PMO

Match Performance Solutions Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A performance solutions provider is seeking a PMO professional to lead its PMO service. Responsibilities include providing plan progress reports, facilitating project deliverables sign-off, and offering finance administration services. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in providing PMO services and must be analytical and possess excellent communication skills. Experience within financial services or government IT environments is essential. This role requires adherence to quality and governance standards, alongside a strong detail orientation.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience providing a stand-alone PMO service to projects.
• Experience in financial services, large corporations, or government IT environments.
• Experience of working within an Agile/RUP environment is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO service on programmes and projects.
• Provide regular plan and milestone progress reports.
• Implement and ensure adherence to project change control.
• Provide finance administration service to the project.
• Facilitate sign-off of key project deliverables.
• Produce monthly project executive MI Report.
• Respond to ad-hoc information requests.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Coaching others

Stakeholder relationship building

Tools

MS Project

Clarity or equivalent system

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The PMO role sits within the Divisional Team and is responsible for providing an analytical service to Programmes and Projects, reporting and providing insight into their progress and successful completion.Leading the use of programme governance processes and templates to ensure appropriate rigour is applied to the programme or project.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Leading the PMO service on programmes and projects, either in a standalone PMO function or leading the tasks of other PMO analysts in the delivery of the PMO Service.Providing regular plan and milestone progress reports in line with Community of Practice standards.Tracking reasons for Amber or Red status and ensure that there is a clear corrective action plan documented.Being the conscience of the programme.
• Leading initial development and ongoing maintenance of high level and detailed project plans, creating and maintaining standardised project RAID logs through regular interactions with worksteams and ensuring risks and issues are communicated and appropriately escalated and tracking of mitigation actions.
• Implementing and ensuring adherence to project change control, quality and stage gate processes and templates, providing updates and insight to stakeholders.
• Providing a finance administration service to the project, e.g collating financial data, forecasting, administering the Monthly Accrual Process and completing purchase requisition requests on behalf of the project, financial reconciliation including invoice posting, highlighting issues with budget forecasts and actions where tolerances are out of line with expectations.
• Facilitate the sign-off of key project deliverables and implementing configuration management standards for projects, ensuring project library document naming and version control standards are adhered to.
• Producing the monthly Project Executive MI Report and board packs, Identifying and managing the flow of information to the project board, preparing and distributing agendas, minutes and actions/decisions list.Responding to Ad-hoc requests for information in relation to the programme or project.
• Substantial experience providing a stand-alone PMO service to projects and/or leading other PMO analysts on programmes within financial services, large corporations or government IT environments
• Analytical and able to justify and make recommendations using programme data and insights to drive the programme forward
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate programme information to stakeholders and programme teams
• Experienced user of Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Experienced user of MS Project and Clarity or an equivalent system
• Strong attention to detail both in completing PMO tasks and in quality assuring the work of peers and team members.
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with stakeholders and programme team members
• Effective at coaching others in the use of programme frameworks and the behaviours required to provide a best in class PMO service
• Experience of working within an Agile/RUP environment would be an advantage

PLEASE NOTE: This role falls inside IR35