PMO Analyst - Public Sector Experience
Posted 1 week ago by Square One Resources
£350 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford, UK
Summary: The PMO Analyst role focuses on supporting the delivery of complex programmes within the public sector through effective financial tracking, governance, and reporting. The position requires a hands-on approach, emphasizing accuracy and consistency rather than leadership of large teams. The ideal candidate will work closely with finance and project managers to ensure timely and accurate reporting. This contract role is set for six months with a start date of June 8, 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the forecasting and reporting cycle-budgets, actuals, variances-delivered accurately and on time.
- Partner with Finance and Project Managers to validate inputs, reconcile discrepancies, and maintain a single source of truth.
- Provide clear, actionable commentary with early warnings and mitigation options for senior leaders.
- Support month end close, cost tracking, commercial alignment, and audit/compliance readiness.
- Build and maintain integrated plans, key milestones, and capacity views that align to the financial baseline.
- Track progress, spot slippage early, and recommend corrective actions backed by data.
- Run high quality RAID and assurance processes across multiple workstreams.
- Keep governance artefacts audit ready and contract compliant at all times.
- Create executive ready packs and dashboards that distil complex data into concise, decision ready insights.
- Build trusted relationships and challenge constructively at all levels.
- Champion continuous improvement & AI driven efficiency.
- Drive a culture of smarter, faster, more effective delivery by continuously improving PMO processes and standards. Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, remove manual effort, and enhance data quality.
- Champion the adoption and responsible use of AI tools and automation to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting speed, risk visibility, and overall PMO efficiency.
- Pilot new ways of working, share best practice, and coach colleagues to build confidence and capability in modern PMO tooling.
Key Skills:
- Experience working in a PMO or project support role within programmes or portfolios.
- Good understanding of financial tracking (budgets, actuals, forecasts, variances).
- Exposure to month end processes or cost reporting (ownership not required).
- Solid PMO fundamentals across planning, RAID, governance, and reporting.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy.
- Clear communication skills and confidence working with Project Managers and PMO Leads.
- A professional, reliable approach - someone who can be trusted to get things done properly.
Salary (Rate): £350 per day
City: Telford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title: PMO Analyst - Public Sector Experience
Location: Telford - 2 days per week in the office
Salary/Rate: £350 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 08/06/2026
Job Type: Contract - 6 months
Company Introduction
We're looking for an experienced PMO Analyst to support the effective delivery of complex programmes through strong financial tracking, governance, and reporting. This role is ideal for a contractor who enjoys being close to the detail, values accuracy and consistency, and takes pride in keeping programmes running smoothly.
This is a hands on PMO role - focused on doing the job well rather than leading large teams or setting strategy.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
- Lead the forecasting and reporting cycle-budgets, actuals, variances-delivered accurately and on time.
- Partner with Finance and Project Managers to validate inputs, reconcile discrepancies, and maintain a single source of truth.
- Provide clear, actionable commentary with early warnings and mitigation options for senior leaders.
- Support month end close, cost tracking, commercial alignment, and audit/compliance readiness.
- Build and maintain integrated plans, key milestones, and capacity views that align to the financial baseline.
- Track progress, spot slippage early, and recommend corrective actions backed by data.
- Run high quality RAID and assurance processes across multiple workstreams.
- Keep governance artefacts audit ready and contract compliant at all times.
- Create executive ready packs and dashboards that distil complex data into concise, decision ready insights.
- Build trusted relationships and challenge constructively at all levels.
- Champion continuous improvement & AI driven efficiency
- Drive a culture of smarter, faster, more effective delivery by continuously improving PMO processes and standards. Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, remove manual effort, and enhance data quality.
- Champion the adoption and responsible use of AI tools and automation to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting speed, risk visibility, and overall PMO efficiency.
- Pilot new ways of working, share best practice, and coach colleagues to build confidence and capability in modern PMO tooling.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Experience working in a PMO or project support role within programmes or portfolios.
- Good understanding of financial tracking (budgets, actuals, forecasts, variances).
- Exposure to month end processes or cost reporting (ownership not required).
- Solid PMO fundamentals across planning, RAID, governance, and reporting.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy.
- Clear communication skills and confidence working with Project Managers and PMO Leads.
- A professional, reliable approach - someone who can be trusted to get things done properly.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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