Senior Portfolio Analyst

This contract with our central government client is for a Senior Portfolio Analyst for 18 months. The role is located in Reading and requires 2/3 days per week onsite, may be some flexibility.  

Key Accountabilities:  

• Provides complex analysis of governance, reporting outputs and programmatic data to track key activities, plans, budgets, issues, and risks across all the portfolio.  

• Analyses the portfolio to maintain a integrated view of the key risks and issues across the Enterprise and recommends effective actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.  

• Analyses and evaluates portfolio data to identify discrepancies, trends, exceptions and opportunities.  

• Highlights interdependencies and conflicts between business as usual and the portfolio and recommends courses of remedial action.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Leads reporting from programmes and projects and provides analysis, insight and recommendation of decisions for improved of performance of the portfolio.  

• Support the PMO Service Leads to communicate and build commitment to a shared vision and sense of purpose.  

• Recognise and track interdependencies across the Enterprise.  

• Monitor portfolio risks (threats and opportunities) and escalate as appropriate.  

• Manage and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.  

• Using programmatic data develop predictive analytics to optimise project performance.

- Running lots of reports manually – wanting them to be automated in Power BI.  

- Helping with automation – more presence in Power BI.  

- Producing reports / automating – getting them onto the system.  

- Building dashboards – advising on data required to build.  

- Requirements Gathering.  

- Project Controls environment – rather than people analysis.  

SKILLS:  

- Data Analysis experience.  

- Stakeholder Management  

- Change Management – transition.  

- Power BI / Excel experience.  

- Project Controls / Management environment.