Project Management Officer PMO

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

• Support portfolio and project governance, ensuring adherence to PM standards and lifecycle
• Track and control budget, actuals, forecasts (FC/ETC/EAC) and resource usage
• Prepare and maintain project and portfolio reporting (e.g. RTG, QBR, dashboards)
• Identify and highlight risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery variances
• Coordinate with Finance on cost allocation, capitalization, and financial accuracy
• Support Project Managers with planning, execution, and governance topics
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO processes, templates, and ways of working
• Work closely with Project Managers, Finance, and senior stakeholders
• Proactively align stakeholders on priorities, risks, and delivery status
• Operate with transparency, accountability, and execution focus
  
  

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO, project coordination, or project controlling role
• Strong exposure to project financials, forecasting, and reporting
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies (Waterfall / Agile / Hybrid)
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Comfortable working independently in a complex, multistakeholder environment
  
  

It would be a real bonus if you have

• Experience in the banking and financial services environment
• User knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Experience with SAP
• PMP or Prince 2 certificates
• ITL certificates
  
  

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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