Job Description

Role

The One Finance (OF) Program PMO plays a critical role in supporting the delivery of a strategic Finance transformation program composed of 20+ initiatives. You will be supporting the delivery of a strategic One Finance transformation program by ensuring strong governance, financial control, and value realization, while enabling effective executive steering and cross-functional alignment. The role ensures robust governance, financial value tracking, and cross-functional coordination, enabling leadership to steer the program effectively and deliver measurable business outcomes. You will be acting as a key partner to Program Leadership, Finance stakeholders, initiative owners, and IT teams, the PMO drives transparency, discipline, and performance across the full program lifecycle.

Duration: 12 months (fixed-term)

Responsibilities

Program Governance & Delivery Oversight

• Support the design and enforcement of program governance, including stage gates, decision forums, and escalation processes
• Consolidate and validate deliverables, plans, and milestones
• Ensure alignment with IT PMO standards and Finance transformation methodologies
• Track interdependencies across initiatives and ensure coordinated delivery
• Contribute to the preparation and maintenance of the Finance transformation roadmap

Financial Control & Value Tracking (Finance-specific core focus)

• Monitor program budget, forecast, and actuals, ensuring adherence to financial targets
• Track business case delivery, including cost savings, efficiencies, and value realization
• Collaborate with Finance teams to ensure accuracy of financial data and consistency with reporting cycles

Portfolio Monitoring & Performance Management

• Consolidate KPIs: delivery, financials, risks, benefits
• Prepare and maintain executive presentations and steering materials
• Provide actionable recommendations to improve program performance
• Ensure a single source of truth for program data

Stakeholder Coordination & Communication

• Coordinate across Finance, IT, and business teams
• Ensure consistent communication across all initiatives
• Support alignment between senior stakeholders and initiative leads

Risk & Issue Management

• Maintain the program risk and issue register
• Ensure risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated proactively
• Escalate critical issues with recommended mitigation actions
• Monitor execution of mitigation plans across initiatives

Resource & Capacity Visibility

• Support visibility on resource allocation across initiatives
• Highlight capacity constraints or conflicts
• Contribute to prioritization discussions aligned with strategic Finance objectives

PMO Tools, Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Drive PMO standards, tools, and reporting consistency
• Improve methodology with a focus on Agile/BI small-scale initiatives delivery
• Ensure effective use of PM tools, templates, and reporting standards
• Drive harmonization of practices across initiatives
• Capture lessons learned and suggest process improvements

Requirements

• 8–10 years in PMO, program management, or project controlling
• Experience in Finance transformation and multi-initiative programs
• Exposure to financial planning, controlling, and performance tracking
• Experience with Agile and hybrid delivery models, especially for BI/reporting projects

Key Competencies

• Program governance & delivery management
• Strong financial acumen (budgeting, variance analysis, value tracking)
• Advanced data analysis & reporting skills (Excel, Power BI)
• Cross-functional coordination (Finance, IT, business)
• Knowledge of Finance processes (closing, forecasting, reporting)
• Familiarity with PM tools (MS Project, Jira, etc.)

Key Personal Attributes

• Structured and detail-oriented, with strong rigor in data validation
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• High level of ownership, reliability, and integrity
• Capability to combine hands-on execution with strategic perspective