PMO Analyst

About the role: The Central PMO team plays a critical role in enabling successful delivery across Change, Digital Delivery, ensuring robust governance, quality assurance and delivery standards are embedded across a complex portfolio of programmes and value streams. We're looking for an experienced PMO Analyst to join the team and help drive consistency, transparency and continuous improvement across our change landscape. This is an excellent opportunity for an established PMO professional who enjoys working at the heart of delivery governance.

You'll take ownership of key PMO services, leading assurance activities, providing meaningful reporting and insights, and work closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure projects and programmes are delivered in line with agreed standards and best practice. What you'll be doing: Leading and conducting project assurance activities to ensure alignment with standards, processes and best practice. Driving effective delivery while identifying opportunities to enhance processes, controls and ways of working Supporting the administration, adoption and continuous improvement of key project and portfolio management tools, including providing guidance and training to users.

Producing accurate and insightful reporting to support effective decision-making, governance and portfolio oversight. Acting as a subject matter expert across PMO services, providing support and guidance to colleagues and helping to develop capability within the wider team. Building strong relationships with stakeholders across Change, Digital Delivery to promote consistent governance and delivery standards.

Understanding the wider strategic objectives of the portfolio and ensuring PMO activities contribute to successful delivery outcomes across the organisation. About you: We're looking for an experienced PMO Analyst who can quickly become a trusted member of our Central PMO team. You'll bring a strong grounding in governance, reporting and PMO best practice, alongside the confidence to work independently and challenge constructively where needed.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be comfortable navigating change and enjoy driving consistency, quality and continuous improvement across delivery teams. Essential Criteria: Proven PMO Analyst experience within a project, programme or portfolio environment. Strong knowledge of core PMO disciplines including RAIDD management, governance, reporting and planning.

Experience of conducting assurance reviews, quality checks or governance assessments. Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge and influence where required. Advanced Excel skills and experience producing management reporting and insights.

Knowledge of using Power BI Desirable Criteria: Experience working within a Central PMO or Enterprise PMO function. Jira experience. Experience within Financial Services or another regulated environment Governance, Risk or Assurance experience.