PMO

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical PMO professional to support strategic change programmes within a banking environment. The role will focus heavily on programme reporting, financial governance, and budget oversight, ensuring accurate tracking of programme performance, financial health, and delivery milestones.

You will act as a key link between programme delivery teams, finance, and senior stakeholders, driving transparency, control, and insight across complex change portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

Programme & Portfolio Reporting

• Produce high-quality weekly and monthly programme reports (RAID, milestones, status updates).
• Develop and maintain Programme dashboards (KPIs, RAG status, financial metrics).
• Consolidate data across multiple workstreams to provide clear, executive-level insight.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, and aligned to governance standards.

Financial Reporting & Programme Financials

• Track and manage programme budgets, forecasts, and actuals.
• Produce financial reports covering burn rate, variance analysis, forecasting, and cost tracking.
• Work closely with Finance to ensure alignment between programme financials and corporate financial reporting cycles.
• Identify financial risks, overspend, and cost pressures, providing recommendations to mitigate.
• Support business case tracking and benefits realisation reporting.
• Maintain financial governance including cost approvals, PO tracking, and invoicing oversight.

Governance & Controls

• Implement and maintain robust PMO governance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with banking regulatory requirements and internal controls.
• Manage RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).
• Support programme boards and steering committees with accurate reporting packs.

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with senior stakeholders (Programme Directors, Finance, Risk, and Delivery Leads).
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Challenge and influence stakeholders on financial accuracy and reporting quality.

Planning & Tracking

• Support programme planning activities including resource tracking and capacity planning.
• Monitor progress against milestones and financial plans.
• Ensure alignment between delivery plans and financial forecasts.

Key Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong experience in a PMO function within Banking or Financial Services.
• Proven experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and programme financial management.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, financial modelling, forecasting).
• Experience producing senior-level reporting packs and dashboards.
• Strong understanding of programme governance frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills.

Desirable

• Experience with tools such as Clarity PPM, MS Project, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Knowledge of regulatory environments (PRA, FCA).
• Exposure to large-scale transformation or regulatory change programmes.
• Professional certifications (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, P3O).

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.