PMO (f/m) for Cost and Communication

Beschreibung

Bosshard & Partner is looking with Mandate 2237

for a PMO (f/m) for Cost and Communication


Project environment

The successful candidate will join the Program Management Office of a global Swiss Bank running a Program Portfolio with a total annual spend of 45 million CHF. There are over 30 projects in flight, run by 15 project managers.

Tasks

• Responsible for delivering (periodically or on request) reports, presentations and other concise overviews on the relevant IT Security portfolio aspects to management (e.g. financial aspects, project milestones, risks/issues, benefits realization, etc.).
• Monitoring of, reporting on and enforcement of project portfolio compliance with IT Security project management methodology (SDLC) and the Investment Governance guidelines.
• Act as coach for program managers regarding the IT Security project management methodology and the Investment Governance guidelines.
• Provide expertise to project managers and PMOs regarding financial tools & processes.
• Assistance to management regarding the design and implementation of project/portfolio management processes and associated tool support as required.
• Reliable processing of recurring financial services (such as invoice payments).
• Assist project managers with the root cause analysis of cost deviations (forecast vs. actuals).
• Continuously improve the portfolio management processes/tools/templates and share knowledge with the IT Security PMO community.
• Effective communication of assignments and guidelines to the IT Security project managers.

Requirements

• Solid experience in project management best practices. An appropriate certification is required - preferably PMI and/or RUP.
• Strong stakeholder management and communications skills are essential in both English and German as the PMO is often the public face of the program organisation.
• Very good understanding of MS Excel features in combination with efficient self-learning capability to enhance skills as required.
• Capability to deal with various financial tools in order to develop into the subject matter expert role for those tools.
• Affinity for financial numbers, ability to summarize the key message of large amounts of data, excellent documentation, communication and presentation skills.
• "Get-it-done" and continuous improvement attitude to proactively fix errors or omissions.
• Already located in Zurich and available to start immediately for an initial engagement.

Workload: 100% Start Date: asap End Date: 31.12.2014 Workplace: Zurich

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