PMO Portfolio Specialist, Cost

BT Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% on target annual bonus

Private GP 24/7 for you and family

Carers leave benefits

Job summary

BT Group is seeking a PMO Portfolio Specialist, Cost, to join our Finance & Business Services division in Manchester. You will align PMO governance, develop portfolio data standards and strengthen financial controls across the project portfolio.

You will collaborate with finance, delivery teams and stakeholders to improve forecast accuracy, cost reporting and governance processes, using Power BI and Excel for detailed analysis.

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO-like environment with project controls, reporting and finance support.
• Understanding of governance frameworks or portfolio management approaches.
• Power BI experience including dashboards and reporting outputs.
• Strong governance, reporting, financial control and process management in delivery environments.
• Proficient Microsoft Office, especially Excel, with data handling and dashboards.
• High attention to detail and process-oriented mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Governance Alignment: align PMO governance frameworks and reporting templates to portfolio requirements.
• Develop consistent standards for project data to enable portfolio reporting.
• Strengthen cost reporting, forecasting, accruals and financial governance processes.
• Produce portfolio reports, dashboards and packs using standardized data definitions.
• Analyse project and financial data using Excel/Power BI to identify risks and actions.
• Support portfolio budget tracking, forecasting and cost reporting.

Skills

PMO experience

Governance frameworks

Portfolio reporting

Financial control

Data analysis

Communication skills

Multi-priority management

Tools

Power BI

Excel

SharePoint Lists

Power Apps

Job description

Job Title: PMO Portfolio Specialist, Cost

Job Req ID: 62924

Job Function: Property

Posting Start Date: 21/09/2026

Posting End Date: 04/10/2026

Division: Finance& Business Services

Job Location: GBR-Manchester-New Bailey

Advertised Salary: Competitive with great benefits

About the role

We are looking for a skilled and motivated individual to join our Portfolio Management Office (PMO), supporting construction and property-related programmes. This role will focus on aligning existing governance frameworks, templates and processes with portfolio reporting requirements, ensuring that project and programme information can be reported consistently, accurately and at the right level. The successful candidate will act as a close link between PMO, finance and delivery teams, helping to strengthen financial processes, improve forecast and cost reporting discipline, and support better financial control across the portfolio. The role requires strong analytical capability, confidence working with project data and a practical understanding of governance, reporting and financial control in a delivery environment.

What you’ll be doing

Governance Alignment & Portfolio Reporting

Review and align existing PMO governance frameworks, reporting templates and processes to meet portfolio-level reporting requirements.

Support the development of consistent standards for project and programme data, ensuring information can be consolidated and reported clearly at portfolio level.

Financial Control & Process Improvement

Work closely with finance and delivery teams to strengthen cost reporting, forecasting, accruals, purchase order and financial governance processes.

Identify opportunities to improve financial controls, data quality and process discipline, helping teams understand and apply standard ways of working.

Reporting & Analytics

Support the preparation, assurance and improvement of portfolio reports, dashboards and packs, using consistent data definitions and reporting standards.

Use Excel, Power BI and other Microsoft tools to analyse project, programme and financial data, highlighting trends, risks, exceptions and areas requiring action.

Resource & Financial Management

Support portfolio-level budget tracking, forecasting, accruals and cost reporting activities by helping ensure data is complete, timely and aligned to agreed processes.

Build strong working relationships with finance, commercial and delivery colleagues to improve shared understanding of financial processes and controls.

Stakeholder Engagement

Coordinate communication between project teams, programme sponsors, finance and supply chain partners.

Facilitate meetings, workshops, and governance reviews.

Continuous Improvement

Identify opportunities to enhance PMO processes and tools.

Support training and onboarding for project managers and team members.

Risk & Issue Management

Monitor project and programme risks and issues, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Experience working in a PMO, project controls, project reporting, finance support or business operations environment.
• Understanding of project management methodologies, governance frameworks or portfolio management approaches.
• Power BI experience, including dashboard use, reporting outputs or supporting report development.
• Strong understanding of governance, reporting, financial control and process management in a project or programme delivery environment.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office, with strong Excel skills and confidence working with data, reports, trackers and dashboards.
• High attention to detail and a proactive, process-oriented mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational, analytical, and communication skills.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Commercial or cost control experience, particularly in a construction, property, infrastructure or project delivery environment.
• Knowledge of Power Automate, SharePoint Lists, Power Apps or other workflow automation tools.
• Experience supporting process improvement, data quality or reporting maturity initiatives.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., APM, PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) are desirable.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

About BT Group

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.