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Senior PMO Analyst

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Aviva

Jul 30, 2024

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior (5-8 years)
  • Dublin
  • Quick Apply

AI generated summary

  • You should have strong analytical skills, project management experience, proficiency in PM tools, excellent communication abilities, and a proven track record in supporting project delivery.
  • You will facilitate project governance, analyze performance metrics, support risk management, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure project alignment with strategic objectives.

Requirements

  • - You must have extensive PMO experience in either Insurance or Financial services, and you must have valid Irish, UK, or EU work rights to be considered for this position.
  • - Understanding of the Life & Pensions industry desirable.
  • - Experience working in a project management office overseeing large, complex portfolio of change.
  • - Experience of project, programme, and portfolio reporting.
  • - Ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders.
  • - Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • - Experience in creation of senior management reports, through PowerPoint, where attention to detail is key.
  • - Proven ability to track benefits and costs and experience in dependency mapping, risk management and resource planning.
  • - Understanding and experience in finance issues, budgeting and cost benefit analysis.
  • - Understanding of how to define and manage risks, issues and interdependencies as they relate to projects.
  • - Proactive with excellent problem solving/risk management skills.
  • - BS degree desirable (Business / Accounting / IT)
  • - Project Management Qualification

Responsibilities

  • Business Case: Supporting sponsors with the planning, resourcing and management of the individual programmes, ensuring they are set up for successful delivery within defined cost, budget, quality and timescales.
  • Benefits: Monitoring and taking action to ensure benefits are delivered in line with those defined in the business case.
  • Costs: Managing actual and forecasted spend on programmes including monitoring and taking action to ensure agreed investment is spent appropriately.
  • Resources: Ensuring a clear view of resource needs for the portfolio is in place from the outset and monitored throughout the portfolio lifecycle, proactively highlighting deviations, trends, dependencies and issues.
  • Risks: Ensuring a good understanding of risks, at the individual programme and portfolio level, is maintained and effectively monitored.
  • Committee Reporting: Collating a portfolio level view of benefits, costs, resourcing, risks, issues, actions and dependencies to support the reporting to the Transformation Committee, Executive Committees, and Group Transformation Office, as relevant. And ensuring consistent and coherent reporting whilst calling out issues/trends/impacts, identifying themes and areas for further investigation to support predictable delivery.
  • Programme Support: Acting as consultant providing training, specialist advice and programme management as necessary across the portfolio.
  • Oversight: Applying a deep understanding of Change to help decision making and look across deliveries to spot risks/opportunities: Using facts and data to challenge progress to plan, level of risk and value of investment at all levels to ensure successful outcome of Change. Promoting and championing the Aviva Change Framework and ensure adherence across the portfolio.

FAQs

What is the location of the Senior PMO Analyst position?

The position is located in Dublin 18, Cherrywood.

Is the Senior PMO Analyst role permanent or temporary?

The role is available as either a 24-month contract or a permanent position.

What is the work arrangement for this position?

The position offers a hybrid work arrangement, requiring 2 to 3 days per week on-site.

What specific industry experience is required for applicants?

Applicants must have extensive PMO experience in either the Insurance or Financial Services sector.

What are the work rights necessary to apply for this role?

Candidates must have valid Irish, UK, or EU work rights to be considered for the position.

Who will the Senior PMO Analyst work closely with?

The Senior PMO Analyst will work directly with the Head of Transformation.

What are the main responsibilities of the Senior PMO Analyst?

Key responsibilities include supporting business case planning, monitoring benefits delivery, managing costs, resource oversight, risk management, committee reporting, providing programme support, and applying oversight across deliveries.

What experience is preferred for candidates?

Candidates should have experience overseeing a large, complex portfolio of change, project management office experience, and have understanding of financial and budgeting issues.

What skills are necessary for success in this role?

Necessary skills include excellent communication, relationship-building abilities, detail-oriented report creation, benefit and cost tracking, risk management, proactive problem-solving, and understanding of finance-related issues.

What academic qualifications are desirable for the Senior PMO Analyst position?

A BS degree in Business, Accounting, or IT is desirable, along with a Project Management Qualification.

What benefits are included in the Senior PMO Analyst role?

Benefits include a competitive salary, generous pension contributions, performance-related bonuses, a holiday allowance, free car parking, health and dental insurance contributions, and various employee assistance programs.

How does Aviva approach diversity and inclusion?

Aviva's diversity and inclusion policies promote an environment where everyone feels welcome, values differences, and provides equal opportunities regardless of various personal characteristics.

How can candidates apply for this role?

Candidates are encouraged to submit applications online; however, alternative methods of applying can be arranged by contacting Alannah.Burgess1@aviva.com.

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Aviva

Finance
Industry
10,001+
Employees
2000
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Aviva is nothing without our people. Living up to our purpose to be with you today for a better tomorrow applies to those we work with just as much as it does to our customers. We want Aviva to be a place where people can be themselves, and we want our workforce to reflect the customers and communities we serve. This means offering market-leading benefits and challenging ourselves to do more to build a workplace – and society – that works for all. It takes you. It takes Aviva.