Manager PMO

Overview:

The PMO Manager will be an essential part of our team to grow the consulting practice in the Operational Technology and Real-Time Systems domain.

The PMO Manager will work closely with the Project Managers and delivery teams to develop project schedules and resource plans as well as coordinate status reporting on the projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather input from the sales team, delivery team, project team, vendors, and client stakeholders to develop project schedules and resource plans utilizing MS Project
• Coordinate project status reporting, collecting project updates from team members including updates to schedule and budget
• Manage and maintain the project schedule and the resource plan, gathering updates weekly
• Accountable for the resource forecast accuracy for his portfolio of projects
• Collect data and reporting and tracking project performance
• Maintain project budget and Estimated at Completion financial figures
• Conduct budget analysis, analysing performance to plan
• Validate invoices to customer prior to their submission
• Identify and follow up on past due payments
• Follow up on action items and issues and facilitate driving them to closure
• Management of deliverable tracking and document management
• Coordinate project meetings, including developing agendas, meeting minutes, and preparing action items
• Improve / develop PowerBI dashboards

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school or university with 7- 9 yrs of experience
• Proven experience of project scheduling using MS Project, Excel, and project analysis
• Knowledge of project financials and budgeting
• Strengths in organization and planning
• Effective oral and written communication and follow-through
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment, effectively prioritize time and tasks
• Team player with the proven ability to build strong relationships predominantly internally
• Excellent organizational skills and detail-orientated
• Strong organizational skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project)

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with using and developing PowerBI reports
• Earned Value Analysis – budget management

Skills Required
Powerbi, Excel, Microsoft Office, Ms Project