PMO Finance Analyst - fixed term contract

PMO Finance Analyst - fixed term contract

Posted 3 days ago by Premium Credit Ltd

Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The PMO Finance Analyst role at Premium Credit is a 6-month fixed-term contract focused on managing the financial performance of the change portfolio. The position involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered within budget and aligned with strategic priorities. The analyst will provide financial insights, support budgeting and forecasting, and contribute to continuous improvement within the PMO. This role requires a proactive finance professional with experience in project finance and strong stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leading budgeting and forecasting, ensuring robust tracking of spend against plan
  • Producing insightful financial reports and dashboards to support senior decision-making
  • Supporting the creation and assurance of business cases, including financial modelling and benefits tracking
  • Partnering with senior stakeholders to provide challenge, insight, and financial guidance
  • Managing portfolio financial performance, including identifying risks, opportunities, and efficiencies
  • Driving financial governance and controls, ensuring disciplined and consistent processes
  • Supporting resource and contractor cost management, including forecasting and monitoring
  • Acting as a key link between the PMO and Finance teams, providing clear visibility of spend and benefits
  • Contributing to continuous improvement, helping build a centre of excellence for financial management within the PMO

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience in project finance, PMO or portfolio financial management
  • Strong background in budget tracking, forecasting and financial reporting in complex environments
  • Experience supporting or building business cases and benefits tracking frameworks
  • Ability to work with complex data, translating it into clear, actionable insights
  • Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence and engage senior leaders
  • Highly organised with strong attention to detail and a delivery-focused mindset
  • A collaborative approach and ability to work cross-functionally
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance audiences
  • A proactive, solutions-focused outlook and ability to challenge constructively
  • Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic environment

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

PMO Finance Analyst (6 Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Location: Hybrid / London

Department: Change – Portfolio Management Office (PMO)

About The Role

At Premium Credit, we’re on a journey to deliver meaningful change across our business – improving outcomes for our customers while continuing to scale and evolve. We’re now looking for a PMO Finance Analyst to join our Change function on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in managing and shaping the financial performance of our change portfolio. Working at the heart of the PMO, you’ll partner closely with Programme and Project Managers, Finance, and senior stakeholders to ensure our projects are delivered within budget and aligned to strategic priorities. You’ll bring clarity to complex data, provide robust financial insight, and help drive good decision-making across the portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll take ownership of all aspects of financial management across our change portfolio, including:

  • Leading budgeting and forecasting, ensuring robust tracking of spend against plan
  • Producing insightful financial reports and dashboards to support senior decision-making
  • Supporting the creation and assurance of business cases, including financial modelling and benefits tracking
  • Partnering with senior stakeholders to provide challenge, insight, and financial guidance
  • Managing portfolio financial performance, including identifying risks, opportunities, and efficiencies
  • Driving financial governance and controls, ensuring disciplined and consistent processes
  • Supporting resource and contractor cost management, including forecasting and monitoring
  • Acting as a key link between the PMO and Finance teams, providing clear visibility of spend and benefits
  • Contributing to continuous improvement, helping build a centre of excellence for financial management within the PMO

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a commercially minded, proactive finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced change environment.

Key Experience And Skills

  • Proven experience in project finance, PMO or portfolio financial management
  • Strong background in budget tracking, forecasting and financial reporting in complex environments
  • Experience supporting or building business cases and benefits tracking frameworks
  • Ability to work with complex data, translating it into clear, actionable insights
  • Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence and engage senior leaders
  • Highly organised with strong attention to detail and a delivery-focused mindset

You’ll also bring

  • A collaborative approach and ability to work cross-functionally
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance audiences
  • A proactive, solutions-focused outlook and ability to challenge constructively
  • Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic environment

Why Premium Credit?

At Premium Credit, we pride ourselves on being a business where people can thrive. You’ll be joining a collaborative and supportive environment where your expertise will make a real impact. Our benefits include:

  • Competitive salary
  • Hybrid working model
  • 25 days holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays
  • Private medical insurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Access to wellbeing and financial support resources
  • Learning and development opportunities

We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments or accommodations for applicants, so if you need assistance or support during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form or by sending an email to recruitment@pcl.co.uk

If you're made an offer of employment you'll be required to prove your eligibility to work in the UK before you start work. You must reside in the UK from the start date of this role; unfortunately we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

To ensure you can work from home efficiently you'll be asked to provide your internet speed at the application stage.

Premium Credit are an equal opportunities employer with a strong and passionate commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the workplace. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. We are open to part-time working and job share.

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All postholders will be subject to appropriate pre-employment vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.

So, if role appeals to you and you’re looking to join an industry-leading organisation, please apply. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply? And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we identify a number of suitable candidates. All applicants will be advised if the vacancy closes early.

We're not engaging agency support for this role and respectfully ask that agencies do not submit unsolicited candidate details to Premium Credit Limited in relation to this role.