PMO Analyst (Knutsford)
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Job Description: The PMO Analyst role involves supporting the portfolio management team in delivering successful projects while ensuring compliance with governance standards. The position requires effective monitoring of portfolio performance and facilitating communication among stakeholders to drive accountability and transparency. The role also includes advising on decision-making and contributing to policy development within the organization. This is a hybrid position based in Knutsford, UK, with a contract duration until September 2025.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate portfolio prioritisation and ensure compliance with the control framework.
- Support effective governance of the portfolio and ensure timely executive reporting.
- Monitor portfolio performance and report on status to senior management.
- Manage the portfolio Book of Work, prioritising change initiatives.
- Oversee change delivery and monitor adherence to policies and standards.
- Review and escalate portfolio risks and issues as necessary.
- Engage stakeholders to clarify responsibilities and facilitate processes.
- Empower portfolio management resources and drive accountability.
- Provide best practice guidance and training on controls and governance.
- Advise on decision-making and collaborate with other business divisions.
- Lead a team or guide team members through structured assignments.
- Identify new directions for assignments and mitigate risks.
- Perform complex data analysis to solve problems creatively.
- Communicate complex information effectively to stakeholders.
Skills Required:
- Strong knowledge of portfolio management processes and governance standards.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to monitor and report on portfolio performance.
- Experience in risk management and issue resolution.
- Leadership skills to guide teams and influence decision-making.
- Analytical skills for complex data analysis.
- Proficiency in facilitating effective governance and prioritisation.
- Ability to empower and coach team members.
- Understanding of control frameworks and compliance requirements.
- Experience in policy development and operational effectiveness.
Salary (Rate): £358 per day
City: Knutsford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Role Title: PMO Analyst
Location: Knutsford (Hybrid)
Duration: 30/09/2025
Rate: £358 per day Inside IR35 status
Role Description:
Purpose of the role
To support the portfolio management team in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that portfolio management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organization's strategic objectives.
Accountabilities
Facilitate portfolio prioritisation, ensuring the portfolio is compliant with the established control framework, including oversight of controls and standards.
Support the effective governance of the portfolio, helping establish and operate effective Portfolio Governance that enables quality, data driven decision making, ensuring executive reporting is fit for purpose and timely.
Monitor portfolio performance, including tracking of programme and project progress, identification of thematic portfolio risks and issues, and reporting on portfolio status to senior management and key stakeholders.
Facilitate the management of the portfolio Book of Work, prioritisation and dependencies of change initiatives, considering factors like resource availability, stakeholder buy-in, and potential risks.
Oversight of change delivery to ensure alignment with relevant policies and standards, driving consistent, robust controls data; monitoring indicators of control adherence, acting to remediate any weaknesses in the controls; and identifying and implementing actions to drive greater maturity against key control indicators.
Review, resolve, manage and escalate portfolio risks and issues, challenging where appropriate and actively supporting the resolution of variances as necessary.
Engage and influence all stakeholders to help them to understand their responsibilities and fulfil them effectively through clear, timely communication and well facilitated portfolio management processes.
Support an environment of effective delivery by empowering portfolio management resources, utilising data led thinking to inform decisions, leverage expertise, and drive accountability and transparency.
Operate as a source of best practice guidance and expertise, to ensure consistent excellence around controls, and governance (including training) is Embedded across the portfolio.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
£358 Per day
Knutsford (Hybrid), UK
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Hybrid
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Job Description: The PMO Analyst role involves supporting the portfolio management team in delivering successful projects while ensuring compliance with governance standards. The position requires effective monitoring of portfolio performance and facilitating communication among stakeholders to drive accountability and transparency. The role also includes advising on decision-making and contributing to policy development within the organization. This is a hybrid position based in Knutsford, UK, with a contract duration until September 2025.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate portfolio prioritisation and ensure compliance with the control framework.
- Support effective governance of the portfolio and ensure timely executive reporting.
- Monitor portfolio performance and report on status to senior management.
- Manage the portfolio Book of Work, prioritising change initiatives.
- Oversee change delivery and monitor adherence to policies and standards.
- Review and escalate portfolio risks and issues as necessary.
- Engage stakeholders to clarify responsibilities and facilitate processes.
- Empower portfolio management resources and drive accountability.
- Provide best practice guidance and training on controls and governance.
- Advise on decision-making and collaborate with other business divisions.
- Lead a team or guide team members through structured assignments.
- Identify new directions for assignments and mitigate risks.
- Perform complex data analysis to solve problems creatively.
- Communicate complex information effectively to stakeholders.
Skills Required:
- Strong knowledge of portfolio management processes and governance standards.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to monitor and report on portfolio performance.
- Experience in risk management and issue resolution.
- Leadership skills to guide teams and influence decision-making.
- Analytical skills for complex data analysis.
- Proficiency in facilitating effective governance and prioritisation.
- Ability to empower and coach team members.
- Understanding of control frameworks and compliance requirements.
- Experience in policy development and operational effectiveness.
Salary (Rate): £358 per day
City: Knutsford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Role Title: PMO Analyst
Location: Knutsford (Hybrid)
Duration: 30/09/2025
Rate: £358 per day Inside IR35 status
Role Description:
Purpose of the role
To support the portfolio management team in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that portfolio management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organization's strategic objectives.
Accountabilities
Facilitate portfolio prioritisation, ensuring the portfolio is compliant with the established control framework, including oversight of controls and standards.
Support the effective governance of the portfolio, helping establish and operate effective Portfolio Governance that enables quality, data driven decision making, ensuring executive reporting is fit for purpose and timely.
Monitor portfolio performance, including tracking of programme and project progress, identification of thematic portfolio risks and issues, and reporting on portfolio status to senior management and key stakeholders.
Facilitate the management of the portfolio Book of Work, prioritisation and dependencies of change initiatives, considering factors like resource availability, stakeholder buy-in, and potential risks.
Oversight of change delivery to ensure alignment with relevant policies and standards, driving consistent, robust controls data; monitoring indicators of control adherence, acting to remediate any weaknesses in the controls; and identifying and implementing actions to drive greater maturity against key control indicators.
Review, resolve, manage and escalate portfolio risks and issues, challenging where appropriate and actively supporting the resolution of variances as necessary.
Engage and influence all stakeholders to help them to understand their responsibilities and fulfil them effectively through clear, timely communication and well facilitated portfolio management processes.
Support an environment of effective delivery by empowering portfolio management resources, utilising data led thinking to inform decisions, leverage expertise, and drive accountability and transparency.
Operate as a source of best practice guidance and expertise, to ensure consistent excellence around controls, and governance (including training) is Embedded across the portfolio.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
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