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Overview
The PMO analyst will be given a Sub-Portfolio to support and will work with the Project Managers to support with the following tasks:
Ensuring data quality across their Sub-Portfolio ensuring all project data is at a standard to be submitted for Committee and Board Packs.

Role
Responsible for creating PowerPoint reports for the Operating Committee meetings.
Status Reports: Weekly reviews of the quality standards of the status reports to ensure it contains all relevant information.
Data Report: Weekly review of the data report and working with the Project Manager for any missing information
Resources: Working with the Project Managers to ensure they are completing regular re-forecasts in Planview and validating that their forecasts are correct, the PM has engaged with the Resource Lead to secure resources on a regular basis.
Finances: Responsible for collating and reviewing the Sub-Portfolio Finances and challenging any actuals under or over 10% variance against the forecasts with the Project Managers. Identifying the cause of any variances i.e.: non submission of timesheets, incorrect forecasting, re-allocation of resources. Non resources if invoices not received ensuring the Project Manager is reforecasting.
Risks and Issues: Working with the Project Manager to make sure that risks and issues are raised and managed effectively. Maintaining quality and clear reasons for risk or issue with mitigating actions and progress recorded
Dependencies: Working with the Project Managers to ensure all dependencies are raised and managed and identifying any that potentially are at risk
Milestones: Working with Project Manager to ensure all Level 0 and 1 milestones are recorded and managed in Planview
Roadmaps: Managing the Sub-portfolio Roadmaps identifying any movements, end of life dates, audit dates and contracted revenue projects
Lessons learnt: Working with the Project Managers to ensure Lessons Learnt are captured throughout the life of the project
Subcommittee: Supporting the Project Managers to ensure all submissions for seed funding, business case funding or CRs are submitted on time
Assurance: Tracking when Projects are due to go through their lifecycle gates and working with the Project Managers to ensure all documentation is in place. Also working with the Assurance team and Project Manager to identify at the start of each gate what documents have to be completed for the project.

About You

• Previous experience working in a mid/large corporate PMO function
• Good understanding of programme and project management methods including Agile
• MS Suite, including Intermediate to advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills and experience of using Planview (or other portfolio management system)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills - able to build relationships to collect data on time, chase outstanding actions and challenge back where necessary
• Good analytical and numerical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Proactive and able to work as part of a team and as an individual
• Flexible in terms of detailed tasks
• Excellent planning and organisation skills

Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.