PMO (project management office) - Consultant / Senior Consultant

PMO - Financial Services - Glasgow - Must have financial services experience & preferably experience within Investment Banking or Wealth & Asset Management

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.

About Capco

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.

We are:

• Experts in capital markets, banking and payments and wealth and asset management
• Deep knowledge in financial services offering, including e.g. Finance, Risk and Compliance, Financial Crime, Core Banking etc.
• Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there
• Focus on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture

As a PMO Analyst at Capco, you will be involved in all aspects of PMO activities to support high-profile projects, programmes and portfolios for our clients. Depending on the client and project, you may get the chance to manage small to medium scale projects under supervision.

AS A PART OF THE CONSULTING TEAM AT CAPCO, THE PMO ANALYST WILL

• Facilitates the planning process including development of project plans and ongoing maintenance of these plans to ensure careful tracking of key milestones and deliverables
• Ensures production of core project reports is completed to a high standard including status reports, RAID logs, change requests and project dashboards
• Identification and management of risks, issues and dependencies and escalating where required to ensure timely implementation of mitigating plans
• Owns the tracking and analysis of budgetary information across the full project portfolio and works closely with senior leaders to develop recommendations. Creates new or adjusted forecasting and staffing models to reflect changes
• Perform secretariat duties for Committees and other senior-level steering forums including preparation of agenda, collation of MI / reporting and minute taking where needed
• The ability to manage small to medium projects under the supervision of the PMO Lead or Programme Manager to support overall successful delivery of the client engagement

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROLE YOU MUST HAVE

• Experience with supporting PMO roles and owning elements of the end-to-end project, programme and portfolio management activities
• Experience working with reporting and tracking tools (e.g. Jira, Clarity, Confluence) is advantageous
• Knowledge of Financial Services and Capital Markets is preferable, but not essential
• Highly analytical, with strong attention to detail and a passion for delivering high quality outputs
• Excellent planning and organisation skills with the confidence and capability to propose and develop solutions to gaps in the PMO framework
• Effective and flexible communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work positively and sensitively alongside client stakeholders
• Good knowledge of the MS Office Suite, in particular strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Project Management qualifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 certification are preferable, but not essential

WHY JOIN CAPCO?

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:

• A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
• A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
• A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture
• Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits, including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause and bereavement