(Finance) PMO Analyst

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Major responsibilities may include

* Initiation - Assist in setting up a project in project management tools & workflow systems by raising requests, track the request workflows & prompt PM/customer for action. Set up time writing capability for project resources by requesting WBSEs;

* Accounting - Develop project cost estimate and associated reporting including roll-up and tracking of project/program spend against forecast/target budgets & benefits tracking. Will use the programme's financial tracker and must update often, stay on track of updates;

* Reporting - Provide standard or bespoke reporting for the program and/ or business stakeholders along with valuable insights for decision making, including financial reporting;

* Assurance & Compliance - Ensure project confirms to the project delivery framework and is audit compliant;

* Governance - Set up meetings, help prepare for meetings, preparing slides for steering committee, logistical support, meeting minutes, follow up actions, managing documentation in SharePoint etc.;

* Risks & Issues - Support the project manager with identification, tracking, following up and mitigation of issues & risks. Manage RAID log on behalf of the PM. Assist in highlighting & escalating supplier delivery issues;

* Resourcing - Help to onboard program specific contractors through internal tools. Assist with contract end date extensions;

* Document management - Create, support & maintain the internal program SharePoint site. Help/Guide the PMs to upload the documents in the right folders. Manage SharePoint permissions;

* Project Management;

* Stakeholder Management;

* Collaborative working.

Added advantages

* Oil and Gas project management and/or PMO experience;

* Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, V look up and H lookup;

* SharePoint administration;

* Knowledge of PDF and PPM;

* Project Management certification;

* Oil and Gas industry experience;

* Very experienced in Financial Management, Excel Macros/VB Script;

* Very good in communicating to stakeholders.

Role Requirements

* Must have-

1 Financial experience, using Excel and well versed in macros, pivots, etc.;

2 Excellent verbal and written communication skills;

3 1 or more years of experience as a Project Manager and/ or PMO Analyst on any project type (IT/ telecom/ software development/transition/ migration/ process change/ transformation etc.);

4 Worked through at least one full project lifecycle;

5 Awareness on Waterfall or Agile methodology;

6 Proficiency in MS Office including Outlook, MS Excel, MS Power Point and MS Word;

7 The willingness to support different time zones i.e. work in shifts (UK/ US), if needed.

Experience working with senior stakeholders/ senior management

* Good to have-

1 Relevant project management certifications or training (PMP/ PRINCE2/ P3O/ MSP/ MoP/ Agile);

2 Experience of working in global organizations with a good deal of cultural diversity.

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