PMO Analyst

Rate: c£500 outside IR35

Canary Wharf based, 2-3 days per week

Initial 6 month contract

Responsibilities:

• Provide PM support to the Finance and Procurement project.
• Drive alignment and coordination across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain and enhance governance and reporting processes, including weekly status reporting.
• Act as a key liaison between internal teams, System Integrator PMO, and ePMO.
• Support planning and delivery of Finance and Procurement project activities.
• Track progress, risks, and issues, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
• Collaborate with System Integrator PMO resources to align processes and deliverables.
• Lead the production of weekly status reporting packs for senior stakeholders.
• Liaise with the ePMO to ensure compliance with programme standards.
• Manage and optimise SharePoint sites for document control and collaboration.
• Use Microsoft 365 tools (Teams, Excel, PowerPoint) for communication and reporting.
• Apply MS Project for scheduling, resource planning, and dependency management.
• Support financial forecasting and budget tracking for the project.
• Weekly status reporting packs for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Updated RAID logs and project documentation.
• Well-maintained SharePoint site structure and content.
• Accurate MS Project schedules and dependency tracking.
• Timely escalation and resolution of risks and issues.
• Consistent communication and alignment across all relevant teams.

Requirements:

Essential

• Proven experience in a PMO or project coordination roles within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Advanced proficiency in SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and MS Project.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple teams and manage competing priorities.
• Experience working with System Integrator PMO resources and in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong people skills and client oriented
• Self-motivated, focused, and able to work efficiently to deadlines are essential.
• Ability to work with a degree of autonomy, but also a good collaborator.

Desirable

• Previous experience in Finance and Procurement transformation projects.
• Familiarity with enterprise PMO functions and governance frameworks.
• Experience on transformation projects that are implementing SAP S/4HANA and Ariba using the Activate methodology.
• Utilising SAP Cloud ALM and/or Jira for project delivery and tracking
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., Prince2, PMP, or equivalent).