PMO Analyst

Job description PMO ANALYST Who we are PwC Operate delivers operational and managed services solutions to clients across a range of situations often associated with their regulatory, risk and/or compliance agendas. We bring together regulatory insight, highly skilled operational resource and an unrivalled technology offering to provide a high quality and cost effective solution to operational delivery challenges. Our capabilities stretch across a number of business pillars including Financial Crime Operations, Compliance Operations, and Customer Management. We have almost 1,200 people located in our purpose built, secure delivery centre in Belfast; across our regional offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh; and on a range of client sites. About the role We're looking for experienced project professionals who will help us deliver best in class projects across our business and to our clients. We are particularly keen to attract people with project coordination/PMO experience from multiple sectors such as Financial services, Technology, IT, Construction and Manufacturing. The role involves supporting the execution of transformation and change projects for our clients, who are predominantly within the financial services sector. This may include Development and maintenance of project plans Preparation of project reports including status reports, RAID logs and project dashboards, tracking and analysis of budgetary information across the full project portfolio Production of presentations for senior management Supporting the project management team with ad hoc requirements Identifying risks, issues and discrepancies and taking action accordingly Utilising appropriate and repeatable technology solutions to support high quality, efficient outcomes Who we are looking for Essential Previous PMO or junior project management experience Ability to apply a logical and analytical approach to work Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Highly analytical and ability to develop solutions to technical problems Excellent project planning skills and experience of using project management and planning tools such as MS-Project Good knowledge of the MS Office Suite, in particular strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint Ability to engage not just on the how, but also on the why with the courage to challenge Desirable Undergraduate degree (e.g. BA, BSc, BEng) Previous experience of working in a regulatory driven change environment, a banking, technology or manufacturing environment or IT enabled change environment Other relevant professional qualifications such as PRINCE2, APMP, PMP, Agile, Scrum Location You will be based in Belfast, however as a result of the wide variety of clients and projects, you may be asked to work in other locations within the UK and beyond, sometimes at short notice and sometimes over lengthy periods of time. Your desire and ability to do this will be discussed as part of the recruitment process. Candidates who are unable or do not wish to work on projects in other locations will still be considered. What's in it for you? The role will be varied and challenging, providing you with an opportunity to work with a wide variety of high profile clients. We're also exceptionally passionate about providing you with the necessary skills, experience and training to help you develop both personally and professionally. In addition to the client projects and training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment Our dedicated internal Careers Service. Competitive salary plus a potential discretionary bonus (performance related) 25 days standard holiday pro rata, with options to increase this through your benefits package A flexible benefits scheme that can be tailored to suit your (and your family's) needs. Provision of a group pension plan with additional funding provided by PwC. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here uk/careers/experienced/apply Diversity We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate. Learn more here uk/diversity