IT Portfolio Analyst | Remote with ad hoc travel to either Reading or Portsmouth | Inside IR35
Responsibilities:
Carry out day-to-day activities for delivery core functions including collation of RAID, resource , finance, planning data, and other MI
Provide secretariat services including meeting logistics, preparation of minutes, and following up on actions
Adhere to all reporting standards and instigate improvements where identified
Provide support and guidance to delivery leads in tracking their budgets.
Monitor compliance with reporting / financial standards and intervene when this deviates or slips
Manage production and consolidation of reports, using appropriate templates and tools meeting relevant deadlines
Maintain portfolio policies and procedures
Provide guidance to Delivery Leads with day to day running of project governance processes and methodologies.
Liaise with Delivery Leads in respect of commercial engagement and/or billing enquiries
Help protect the business from cyberattacks and data loss by following standards and instructions and by reporting risks and incidentsBusiness Knowledge:
Background in Portfolio Office functions, using collaborative skills in coaching others and managing reporting cycle on large projects; in particular for Agile delivery
Essential Functional / Technical Skills:
- Strong knowledge in delivery governance
- Good understanding of end-to-end lifecycle delivery
- Project management methodology (e.g. Agile, Prince2, PMP, APM)
- Project Cost Accounting fundamentals
- A solid understanding of IT products, services & systems e.g. ADO for Agile project delivery
- Be proficient in Microsoft Office and ideally ADO
- Experience in applying various waterfall (e.g. Prince2, APM, PMP) and Agile methodologies and supporting context, such as governance, process and culture across different levels of portfolio
- High level knowledge of development processes, including but not limited to DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and lean development
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