Project Management Office – Birmingham recruitment
Overview:
Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) comprises three businesses: Corporate Finance, Markets and Global Transaction Banking (GTB) and includes regional coverage in the Bank's key growth areas.
CIB Central in Birmingham is adding Change Management resources to work on various projects. The Birmingham team will work closely with key stakeholders in London. In this role you will be focused on assisting senior management with governing and supporting the CIB Central change function. Your key stakeholders will include Programme Managers, Senior Management and Subject Matter Experts.
Key Responsibilities:
You will proactively improve the operations of the PMO
You will track progress of all orders coming into the Programme Office, monitoring progress and co-ordinating delivery dates
You will maintain financial controls and systems for recording, monitoring, forecasting and budgeting of all team expenditure
You will fully support infrastructure and build projects including administration, organisation of project meetings and minute
You will produce weekly and monthly Programme/Project Status and Resourcing reports
You will review Programme/Project Milestone and Resource plans
You will support all Project and Programme Managers with day to day running of project administration tasks
You will organise and facilitate closure of projects and review benefit analysis at the end of the project
You will maintain existing departmental and Project Office policies and procedures
You will continue to update and improve project methodologies
You will be responsible for tracking performance against new Service Level Agreement's, to ensure there are no delays of orders of infrastructure for critical work-streams
You will review, collate, maintain and highlight changes to project plans
You will manage the department Sharepoint site and provide training to users
You will be responsible for onboarding and offboarding of project resources
You will complete perform project governance reviews - ensuring that each project meets best practice and minimum CIB Change The Bank (CTB) standards
You will have:
PMO experience within several different PMOs, preferably including a PMO set-up
A proven track record of PMO work, preferably within the Investment Banking Industry
A broad understanding of Corporate Finance, Markets and Global Transaction Banking
Knowledge of the front to back trade lifecycle, processes associated with financial markets and in particular, exposure to Front and Middle Office processing systems and processes
In depth application of PMO skills and experience across the entire project development lifecycle
The ability to develop relationships with internal clients to understand and address their needs
The ability to plan and organise the work so that it is efficient and effective and allows services to be delivered promptly and reliably
The ability to adapt/change behaviour or plans to better achieve the target/objective
The ability to take appropriate action and show good judgment in critical and high-pressure situations
Strong attention to detail.
Knowledge of Sharepoint
You will be:
An excellent team player
Proficient with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
A structured and a methodical thinker
Confident, assertive and an effective communicator
Proactive, with the ability to identify opportunities and develop new ideas that will lead to improvements