IT Portfolio Analyst London, England
Job description
At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.
We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.
JOB PURPOSE
The Portfolio Analyst will be responsible for supporting the PMO Manager in ensuring projects are being delivered to the standard we expect across projects in the IT Product Development, Supply Chain & Sustainability Tower. They will play a key role in embedding consistent and effective delivery of a large portfolio of projects whilst driving improvements to our ways of working.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for Governance Meeting administration - meeting bookings, Minutes, Actions, RAID updates
- Ensures PMO procedures and standards are maintained, communicated and executed by project teams, including the use of consistent tooling and documentation
- Holding Project Managers to account, ensuring projects are managed in line with standards set out by the portfolio team
- Analyse financial data, including project budgets and resources and provide financial reports and budget position to key stakeholders
- Identify improvements to enhance the delivery of projects
- Onboard new project resources, ensuring they are aware of our ways of working, governance and tooling
- Collaborates with project managers through the entire project lifecycle, from the inception to transition into service, on gating and governance requirements.
- Work with the Portfolio manager to support auditing of programme delivery ensuring the highest standards
PERSONAL PROFILE
- A proactive self-starter who is able to develop and maintain effective working relationships
- Understanding of project management processes and ways of working
- Great interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and engage people at all levels
- Effective communicator with excellent written and oral communication
- Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Understanding and use of Microsoft SharePoint
