Senior PMO- London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior PMO to work for our global financial services client. This is initially a 6-month contract with very good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring defined project governance standards are adhered to
•  Management of project and program stakeholders at varying levels of seniority
• Owning and driving new pieces of value-add work (of limited complexity) when required
• RAID Log maintenance and analysis for project Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies
• Project Plan maintenance and analysis
• Document control and preparation
• Creating and/or coordinating the creation of high-quality governance meeting materials
• Meeting scheduling and management, including capturing actions and decisions, and producing high quality minutes
• Action follow-up (including working with 3rd parties)
• Management Reporting, including the production and quality assurance of status reports
• Monitoring and analysis of key communication received into the central PMO mailbox
• Ad-Hoc analysis as required (i.e. Trend Analysis, Gap Analysis, Quality Analysis)
• Assisting in Project Audits from key control/2nd line of defence/ 3rd line of defence stakeholders

• At least 5 years hands-on PMO / Project Support experience
• Proven experience supporting major programs, preferably requiring interaction with regulators, either from a policy or supervisory perspective
• Proficient with project tools including but not limited to MS Project, and Enterprise PPM tools (e.g. Planview PPMPro, Smartsheet, Jira, Clarity PPM etc.)
• PMO certified (e.g. P3O foundation/practitioner) desirable
• Project management certified (e.g. Prince2, PMI, APM etc.) desirable
• Strong attention to detail is essential
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills essential
• Ability to own and drive a new piece of work / analysis from start to finish
• Ability to lead / influence where necessary (e.g. individual / group setting)
• Ability to prioritise multiple/changing priorities to meet deadlines
• Strong proficiency using Microsoft: PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
• Being both a highly pro-active and reactive individual
• Proven organizational skills
• Professional presentation skills, including excellent public speaking capabilities
• Previous experience working within a highly regulated industry (ideally Banking)
• Knowledge of the Financial Services Industry and FX desirable

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index. 

Diversity and Inclusion  

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension