PMO Manager

Arbuthnot Latham has been associated with banking since 1833. We combine private and commercial banking, wealth planning and investment management. We believe in traditional relationship and service-led banking powered by modern technology.
Job purpose
The role of the PMO Team within Arbuthnot Latham Transformation Enablement is to define and maintain processes, controls and governance framework standards for project and change management within the organisation.
The PMO provides specific support to the
Transformation & IT
functions, monitoring the status of projects, tracking deliverables and milestones and ensuring adherence to the governance framework.
The PMO Manager will play a key role in supporting the management and control of the Bank’s Strategic Transformation Roadmap. This will include supporting the production and maintenance of the aggregate transformation portfolio plan, tracking portfolio intra-dependencies and portfolio level change delivery risks and issues.
The PMO Manager will be responsible for the provision reporting and management insight into the Senior PMO Manager in order to monitor the performance of the transformation portfolio.
The PMO will provide a suite of shared services across the Platform teams to facilitate the excellent execution of change delivery within the Bank.
To place the interests of customers at the centre of all activities, act in a way that is consistent with achieving good outcomes for consumers and to comply with the FCA and PRA's Conduct Rules.
Key Responsibilities:
Supporting the Senior PMO Manager, the PMO Manager will support Platform teams and the Transformation & IT change community across key PMO activities:
Supporting defining the Bank’s Change Management Framework and approach. Defining, communicating, and continually enhancing change approaches and methodologies (including the provision of a library of best practice documents and templates).
Schedule and planning of the Transformation Roadmap, identifying and managing key cross-Platform dependencies/synergies.
Leading engagement with Platform teams to support Annual budget planning.
Lead on Resource management activities across Platforms – demand / supply views.
Managing MI and financial reporting against investment budget.
Lead deep-dives into project / portfolio financials and drive consistency across financial management approach.
Leading reviews of business cases and support business case processes on a portfolio level.
Identify portfolio level risks, issues and dependencies and drive corrective action or mitigation strategies and, where appropriate, support the Senior PMO Manager to undertake delivery assurance reviews for in-flight projects.
Prepare insightful monthly reporting packs for key governance forums and other senior management committees and Boards as required.
Maintain and manage the Portfolio Register - to ensure consistency and visibility of all projects across the Platform.
Support the tooling approach for project planning, reporting, collaboration and test management/execution. Provide guidance and training where required for the roll-out and usage of tooling (including providing JIRA Admin and Azure DevOps tooling support).
The role will lead on the key interactions which IT & T have with the relevant department and any necessary reporting required.
Drive effective project planning across Platform teams. Maintain the overall portfolio plan, clearly tracking the delivery of key milestones and working with Platform change teams to assess the wider impact of any changes to agreed plan (via appropriate change control mechanisms).
Work with Platform change teams to help shape project governance at Initiation to ensure projects have adequate controls that are proportionate to the size and complexity of the delivery.
Own and drive improvements to the Project Quality Assurance checklist to help support project initiation and stage gate reviews.
Monitor aggregate resource supply & demand across platforms.
Supporting the onboarding of new Change & IT resources including providing overview of Change Management to new starters.
Working with auditors to complete project and team internal audits, assisting change and project staff with documentation, tracking and closing out audit actions
Responsible for managing risks inherent to the role by diligently observing internal policies and procedures.
Key Interfaces:
Senior Project Managers / Project Managers
Business Analysts
Finance
Data Privacy and Data Security Managers
2nd Line Risk Function
Business Stakeholders
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience/Skills:
Experience of working closely with Finance functions / Financial Business Partners.
Excellent financial planning and management skills
A good understanding of FS industry sectors, specifically Wealth, Private & Commercial Banking.
Proven track record in a PMO function the business and how to best implement successful change frameworks
Demonstrated ability to deliver PMO improvements across an organisation within a limited time scale
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with high-level business and commercial awareness
Ability to manage self and task manage others through multiple conflicting priorities, adapting to changing business demands.
Experience interacting at Management and Senior Management level and influencing management on a day-to-day basis.
Skills:
Advanced Excel skills
Extensive experience of financial analysis, financial planning/budgeting and cost management (Basic level of knowledge accounting principles and their application is preferable)
Expert in the use of project management and PMO tools & software (e.g. ServiceNow & Azure DevOps, JIRA)
Experience of Agile delivery methodologies and SCRUM
Proficient in the use of MS Office applications (including MS Visio and MS Project).
Planning & Reviewing
Creativity & Innovation
Problem Solving & Judgement
Change Focus
Influencing Others
Team Working
Communication & Confidence
About Us
Life, Work and Benefits
Arbuthnot Latham is committed to equal-opportunities for all staff and candidates. We embrace inclusion & diversity and understand why they are critical for the success of our business and people.
Competitive salary, pension & holiday allowance
BUPA Health cover
4x Life Assurance
Discretionary bonus
Market leading maternity/paternity and menopause policies
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