PMO Finance Lead - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Lusona Consultancy

Lusona Consultancy

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

An excellent opportunity to join the Change Management team of our services sector client as PMO Finance Lead.

Reporting to the Head of Change you will play a key role in change delivery for a portfolio of projects.

You will be the Project Finance Lead with responsibility for managing agreed change budgets, defining & embedding budgetary control processes, and working with the Finance team to ensure senior leadership can make informed decisions in relation to budget spend.

Your primary responsibilities will include:
Managing Budget

Acting as an aggregation point in managing resource and 3rd party project costs demanded by the portfolio and reconciling this to the Change cost centre budget
Management and forecasting of resource costs vs overall cost centre budget, with supporting FTE and Headcount analysis, escalating any concerns to the Head of CMO.
Supporting the roadmap review and shaping processes, to gain a greater understanding of pipeline budgets
Supporting projects with the identification of benefits, tracking throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring realisation is achieved and reported on

Purchasing Process

Manage the purchasing processes across the portfolios, including handling purchase requisitions, raising PO's or arranging P-Card payments inline with agreed policy

Governance

Support the Change Management Lead, to ensure processes and templates for budgetary control and project spend are fit for purpose and clearly documented in the Change Framework
Provide support and coaching on budgetary control processes to PM's
Support projects with the identification and management of financial risks

Reporting

Maintain the project cost tracker template and process, providing support to the project managers as required
Manage the monthly timesheet templates and associated master data
Review weekly timesheet consolidations, check for data integrity and where necessary oversee that corrective action is taken by the business
Produce utilisation data both in terms of historical actuals and forecasts for portfolio reporting purposes

About you

You will have previous experience in a similar role within a PMO environment, with the ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of budget management (in excess of £20m).

In addition, you will have previous experience setting up and embedding processes. Advanced MS Excel experience is essential. Prior experience using Power Query and VBA preferential. You will have a strong drive to deliver change; a pro-active, pragmatic and dynamic approach to work.

Effective communication skills are imperative, with the ability to communicate key messages both at a senior level and to project teams.