Portfolio Analyst

Osborne Clarke; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; 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 by embedding governance methodologies and managing change portfolio data. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in PMO environments, and project management qualifications. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and benefits

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in a firm-wide PMO environment.
• Strong analytical skills and client-centric mindset.
• Excellent coordination skills in a project or programme setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with stakeholders for accurate portfolio information.
• Manage financial aspects, including creating detailed business cases.
• Support risk and issue tracking across the portfolio.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Project management or PMO qualifications (e.g., PMP, PMI, APM)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Role profile

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 to facilitate decision-making.

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

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 data to enable effective decision-making by senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop relationships with stakeholders to ensure accurate portfolio information.
• Serve as a point of contact for portfolio practices, advocating best practices in change, programme, and project management.
• Develop and maintain frameworks for portfolio practices and promote these across the organization.
• Support risk and issue tracking across the portfolio, ensuring mitigation actions are managed.
• Understand projects within the portfolio to identify inter-dependencies, risks, and issues proactively.
• Manage financial aspects, including creating detailed business cases with measurable benefits.

We are looking for

• Experience in a firm-wide PMO environment.
• Strong analytical skills and client-centric mindset, with proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Excellent coordination skills in a project or programme setting.
• Understanding 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 for executive reporting.
• 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, reporting, and investment planning.
• Methodical problem-solving approach with attention to detail.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and benefits, including initiatives supporting health and wellbeing.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications. For more information, contact Dan Jones (Recruitment Manager) at [e-mail]. We review applications on a rolling basis and do not use automated decision-making.

We are committed to an inclusive environment. If you need adjustments during the application or employment process, please let us know confidentially.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and 1,260 lawyers across 26 locations. We focus on sector-based advice, helping clients navigate current issues and future challenges. Our culture is approachable and inclusive, with diversity networks and interest groups supporting this ethos.

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