Senior PMO Analyst
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Company Description
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.
Job Description
Join Our Team as a Senior PMO Analyst!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? As a Senior Portfolio Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in producing top-notch materials for VMO services across our change portfolio. You'll ensure that our development and delivery standards are met, providing a consistent and compliant source of truth for portfolio data.
In this exciting role, you'll also leverage our Group Tech's cutting-edge technology and change framework, applying best practices and utilizing advanced tools. Governance and control are at the heart of what we do, especially in our highly regulated environment.
We're looking for someone with energy, creativity, and a collaborative spirit to join our dynamic team. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a fast-paced, innovative setting, we want to hear from you!
What you'll be doing:
- Identifying transformation opportunities, shaping ideas, creating solutions, and gaining senior management buy-in
- Working with senior stakeholders to define impactful VMO functions and services aligned with Polaris strategic objectives
- Collaborating with key leaders to leverage financial insight and drive executive decision-making for the change agenda
- Leading the creation of portfolio plans and forecasts to meet strategic objectives, ensuring accurate and tailored analysis
- Reviewing and improving VMO proposals, staying updated on best practices, and maintaining the integrity of the function
- Defining, developing, and delivering VMO services to meet customer expectations consistently
- Allocating tasks to junior staff, leading employee management, and providing coaching to ensure high standards and policy adherence
- Understanding Business Transformation principles and translating them into effective change activities and VMO outcomes
Qualifications
Who we're looking for:
- Preference for a regulated industry background
- Experience in portfolio planning and management with a track record of effective management and reporting, delivering portfolio plans across complex geographical and functional matrix organizations
- Proven track record of supporting portfolio plans for large, complex change and technology initiatives with technology appreciation and awareness
- Building effective relationships to ensure approved delivery plans, with a proven background in adapting to trends and openness to new ideas
- Prince2, Project management and Agile qualifications - desirable but not essential
- Collaborative worker who freely shares their knowledge and experience and with the ability to develop and mentor individuals
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
Additional Information
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.
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