PMO Lead – ERP/SAP/ Finance Transformation/Accountancy/ Governance Framework/Finance

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and established PMO Lead to join one of our key clients in Reading on a large finance transformation programmme

For this role you must have:

• Proven PMO, programme governance experience and knowledge of project management best practice principles and frameworks that drive delivery.
• Significant Finance Transformation experience
• Knowledge of finance operating models
• Strong stakeholder management experience
• Lead the development, management and reporting of integrated programme plans

Sanderson Group is working in partnership with a major Client in the UK. We are currently recruiting for a Steering Coordinator. This role must be via an Umbrella and will be Hybrid – 2 days per week to Oxford.

Role: Steering Coordinator

Contract Length: End of year with possibility of extension.

Location: Oxford

IR35: Inside IR35

Accountability:

• Gather information from all internal and external sources on project relevant processes.
• Design, develop and manage project management tools for the successful implementation of a new contract.
• Implementation of project management tools to control and minimise risks.
• Collate, organise and measure and report the project status.
• Communication with stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• Translate customer requirements into proposed actions.
• Design end to end processes to ensure stable working operations.
• Prepare and present material for meetings and workshops with mid-level management teams.
• Ownership of Workwear Champions Circle at all necessary locations

Expected:

• Design, develop and implementation of benchmark concepts to improve the provision of workwear as a perceived quality service.
• Challenging our customers to change mindset and attitude to personal responsibility for their expectations towards workwear service provision.
• Motivating suppliers and customers to accept new practices.

Experience:

• Strong communication skills, in English and German
• Experience of contract management
• Ability to operate under pressure and able to find ways to resolve conflicts.
• Highly accurate in numeracy
• Expert in MS Excel, and building dashboards in Power BI
• Possess the tenacity to follow things through and ensure owners of issues shut them down with the required outcome.

Please Note: Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via Call/Email.

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Sanderson are working closely with a consultancy firm to support a large programme of work within the public sector.

This role will support the delivery integration team to provide business case support to drive progressive development and integrated delivery.

• Ensuring the teams are on target with their business cases, readiness assessments and implementing standardised products and terminology
• Supporting the progressive development of a variety of teams who are all at different stages of the programme
• Engaging with SMEs to support business case development
• Facilitating workshops
• Requires understanding of business cases and how they need to progress within a construction environment
• Strong relationship management and excellent verbal and written communication
• Given the changing landscape of the programme this requires the successful candidate to be flexible and adaptive
• Requires programme management background

This role will be hybrid – working from home and with travel to sites as and when required with occasional travel to London

Our client requires an SC Cleared and experienced PMO Assurance Specialist to assist with Project / Programme Governance for the clients IT systems migration programme. This role is deemed Outside IR35 and will work Hybrid. Reporting to the Account Lead the PMO Assurance specialist will be overall be responsible for, and evidence the following skills, experience and knowledge; Pulling together delivery plans into an integrated plan, manage governance stages, predict forward governance views, have stage gate visibility, be integral to producing the business case/s and subsequent approvals process, manage the RAID, benefits management, manage the day to day escalations e.g. Blocker & scope creep etc. Effectively manage a wide range of stakeholders within associated multi org programme landscape, work with others to collaborate activity, support other members of the team e.g. Comms, PMO and SME’s and have a hands-on approach to more administrative tasks if this supports your main role at times. Candidates must hold SC Clearance or be able to achieve the required level of clearance prior to starting the role.

Programmer Planner/ PMO Planner – Planning, Stakeholder engagement, Finance Transformation, MSP, Planview, PMO planning, Programme planning, Regulatory Change, Change, Portfolio Management

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and established Programme Planner to join a major Insurance company in York,

For this role you must have:

• Solid Programme Planning experience
• Significant experience having worked in either; Insurance, Finance Change Programmes or Finance Transformation
• Significant planning experience within a PMO function
• Must have experience of regulatory change
• Significant experience using MSP or planview portfolio management
• Must have a strong background within financial services
• Excellent organisational ability and communication skills
• Disciplined work approach including the ability to work to deadlines, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy is essential

If this sounds like a role you would succeed in please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can contact me direct on 0131 220 7105 or email me at [email protected]

Senior PMO Analyst/ PMO Lead – Supply Chain, Logistics, Retail, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Governance, RAID, Planning, Stakeholder engagement, forum facilitation

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and established Senior PMO Analyst to focus on a major programme within a busy Supply Chain Transformation.

