Project Management Officer

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a PMO to work for our client within the finance sector. This is initially a 3-month contract with the potential to extend and will be an onsite role based in London.

Our client is seeking an experienced PMO or Project Governance Specialist to join their PMO team. The role holder will be responsible for delivery management reporting, planning, and supporting their Portfolio / Programme Leads, as well as the Head of IPR and the Head of Project Governance, in the implementation of the portfolio strategy.

This vacancy is for a PMO within the Technology portfolio, supporting three small portfolios, which may be managed by different portfolio leads or by the same lead, depending on organisational alignment. (As a reference, the total investment for FY25 across these portfolios is approximately £4m.) The role involves close collaboration with other Tech In Line PMOs, Portfolio Leads and Project Managers in the Project Promotion team, as well as the Project Governance team, to ensure effective delivery and governance.

Responsibilities

• Support and guide the Portfolio Manager, Accountable Executive and Programme / Project Managers in planning, controlling, monitoring and organising the portfolio, ensuring compliance with governance and reporting and that the book of work is within delivery capability and resource capacity
• Own and drive programme and project reporting e.g. through the creation of the monthly portfolio reporting pack from updates made by programme and project managers in Planview; creation of minutes and MI tailored for the target audience.Cover other portfolio’s when required e.g. during scheduled absence
• Review and critique deliverables produced across the programme / projects for completeness and accuracy against policy and delivery lifecycle minimum standards; and provide structured feedback to project managers.
• Work with Central PMO Delivery assurance to schedule key checkpoints for external review.
• Control submission of deliverables for Programme Committee and / or Bank Head Office / MUSHD review to avoid late / overdue requests
• Implement the Central PMO calendar across the portfolio / programme / projects being supported, ensuring that the policy and project delivery controls are followed at all times
• Escalating issues, risks and continuous improvement suggestions to the Project, Programme and Portfolio managers as well as Central PMO and Project Governance
• Partner with central PMO, other PMO in Business unit and teams in Project Governance to continually improve project, programme and portfolio governance, controls, methods and tools

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years proven track record in a PMO or Project Governance role
• Formal project management training (e.g. Prince II Foundation, PMI, APM)
• Demonstrable experience in executive reporting and financial process delivery and oversight
• Accounting experience in understanding project cost categorisation and impact to broader financial reporting of an entity
• Planview or similar PPM tool – prior experience as an end user; good understanding of the data model and extraction / manipulation of large data sets from Planview
• Excel – advanced standard; knowledge of how to use excel formulae to create month end deliverables
• Oracle financials or equivalent toolset – experience in Payables module
• Previous experience of Planview and Power BI or equivalent toolset
• MS Office – expert knowledge of Powerpoint, Word, Visio
• Sharepoint – intermediate knowledge
• Waterfall project delivery lifecycle knowledge including Knowledge of project management processes, including RAID log management, financials and resource management
• Management of project books and records throughout the lifetime of a project
• Experience of managing project baselines / project change control (scope, plan, budget)
• Experience of budget management and structuring financials across a programme for streamlined and consistent update by the rest of the team
• Experience in influencing others to adhere to project lifecycle and production of required documentation

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.