PMO Analyst

Role: PMO Analyst

Location:

Primarily remote but with potential occasional travel into London at client site.

Duration: 9 Months

Day rate: £360 Inside IR35

Clearance: NPPV2 clearance required due to project restrictions

The PMO Analyst plays a key role in supporting successful project delivery through high-quality reporting, effective RAID management, and strong governance practices. Working within a structured PMO environment, the role ensures the accuracy and integrity of project data, enabling clear insight and informed decision-making across the portfolio. Strong Excel capability is essential. =

Key Responsibilities

Project Reporting
- Produce accurate and timely weekly and monthly reports, dashboards, and status updates for senior stakeholders and customers, ensuring clarity and consistency of information.

Customer Reporting & Meeting Chairing
- Own and present project reports to customers, chair reporting forums where required, and confidently walk stakeholders through status, risks, and key insights.

RAID Management
- Maintain and actively manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies, ensuring updates are current, actions are tracked, and items are escalated where necessary.

Data Analysis
- Use advanced Excel techniques (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data validation) to analyse project data, identify trends, and provide meaningful insights.

Governance Support
- Support governance forums by preparing meeting packs, tracking actions, and ensuring adherence to PMO standards and controls.

Stakeholder Engagement
- Work closely with project managers, delivery teams, and customers to gather, validate, and challenge data to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Planning & Resource Support
- Assist with maintaining project plans, tracking milestones, and supporting resource and capacity reporting.

Financial Tracking Support
- Support the monitoring of project budgets, forecasts, and actuals, highlighting variances and potential risks.

Documentation & Control
- Maintain project documentation, templates, and version control, ensuring audit readiness at all times.

Tool & Data Management
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity across PMO tools (e.g., Execview), maintaining a single source of truth.

Continuous Improvement
- Identify and implement improvements to reporting, processes, and tools to enhance PMO efficiency and effectiveness.

Essential Skills & Experience

Proven experience (3+ years) in a PMO or project support environment

Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, VBA, conditional formatting, charts)

Experience managing RAID logs and supporting governance frameworks

Experience presenting reports to stakeholders and confidence chairing customer-facing reporting sessions

Ability to produce clear, concise, and insightful reports for senior stakeholders

Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and data accuracy

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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