PMO Analyst

Working within Centrica’s Digital Technology Services (DTS), you will be offered the opportunity to provide PMO support to the delivery of the programmes and projects as well as forecasting pipeline of demand across the DTS technology resource. As well as supporting the Demand/Resource Manager with the governance activities you will gain exposure to portfolio planning, project governance, lifecycle management, budget management, financial tracking, and resource profiling.

The Day to Day

• Supporting Portfolio/ Programme/Project Managers through effective assurance and governance of projects/programmes
• Reviewing investment governance for the portfolio, working with the relevant stakeholders and Finance Partners to highlight issues, providing project cost planning guidance and ensure projects remain in governance.
• Working with Stakeholders to support all annual, quarterly and monthly budgeting and forecasting processes to enable Portfolio-level decision making and recommendations.
• Ensure risks and issues are monitored and reported across the Portfolio
• Ensure appropriate change management processes are adhered across the Portfolio
• Provide support and guidance to the Project Management community with the company’s Delivery Framework and project portfolio tool
• Develop, support, and implement best practices and templates that support a standard and consistent approach to Project /Programme Management

About you

• PMO experience or experience in Project Management with good understanding /expertise in Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Management of key portfolio, business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to engage, build and sustain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all activity delivers greatest value.
• Relationship building and management with both internal and external customers and partners.
• Ability to engage with and influence project and programme management.
• Ability to identify and understand Project delivery and ensure risks are mitigated.
• Working knowledge and experience of PPM tools, such as Service Now ITBM
• Positive attitude to developing professional knowledge, expertise and personal skills that lead to increased effectiveness.

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Be a part of something bigger and join us in powering a sustainable future. British Gas delivers innovative energy and service solutions to help solve customers’ needs. As the UK’s leading energy supplier, we put customers and colleagues at the heart of everything we do. Whether we’re installing EV chargers on driveways across the UK or introducing thousands of homes to the benefits of heat pumps, our ambition is clear. We have a vital role to play in helping the nation prepare for a sustainable, NetZero future.

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being FlexFirst. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

We are proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer. Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world for everyone. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by The Times for being one of the Top 50 Employers for Women.

We are committed to creating a cleaner and greener future. And we’re making big changes to help us get there. That means cutting customers' emissions and our own to reach net zero. And because our people are the beating heart of our business, we will continue to champion inclusivity, develop future skills and invest in our local communities to create a better world for everyone. As part of our reforestation project with WeForest, for every new employee that joins our family, we plant trees in underprivileged areas in Tanzania to offer farming and wildlife economy opportunities for locals.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.