PMO Support Analyst (24 Month - FTC)

Legal And General Group; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services firm is seeking a PMO Analyst to join their Group Functions Change team. The successful candidate will support project governance, track financials, and maintain project data. Ideal applicants will have experience in a similar environment, familiarity with Waterfall and Agile methodologies, and proficiency in Microsoft Office tools like Excel. The role includes promoting continuous improvement and managing stakeholder relationships. Join us for a culture that values collaboration and personal development, with great benefits including health insurance and generous holidays.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

At least 25 days holiday

Performance-related bonus plan

Electric car scheme

Discounts on products and services

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO or similar environment.
• Familiarity with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of project management processes and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Support key project and portfolio processes.
• Maintain accurate project and resource data.
• Monitor adherence to lifecycle frameworks and controls.
• Track monthly finances including cost reporting.
• Produce meeting packs and capture actions accurately.
• Identify improvement opportunities and share best practices.
• Support Project Managers with submissions and approvals.

Skills

Organisational skills

Effective communication

Analytical mindset

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Tools

PPM tools (KeyedIn or similar)

Job description

Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Job Description

We’re looking for a PMO Analyst to join our Group Functions Change team. This role is key to supporting governance and control across our change portfolio, ensuring projects run smoothly and stakeholders receive the highest level of service. If you’re organised, collaborative, and passionate about enabling successful delivery, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the delivery of key project and portfolio processes to meet stakeholder requirements
• Maintaining accurate portfolio, project and resource data within PPM tools
• Monitoring adherence to lifecycle frameworks, standards and controls
• Tracking and supporting monthly finances including cost reporting and accruals
• Producing meeting packs and capturing actions and decisions accurately
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities and sharing best practice
• Supporting Project Managers with mandate and business case submissions and approvals
• Implementing governance and reporting for changes impacting customers

Qualifications

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience working in a PMO or similar environment
• Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
• Strong organisational skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate effectively and build strong stakeholder relationships
• Knowledge of project management processes, tools and performance metrics
• Analytical mindset with exposure to financial tracking and reporting
• Experience using PPM tools such as KeyedIn (or similar)
• A proactive approach to problem‑solving and continuous improvement

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part‑time, term‑time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.