For this role you must have:

• Solid experience in a Senior PMO Analyst/PMO Lead role
• Solid knowledge and experience of Jira and Confluence
• Previous experience working in supply chain or logistics will be highly advantageous
• Experience in both Waterfall and Agile methods is advantageous.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Experience of working within a project-orientated function; experience of supporting Programme and Project Managers
• MS Office Suite – Excel, Word, PowerPoint to a proficient level
• Ability to adapt quickly, calmly and positively to changing priorities
• Disciplined work approach including the ability to work to deadlines, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy is essential

If this sounds like a role you would succeed in please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can contact me direct on 0131 220 7105 or email me at [email protected]

Planner, Planning Engineer

Our client require an experienced and DV Cleared P6 (Primavera) and or MS Projects Planner, to support by providing key control and governance expertise. Your primary focus would include the facilitation of planning workshops, schedule analysis, and maintenance on behalf of the schedule owner. At Programme level, the Planner will provide quality assurance across the delivery environment in line with the chosen methodology as well as the approved planning processes and procedures.

Rate – Negotiable (Inside IR35)

Skills and experience:

A working knowledge and demonstrable experience in all or some of the following areas:

• Project planning, scheduling, and monitoring experience using Primavera P6 and or MS Projects at advanced level (formal and/or comparable experience)
• Teamwork – ability to work cooperatively with others and provide coaching where needed
• Excellent communication skills – develop strong and efficient communication channels with stakeholders and project teams.
• Ability to adapt approach to individual situations and remain calm under pressure.
• Customer Service – deliver a high level of customer service to external and internal customers.
• Flexibility – Understand the needs and constraints of projects and be willing to flex around these to ensure success.
• A motivated individual who looks to exceed expectations and overcome challenges.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyse information, breakdown large pieces of work into key tasks and activities to drive the planning process.

Responsibilities:

• Advise and support on planning best practice.
• Create, review, analyse, assure, and maintain Portfolio/ Programme/ Project schedules.
• Identify and maintain dependencies across the delivery environment
• Input to and review of management products.
• Co-ordinate the schedule update process.
• Lead and facilitate planning workshops and relevant training sessions.
• Proactively identify and progress opportunities to add value to strategic and tactical decision making.
• Demonstrate an understanding of traditional and agile methodologies to advise on most appropriate planning practices.
• Where necessary, support resource planning and utilisation analysis
• Knowledge of NEC4 forms of contract management would be advantageous.
• Ability to create/update project plans, schedules & costs using Primavera P6.
• Ability to utilise earned value analysis to determine project performance
• Manage stakeholders and relationships.
• Generate reports on project performance and circulate to stakeholders
• Ability to incorporate supplier plans or programmes to the master schedule and apply the planning governance or rules within the master schedule.

As an individual:

• Collaborative team player who operates to high behavioural and ethical standards
• Be self-motivated and confident, with strong people skills
• Be able to gain client trust and identify opportunities for adding further value to the client relationship

For any questions, please email me at [email protected]

PMO Analyst (Financial Services)

Our clients is a financial services organisation who are currently seeking a PMO Analyst to work with project stakeholders to ensure change activity is delivered in line with the Group’s Change Management Framework, supporting the ongoing development of the PMO function.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain project compliance with the defined governance framework
• Support capacity planning and resource tracking across the portfolio of projects
• Support budget cost tracking, forecasts and actuals, working with the designated Project Accountant
• Develop reporting packs covering project delivery updates, budgets, resource, risks & issues, quality and benefits realisation
• Manage Status Update reporting across all projects, reviewing and consolidating submissions
• Oversee the monthly time recording activity ensuring data is consolidated, accurate and submitted to Finance
• Update portfolio level RAID and monitor completion of project level logs

Skills/experience required:

• Proven experience in a PMO role for more than 3 years
• Background working in the Financial Services industry is critical
• Project Reporting and pack creation
• Budget and resource tracking for multiple projects
• Maintenance of project lifecycle templates and logs (e.g. RAID log)
• Expert knowledge of Excel, Word PowerPoint, MSP and other project planning tools
• Ability to take responsibility for own activities and to meet tight deadlines
• Effective communication and engagement at all levels including C-Level Executives

Please submit your CV for initial consideration. If your CV matches the requirements above, expect to receive a call within 24 working hours to discuss your availability and salary expectations.