Head of PMO

Roles & Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

• This Head of PMO role requires a very strong candidate who will ensure the programmes within the $220m portfolio are well governed, well organised and managed and who can proactively seek out opportunities to make the processes around project financials more robust. The incumbent of this role will play a key role in the overall success of the program. The candidate should be a “critical thinker”, actively demonstrating their analytical skills, ingenuity, initiative and sound judgment when it comes to supporting the Project Manager/s in all aspects of the project delivery. The candidate should be well organised with a structured approach to problem solving, organisational skills and clear and concise communication to stakeholders. The role requires interactions with senior stakeholders across Business, Country and Group. The role demands deep knowledge and understanding of various reports published by Finance team including capitalisation process and on the clarity tool for updating forecast and other report extracts. The incumbent should have good communication skill, strong excel skill with positive attitude. The following are high level activities that the resource is expected to perform. The Candidate must be able to work well delivering to tight deadlines many times, across multiple geographic locations, with demanding stakeholders and under strict financial scrutiny. The ideal candidate should be familiar with project controls, administration and toolsets across the project delivery life cycle.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Works with the Hive, Sub-domain, Domain leadership to support governance and reporting for a consolidated view across the Hive, Business or Function Unit.
• Ensure any new major changes to the prioritized product backlog (within 90-day cycle) are reported to RF (Refinement Forum) for approval and subsequently submit to MPR / QPR (Quarterly Performance Review) for approval on the impact to OKRs, cost and timeline shift on the 90-day approved commitments.

Business

• Responsible for financial management. Supports the Chief PO and Hive Tech Lead in all financial management matters including clarity updates, reports, capitalization, variance, underspends, cost plans etc.
• Ensure the Initiatives, product backlog and cost are aligned to approved QPR.
• Ensure all required approved SOWs / contracts are in-place to procure vendor resource / infrastructure including management of the vendor payments.
• Engage Country Finance teams and understand budget requirements across regions. - Done by PMs
• Track invoicing, transfer of costs to the project until closure of Purchase order

Processes

• Identify opportunities for efficiencies / process simplification and optimization.
• Given the tight deadlines to deliver, the PMO will be responsible for ensuring effective time management skills is adopted to get a high quality inputs for the month to get ready for the forecasting cycle to ensure we maintain a high degree of accuracy.
• Process need to eb well documented and understood by all stakeholders to ensure transparency for deliverables and deadline dates

People & Talent

• Being the most senior member of the PMO team, they will be required to share best practices across the team and mentor the junior ones to ensure they grow in their careers as PMOs, drive continuous improvement and champion change and improvement.
• Strong leadership will be essential as a senior member of the team due to the engagement hat is required with senior management

Risk Management

• Present Financial details to RF with variances (underspends / overspends).
• Risk Governance (Monitor Risk and Issues Registers. Ensure consistent Risk and Issue management across the Hive or Sub-domain or Domain). - Ask is for PMO to be proactive in raising/validating risks related to financials, governance, HC, benefits.
• Support CPOs to respond to audit/GIA/external audit etc.

Governance

• Establish control across the Refinement Forums (or a Hive governance forum) and maintain the governance framework and strategy for the robust and efficient management of strategic investments in compliance with Change Delivery Standards.
• Ensure Clarity data is synchronized with the Tasks and resource allocation.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Cash Hive Leads, Program Head, Delivery Lead, Portfolio Team, CIOs, CPOs, Finance teams, Country Finance, Interface Team SPOCs.

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Cash; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10 years of experience in financial reporting
• Experience in managing a large number of resources
• Strong Stakeholder management ability

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Financial analysis
• Excel
• Communication
• Project Management

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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