At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role: Project Support Officer/PMO Analyst - Kildean, Stirling

12 month Fixed Term Contract

Full time - hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Support Officer/PMO Analyst to join the PMO team within the M&G Life Change team.
The Life Change team joins up our capabilities, processes and governance across the M&G Life business area to deliver an annual programme of change across all Life business functions alongside multi-year transformation programmes underpinning delivery of our overall Life Strategy. The role of the Change function is to collaborate across the business to initiate, design and deliver strategic change in a holistic manner.
This role will be a core member of the Change team and focus on delivering key PMO services across all portfolios to our key stakeholders. You will report to the Head of PMO and bring with you an experienced background of PMO.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and manage an aggregated (portfolio) view of delivery performance and reporting against the Change runway
Develop effective reporting packs (to Executive level)
Support ongoing data analysis and interrogation/interpretation of all key project deliverables including resource supply vs demand
Provide support and be familiar with all aspects of finance reporting on a monthly basis including tracking forecast vs actuals, receipting, accruals and cost movement at a project level as well as ability to aggregate at a programme/portfolio level
Provide proactive identification of delivery issues/ themes to stakeholders, Project Managers, Head of PMO and Change Directors with appropriate recommendations and corrective actions
Actively drive adherence to and ongoing review of effectiveness against our company wide Change Standard
Ensure that programmes and projects are being delivered within the current corporate governance framework
Provide proactive support to stakeholders both internally and our strategic partners including leading initiation workshops, supporting project health checks, facilitation of lessons learnt session etc.
Support both thematic and proactive analysis looking for areas of opportunity for continuous improvement

You will have:

Experience of providing support to complex, diverse, ambiguous and high value programmes /projects
Experience of control and reporting for projects/programmes including resources and finances
Experience of Governance methodologies
Working knowledge of industry best practice, good network/links with external bodies and individuals in the same field.
Working knowledge of project constraints and complexity
Working knowledge of risk management principles and their impacts on projects
Working knowledge of project methodologies, planning processes and techniques
Ideally have knowledge of agile and waterfall approaches and experience of working with strategic reporting tools like ServiceNow and JIRA/Confluence

Job Level: Experienced Colleague

Recruiter: Sarah Mathers

Closing Date: 3rd Feb 2025

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a

Disability Confident Leader

, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. Being a Disability Confident Leader means that candidates who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying.

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