Standard Life plc
PMO Analyst
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Job Description
Job Type
Permanent
Location
Edinburgh, Telford or Birmingham
Closing Date
09/08/26
Salary
Up to £45,000 dependent upon experience
Flexible working
All roles are open to part-time, job-share, and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain, and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments, and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust, and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability, and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
At Standard Life, we’ve built a hugely successful, well-respected, and rapidly developing business by putting our people first. We believe attracting, developing, motivating, and inspiring exceptional people benefits our customers, our shareholders, and ultimately, our performance. We strive to be the best place anyone has ever worked. Join us and you can look forward to challenging and rewarding work, alongside highly skilled colleagues with world-class expertise.
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The Role
The Pensions and Savings Change Hub is a dynamic team of change professionals driving strategic transformation across three core delivery centers. We play a pivotal role in aligning change initiatives with business strategy, enabling market-leading outcomes in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
We have an exciting opportunity for a PMO Analyst to join the team to support the integration of project and programme information to identify and monitor key dependencies, ensuring risks and assumptions are managed in line with the Change Management Framework.
You will support resource management strategy by maintaining accurate resource plans in Smartcore and proactively managing project costs. This includes forecasting, reviewing monthly spend, processing invoices accruals, and identifying trends/challenging the accuracy and completeness of project data.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven, hands-on experience delivering complex, multi-million-pound, multi-workstream, high-profile Regulatory and/or advanced CRM change projects and programmes within large, complex organizations.
- Advanced Reporting & Analytical Capabilities
- Strong analytical capability with demonstrable experience using advanced Excel functionality (or equivalent tools) to produce dashboards, delivery plans, and KPI tracking. Able to turn complex data into clear, insight-led reporting that supports senior decision-making and builds stakeholder confidence.
- Strong Governance & Risk Management Skills
- Extensive experience operating within formal governance frameworks, including maintaining RAID logs, tracking milestones, and ensuring compliance. Confident in identifying risks early, constructively challenging stakeholders (often at senior leadership level), and escalating issues appropriately.
- Highly Proficient in Project Financial & Resource Management
- Significant experience managing project finances, including cost tracking, ledger analysis, accruals, and forecasting. Able to reconcile budgets end-to-end, identify discrepancies, and resolve issues through thorough analysis and problem-solving.
- Excellent Stakeholder Communication & Presentation Skills
- Highly effective communicator, fully competent in preparing and presenting materials for steering groups, leadership forums, and cross-functional teams. Comfortable translating complex delivery, financial, and performance data into clear, concise, and actionable messages.
- Proficiency with PMO Tools & Process Improvement
- Strong working knowledge of PMO tools and methodologies, including MS Project, Smartcore, and Excel. Evidence of leading and embedding high-impact process improvements that enhance delivery control, efficiency, and transparency.
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