PMO Analyst

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for project management and governance? Join our dynamic team at Group Functions, Change & Technology Services (GfCATS) as a PMO Analyst! In this role, you will support the governance and control of projects within our portfolio, working closely with our PMO Manager, Portfolio Delivery Managers, and Project Managers. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are eager to drive project success through effective management processes and controls, we want to hear from you!

What you'll be doing:

• Working with the PMO Manager and Central PMO Office to set up new governance forums, ensuring the effective running of the portfolio
• Producing and reviewing artefacts for key governance forums and stakeholder meetings, including quality assurance of project status reports, RAID management, change control, and ad hoc reports
• Tracking portfolio and project costs, supporting PMs with forecasts and actuals, monitoring adherence to budget, and escalating issues
• Supporting PMs with project documentation creation, including quality checking, coordination of approvals, storage, and input into the quality assurance process
• Leading process improvements and cost reduction efforts to promote continuous improvement
• Ensuring smooth transition of changes to PMO processes and tools into the live environment, with appropriate documentation and business as usual processes in place
• Coordinating user training on various PMO processes and tools, and mentoring junior analysts within the team
• Implementing appropriate governance, reporting, and escalation of changes impacting customers to ensure key checkpoints are met

Who we're looking for:

• Previous experience working in PMO is essential
• Exposure to financial/analytical activities and being able to contextualise financial data to support the viability of Projects within the Portfolio
• Experience of working within an embedded PMO
• Excellent organisational skills with strong Microsoft Office skills – with extensive understanding of MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills which enable you to foster working relationships within the team, client departments, and 3rd parties with ease.
• Ability to proactively review existing processes and identify waste and value, gap investigation and creating /improvement of new and existing processes to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.