Role: IT PMO
Location: London
Company: Financial Services
Work Type: Hybrid (3 days per week in London Office near)
Experience: 2 years minimum
Day rate 300-340 per day (up to 33 days holidays)

We need an IT PMO with experience working within Financial Services (Corporate Banking, Investment Banking).

Essential:
1 - Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices, including business case, project planning and management, stakeholder management, issue identification & resolution, risk management, change management
2 - Good technical understanding of IT and the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
3 - Good understanding of project management methodologies
4 - Excellent organizational and time management skills
5 - Team-oriented and collaborative mindset

Desirable:
6 - Relevant Project management qualification (APM, PMP etc)
7 - The ability to remain pragmatic while ensuring controls are adhered to
8 - Excellent communicator with the desire to interact with stakeholders at all levels
9 - Strong problem-solving skills: the ability to make connections, highlight scenarios that may need senior management intervention, and drive change through objective unbiased recommendations
10 - Experience of prioritizing work to meet tight deadlines

General Duties and Responsibilities

Programme/Project Support
Support Programme and Project Managers in key tasks, including planning, milestone reporting, RAIDs, resource management and finances.
Ensure Governance and adherence of Projects to the Project Management systems & processes including applying Governance and compliance with the organisation Project Management methodology.
Provide guidance and advice on project best practice and provide training and support to Programme and Project Managers in the Project framework and also support the completion of completing and review of project documentation-
Ensure all project deliverables are created and adhere to the required quality/risk management policies
Ensure projects are tracked against budget and delivered within the approved budget.
Ensuring that each projects are delivered successfully, within scope, time, and budget.

Reporting
Regular project status reporting to stakeholders and management including quality control and appropriate standards.
Provide guidance and support the quality assurance of project/Work stream reports. This includes developing the capability of project managers/stakeholders through coaching them on the organisation's Governance model
Facilitate and provide secretariat duties to key governance IT meetings with C-suite stakeholders and Senior Business Heads
Own monthly preparation and reporting to Project Steering Committee, where applicable

Risk Management
Perform portfolio/Programme/project level risk quality analysis and reporting, working with project managers to understand effective RAID log monitoring.
Proactively seek to resolve risks and issues escalating when required

Finance
Create and track project/programme level budget trackers including forecasting spent
Support Project Manager in reviewing Timesheets, financial reports and budget reconciliations

Communication
Responsible for the relevant project, or programme information, ensuring that information is kept up to date and project documentation is stored following agreed standards.
Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the delivery programme, encouraging and implementing feedback and learnings from past projects to improve future project delivery and outcomes.
Posted Date: 25 Apr 2024 Reference: JS-BBBH10179 Employment Business: E-Frontiers Contact: Trish Lynch