PMO Analyst
| Posting date: | 27 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 April 2026 |
| Location: | City of London, London, EC2V 6DN |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4784146_1774618412 |
Summary
Your new company
An established, forward‑thinking financial services organisation is seeking a highly capable PMO Analyst to support a major programme of work. You will join a collaborative, delivery‑focused environment where high standards, strong governance, and continuous improvement are central to success. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with proven PMO experience to take ownership of core programme controls and contribute to meaningful organisational change.
Your new role
As the PMO Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining programme governance, supporting leadership, and ensuring high‑quality reporting and documentation across the programme.
Primary Responsibilities
- Drive programme governance by coordinating materials, taking minutes, and maintaining accurate action and decision logs.
- Own and manage internal and vendor action logs, ensuring timely and clear updates to all stakeholders.
- Maintain and run the programme resource plan, liaising with requestors for approvals.
- Work closely with Finance to reconcile resource and capital expenditure.
Additional Support Requirements
- Log, monitor, and track RAID items in Jira in line with organisational risk processes.
- Manage the end‑to‑end change control process, including logging, tracking, and monitoring closures.
- Maintain the programme SharePoint library, ensuring all documentation is current, organised, and accessible.
- Manage distribution lists to ensure the right information reaches the right audiences.
- Promote adherence to programme management standards, frameworks, and governance processes.
- Support onboarding and induction of new starters.
- Respond to ad‑hoc requests from Programme and Leadership teams.
What you'll need to succeed
End‑to‑End Resource Management
- Take full ownership of resource management processes, including movement tracking and capacity planning.
- The role is expected to take responsibility for the full resourcing function once established.
Meeting Governance
- Support approx. 30 meetings per month, including:
- Creating meeting packs and materials
- Documenting minutes and decision logs
- Tracking follow‑up actions to closure
Financial Liaison
- Work closely with Finance during monthly budget cycles and related processes.
- A strong understanding of financial management is essential.
Data Analysis & Modelling
- Provide analytical support, including data modelling for reporting and governance.
Risk & RAID Management
- Confidently identify, track, escalate, and resolve RAID items using structured governance practices.
Agile & Change Delivery
- Operate effectively in an agile setting.
- Influence stakeholders, drive delivery, and support adoption of change and product‑focused ways of working.
General PMO Support
- Adapt and "muck in" where required, supporting the PMO team through transition and growth phases.
What you need to do now
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