in Reading or London, delivering robust project controls, governance and timely reporting in a highly regulated Defence programme.

You will be the focal point for month-end reports, coordinate dashboards with technical experts, and drive improvements in reporting processes while supporting project delivery and stakeholder engagement.