About Us
Azets was formed in 2016, as a result of bringing leading-edge UK and Nordic business services companies together. For decades, we have provided business-critical support to thousands of clients throughout the UK and the Nordic region. Today, we are an international accounting, tax, advisory and business services company that delivers sustained outcomes for our clients. We are on a mission to help organisations of all shapes and sizes move forward with confidence.
Azets Group has over 9,000 people and supports some 100,000 clients across its network of 190+ offices in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia and Romania. Its clients include enterprises, SMEs, large scale businesses, public sector organisations, and private clients, across multiple sectors. It generates revenues of approximately £740 million and has acquired more than 100 local providers since inception.
Azets’ client experience is based on delivering a highly personalised service, through its local office network and proprietary digital workplace technology Azets Cozone, a unique cloud-based portal. Azets Cozone offers SMEs a market-leading digital solution, with instant access to information about their business that simplifies workflows, increases operational productivity, and supports a more productive client relationship.
Azets is backed by two leading private equity investors: PAI, with its deep sector expertise in Business Services, and Hg, with its longstanding heritage in software and services investing. Both investors have a strong track record of partnering with management teams to rapidly scale businesses and create global industry leaders.
Azets has ambitious plans to become a £1.3 billion business by 2027 and move into at least one new European market within the next 12-18 months.
The role
The PMO Manager will be responsible for the establishment, coordination, and day-to-day running of a Portfolio Management Office (PMO) to oversee a complex, cross-business portfolio aimed at readying the business for the future. This includes ensuring programme governance, delivery assurance, and alignment with business strategy across multiple workstreams.
This is a high-impact role at the heart of our growth journey, requiring a proactive and structured individual with strong stakeholder management and a strategic mindset.
Key accountabilities
PMO Leadership & Governance
- Establish and maintain the PMO function for the change programme in line with best practice.
- Define and implement governance frameworks, reporting standards, and delivery controls.
- Lead on programme planning, interdependency mapping, milestone tracking, and change control.
Delivery Oversight
- Ensure robust programme oversight across multiple interrelated projects and workstreams.
- Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations; maintain a consolidated RAID log.
- Support programme and project managers to ensure timely delivery, resource optimisation, and alignment to objectives.
Performance Reporting & Assurance
- Provide accurate, timely, and insightful reporting to the Programme Board and executive sponsors.
- Track benefits realisation and programme performance metrics (KPIs).
- Conduct delivery assurance reviews and support continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Work closely with business leads, senior leadership, and transformation stakeholders across all departments (e.g., Finance, IT, HR, Client Services).
- Facilitate steering groups, governance forums, and programme updates.
Tools & Standards
- Drive adoption of project management tools (e.g. Asana) to enable collaboration and delivery transparency.
- Ensure templates, standards, and delivery methodologies are consistently applied.
Skills & Experience
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in leading a PMO for complex, cross-functional business transformation or change programmes.
- Deep understanding of programme/project management methodologies (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, Agile).
- Strong analytical, organisational, and delivery management skills.
- Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement at all levels, including Exec.
- Demonstrable ability to work autonomously and influence without direct authority.
- Experience with project management tools – ideally Asana or equivalent.
- Strong risk, governance, and benefits management capabilities.
Desirable
- Experience within professional services or similar regulated industry.
- Familiarity with change management and business readiness frameworks.
- PMO or project management certifications (e.g. Asana, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, AgilePM).
