Project Management Officer
Posted 4 days ago by Impellam Group
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Project Management Officer (PMO) involves supporting strategic change programmes within a banking environment, focusing on programme reporting, financial governance, and budget oversight. The PMO will serve as a crucial link between programme delivery teams, finance, and senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and control across complex change portfolios. The position requires strong analytical skills and experience in financial reporting and governance frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
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 ).