Strategy PMO Analyst – 6–12-month Fixed Term Contract

Financial Conduct Authority; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial regulator in the UK is seeking a Strategy PMO Analyst for a 6-12 month fixed term contract. This role involves supporting the management of the FCA's strategy by working with various teams, analyzing data, and driving governance. The ideal candidate will have prior PMO experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage stakeholder relationships effectively. The position offers a hybrid work model in London with a competitive salary package.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Non-contributory pension (8-12%)

Private healthcare with Bupa

35 hours of paid volunteering annually

Flexible benefits scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a PMO at portfolio level.
• Demonstrable delivery experience in coordinating and synthesizing data across multiple projects.
• Proven experience with PMO governance and streamlining processes.

Responsibilities

• Support strategy team in managing portfolios of change.
• Coordinate competing priorities among stakeholders.
• Analyse data across FCA’s strategic themes.

Skills

PMO expertise

Strong written and verbal communication

Stakeholder relationship management

Project management

Education

PMO certification (e.g., P3O, MoP, PRINCE2)

Job description

Strategy PMO Analyst – 6–12-month Fixed Term Contract

Division: Strategy
Department: Operations

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £59,700 and London from £57,700 to £65,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact is Riley Fox via [e-mail]. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The FCA’s Operations Department manages core business services, technology, data and infrastructure to ensure the regulator runs efficiently and can deliver its statutory objectives.

The FCA’s Strategy Division sets the regulators long term direction, focusing on deepening trust, rebalancing risk, supporting Economic growth, and fighting financial crime through smarter, more efficient regulation.

This role is instrumental to the operational management of the FCA’s 5- year strategy, which launched earlier this year.

Role responsibilities

• Work in the FCA’s strategy team to support strategy colleagues in the coordination and management of the 4 teams delivering portfolios of change to deliver the FCA strategy

• Work closely with a broad set of stakeholders across the strategy and need to support them in managing competing priorities

• Analyse and synthesize data and reporting across the FCA’s 4 strategic themes

• Identify themes and trends, dependencies and risks across the portfolios and propose ways of presenting conclusions to seniors, including C‑Suite

• Drive governance and best practices across a 4 diverse portfolios, ensuring strategic alignment and delivering insights that empower senior decision-making

• Coordinate senior committees by managing board materials, assuring quality, and capturing key outcomes that influence organisational strategy

Skills required

Minimum:

• Prior experience as a PMO at portfolio level

• Demonstrable delivery experience of coordinating and synthesizing data across numerous multi-year projects or programmes

• Proven experience with PMO governance, tools, and streamlining processes, and promoting best practice

Essential:

• Highly motivated, bringing your PMO expertise, working with minimal direction and taking full ownership for deliverables

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to understand and summarise complex information into executive language and reporting

• Experience as a secretariat of senior project/programme/portfolio level forums. Ability to produce high quality packs and minutes

• Prior experience in managing large, complex projects, programmes or portfolio budgets

• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with stakeholders and project team members

• PMO certification e.g. P3O, MoP, PRINCE2 is beneficial

• Demonstrable experience engaging and influencing with senior stakeholders

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work

• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary

• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance

• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually

• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible that both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

Timeline:

• Job advert close: 4th December

• CV Review/Shortlist: 8th December

• First Interview: w/c 15th December

• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.