Role Responsibilities
- End‑to‑end financial management of the Change Portfolio, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, accruals, variances, and financial controls.
- Act as the single point of ownership for PMO financial governance, ensuring adherence to financial policy, audit requirements, and capitalization rules.
- Own and manage the Deal Approval Request (DAR) process for the PMO, including quality assurance, financial validation, tracking, and reporting.
- Support all major financial events across the year (budget cycle, reforecasting, month‑end, year‑end, audit, and regulatory submissions).
- Produce and maintain accurate portfolio‑level financial reporting, providing clear insight and commentary on risks, issues, and trends.
- Actively challenge project managers on forecasts, assumptions, and financial discipline to ensure accuracy and accountability.
Governance, Assurance & Controls
- Support the review and approval process for key project and programme financial and governance artefacts.
- Perform quality reviews and audits of project documentation, with a focus on financial accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
- Proactively identify, escalates and track governance or control concerns, ensuring issues are addressed in a timely manner.
- Support the ongoing improvement of PMO financial controls and governance frameworks.
PMO & Portfolio Support
- Work closely with Project Managers and Delivery teams to develop a strong understanding of allocated projects and business areas, enabling effective analysis, insight, and assurance.
- Support the collation of meeting packs, scheduling of key forums, and capture of actions and decisions where required.
Experience / Competences
- Demonstrable experience working in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven portfolio or PMO environment, balancing multiple priorities.
- Strong financial management capability, including budget tracking, forecasting, actuals, variance analysis, and financial governance within a project or portfolio context.
- Advanced Excel skills, with strong proficiency in analysing, reconciling, and presenting financial data.
- High level of IT literacy, with hands‑on experience using tools such as PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Jira and Confluence.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with Project Managers, Finance, and senior stakeholders.
- Proven ability to prioritise, organise, and manage competing demands independently.
- Experience supporting project or programme governance, including reviews, assurance, and quality checks (financial and non‑financial).
- Banking / Financial Services Experience - Desirable
- Knowledge of SAFe methodology (Scaled Agile Framework) – Desirable
Band & Level
Professional, 5
Location
UK - City Quays - Belfast
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