PMO Performance Analyst

In this PMO-focused role, you’ll provide governance, controls and performance insight across a high-value capital portfolio. You will translate data into clear insights to support informed decisions and continuous improvement, going beyond routine dashboarding. You’ll work with stakeholders to define what good performance looks like and apply cost, risk, schedule and change controls. Using Power BI and modern reporting, you’ll help leaders spot trends, assess risks and drive portfolio delivery.

• Competitive salary 50,000–65,000
• Bonus based on personal and company performance
• Contributory pension with double match up to 12%
• Share incentive plan
• Salary sacrifice car and technology schemes
• Employee assistance lines and matched charity giving

• Support PMO governance implementation and reporting aligned with standards and roadmap
• Monitor integrated portfolio performance against baselines, flagging exceptions, dependencies and issues
• Develop and maintain performance frameworks, metrics and KPIs tied to strategic objectives
• Build Power BI dashboards and visualisations using trusted data for data-driven decisions
• Engage business stakeholders to define reporting needs and design effective controls
• Analyze trends and anomalies to identify risks and improvement opportunities, presenting findings to PMO and stakeholders
• Support cost management activities including forecasting, budgeting variance analysis and cost governance
• Assist with planning and scheduling by maintaining portfolio information and highlighting dependencies and risks
• Maintain risk, issue and change data; ensure alignment across cost, schedule and risk
• Prepare portfolio performance materials, explain data narratives, track actions and progress
• Collaborate with Data, Governance and wider teams to ensure high-quality data for regulatory and performance reporting
• Work with PMO colleagues and offshore resources to improve processes, tools, data quality and ways of working

• Experience in a PMO, project controls, portfolio reporting, governance or performance analysis in a complex delivery environment
• Experience supporting capital projects/programmes/portfolios with understanding of lifecycles and assurance processes
• Understanding of project performance measures across cost, risk, schedule and change and ability to interpret data for trends and opportunities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to turn data into insights and recommendations
• Experience developing or maintaining dashboards/visual analytics using Power BI and/or Tableau
• Good data modelling, data visualization principles and relational data sources, plus ability to gather and refine requirements
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to present findings clearly
• Organised, proactive, continuous improvement mindset with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Desirable: experience in asset-intensive industries, PMO/ Governance or Portfolio Management Office environments

• Strong communication
• Stakeholder management
• Problem solving
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Data modelling