Project Management Officer - Change Programme - Financial Services

Rothstein Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Rothstein Recruitment is seeking an experienced PMO Analyst to provide hands-on support across a busy change programme. You will help ensure strong governance, accurate reporting and effective coordination with the programme team and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities include maintaining RAID logs, schedules, and milestones; coordinating governance meetings; and supporting financial forecasting and centralised reporting.

Qualifications

• PMO Analyst/Programme Support or similar change-delivery role.
• Strong organisational skills with a proactive, delivery-focused approach.
• Confident working with Project Managers and senior stakeholders.
• Good communication skills and ability to chase actions and keep delivery moving.

Responsibilities

• Maintain governance artefacts (plans/POAPs, RAID logs, milestones, actions, RAG reporting).
• Coordinate governance meetings and working groups; prepare first-draft packs and manage actions.
• Run RAID and planning sessions; capture and escalate risks, issues and dependencies.
• Maintain programme timelines and chase delivery updates from PMs and colleagues.
• Support financial forecasting by maintaining central programme financial information.
• Coordinate stakeholder communications and meeting schedules for governance sessions.
• Support workshops and programme activities; document outputs, decisions and actions.
• Drive consistency in programme reporting, governance and ways of working.

Skills

PMO experience

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Delivery focus

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

An exciting opportunity opens for an experienced Project Management Officer to provide hands-on support across a busy change programme. The role will help ensure strong programme governance, accurate reporting and effective coordination across the programme team and senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain core programme governance and delivery artefacts, including plans/POAPs, RAID logs, milestones, actions and RAG reporting.
• Coordinate governance meetings and working groups, including preparing first-draft packs, managing actions and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Run regular RAID and planning sessions and ensure risks, issues and dependencies are appropriately captured and escalated.
• Maintain programme timelines and proactively chase milestone and delivery updates from Project Managers and programme colleagues.
• Support financial forecasting by ensuring programme financial information is maintained centrally.
• Coordinate stakeholder communications, meeting schedules and pre-meetings for key strategic or governance sessions.
• Support workshops and programme activities, ensuring outputs, decisions and actions are documented and followed through.
• Work closely with Project Managers and programme leadership to drive consistency in programme reporting, governance and ways of working.

What we’re looking for

• Previous experience in a PMO Analyst, Programme Support or similar change delivery role.
• Strong organisational skills with a proactive, delivery‑focused approach.
• Confident working with Project Managers and senior stakeholders.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel capability.
• Comfortable working across plans, RAID, governance, reporting and programme finances.
• Good communication skills and the confidence to chase actions, challenge inconsistencies and keep delivery activity moving.
• Financial services experience would be beneficial.