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The Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is the centralised function to co-ordinate portfolio prioritisation, planning, project delivery monitoring, governance & assurance, methodology standards & their adoption and gating of project progress. The PMO also co-ordinates internal resource allocation & external provisioning. The function is the central administration point for all IT Financial budgeting, forecasting, tracking & administration of both the capital & revenue budgets. The PMO is the centralised function for all in-direct procurement from purchase to payment administration for products & services in the project/development & maintenance/support cycle.

Purpose of the role:

To work as an Analyst within the PMO function so as to meet the operational demands of the business, as directed by Line Management.

Key Accountabilities:

• Work with Business Solutions team to ensure pipeline is planned based on business priorities & IT Development capacity constraints (e.g. human resource, environments, budget, service take on).
• Prepare presentation materials for the Operating Board & Sub-Groups to enable effective IS/Business investment prioritisation & decisions.
• Work with development team to ensure projects are resourced appropriately to enable them to be delivered on time and to budget and maintain schedules to monitor & track allocations, availability & skills.
• Work with the PMO & SI Manager to appraise partner organisations of pipeline projects & monitor in-flight project timescales to as ensure the resourcing dependencies are managed. Consolidation & submission of internal resource capitalisation information.
• In-Flight Programme / Project tracking & monitoring (RAG, milestones, risks, issues, budgets). Provide support for the Delivery Managers Meeting (DMM).
• Execute gating process in line with standards including organising reviews, document outputs & follow through / escalation. Lead continual service improvement to this gating process. 
• Support the adoption of the project management methodology to ensure consistency of use & act as custodian of methodology and best practice, working with the PM community to maintain, amend & enhance guidelines and standards to ensure they are fit for purpose and value-adding.
• Document & maintain process flows & guidelines for all processes that are governed by the PMO.
• Financial planning & budget analysis (depreciation, accruals, forecasts etc) & actual reporting (capital & revenue spends, issues & opportunities identification & follow up). Creating & maintaining schedules and reports as appropriate.
• Assist as & when required with the execution of all procurement processes & administration.

Skills/attributes required for the role:

• Strong planning skills & a sound understanding of project management methodology, controls and their application.
• Ability to decipher resourcing requirements through liaison with IT colleagues.
• PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent practical knowledge & experience.
• PMO experience in enterprise scale organisations. Experience in creating & utilising PMO tools, templates, techniques & processes.
• Ability to use MS Office Applications such as MS Excel to an intermediate level for maintaining & manipulating data. Proficient in MS Word & PowerPoint.
• Clear, logical thinking ability & problem solving.
• Analytical & lateral thinking.
• Collaborative approach and customer facing individual.
• ITIL awareness / Foundation qualification desirable.
• Financial qualifications (AAT/CAT/CIMA/ACCA) desirable
• What decisions does the role holder make:
• Supporting a range of decision making processes on project selection, resourcing, budgeting etc.
• Decision making on what to escalate along with recommending remedies.

What is the typical planning time frame for the role:

• 1 – 6 months at a detail level.
• 6 – 18 months at an on overview level.

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Location: East England, London (inner and outer), South West England, UK locations