PMO Manager

Job Summary

• This PMO role requires a very strong candidate who will ensure the projects within the programmes are well governed, well organised, and managed and who can proactively seek out opportunities to make the processes around project financials more robust. The incumbent of this role will play a key role in the overall success of the program. The candidate should be a “critical thinker”, actively demonstrating their analytical skills, ingenuity, initiative, and sound judgment when it comes to supporting the Project Manager/s in all aspects of the project delivery. The candidate should be well organised with a structured approach to problem solving, organisational skills and clear and concise communication to stakeholders. The role requires interactions with senior stakeholders across Business, Country, and Group. The role demands deep knowledge and understanding of various reports published by Finance team including capitalisation process and on the clarity tool for updating forecast andother report extracts.
• The incumbent should have good communication skill, strong excel skill with positive attitude. The following are high level activities that the resource is expected to perform. The Candidate must eb able to work well delivering to tight deadlines many times, across multiple geographic locations, with demanding stakeholders and under strict financial scrutiny.
• The ideal candidate should be familiar with project controls, administration, and toolsets across the project delivery life cycle.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Works with many stakeholders from both technology and business, including Tech/Biz Programme Managers (PgMs), Project Managers, Hive Tech Leads (HTLs), Sub-domain Heads and Biz PMOs to foremost provide strong financials for the projects within the programme, coupled with, exercising strong governance and controls for your projects. Uphold the fact that projects must deliver to budget.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement automated solutions to build in both cost and time efficiencies making the process simpler, faster and deliver more value, taking on more complex tasks and eliminating the mundane tasks that consume many hours of manual work.
  
  

Business

• Responsible for all financial management matters including clarity updates, reports, capitalization, variance, underspends, cost plans, aXess data base for resources etc.
• Ensure all required approved SOWs / contracts are in-place to procure vendor resource / infrastructure including management of the vendor payments.
  
  

Financials Analysis, Reporting and Processes

• Develop and maintain complex Excel macros to automate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency.
• Create and manage advanced Excel models for financial analysis and reporting.
• Conduct detailed financial analysis to support project decision-making.
• Responsible for ensuring effective time management skills and a keen eye for detail is in place to ensure high-quality deliverables for the forecasting cycle.
• Processes need to be well documented and understood by all stakeholders to ensure transparency for deliverables and deadline dates.
• Perform quality checks on project deliverables and financial reports.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data.
  
  

People & Talent

• Being a senior member of the PMO team, they will be required to share best practices across the team and mentor the junior ones to ensure they grow in their careers as PMOs.
• Strong leadership will be essential as a senior member of the team due to the engagement hat is required with senior management.
  
  

Risk Management

• Present Financial details to Tech PgMs/Biz PgMs with variances (underspends / overspends).
• Risk Governance (Monitor Risk and Issues Registers. Ensure consistent Risk and Issue management across the Hive or Sub-domain or Domain). - Ask is for PMO to be proactive in raising/validating risks related to financials, governance, HC, benefits.
• Support CPOs to respond to audit/GIA/external audit etc.
  
  

Governance

• Establish control across the Refinement Forums (or a Hive governance forum) and maintain the governance framework and strategy for the robust and efficient management of strategic investments in compliance with Change Delivery Standards.
• Ensure Clarity data is synchronized with the Tasks and resource allocation.
  
  

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Lead the Cash Technology Team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.]
• Serve as a Director of the Board
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)
  
  

Qualifications

• Education-Financial degree and above
• Training-Project management/financial analysis related
• Certifications-Pmp is a plus (not a pre-requisite)
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Financial analysis
• Excel
• Communication
• Project Management
  
  

About Standard Chartered

Were an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, weve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If youre looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we cant wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, youll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
  
  

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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