Business Analyst - (Mortgage/Lending)

Business Analyst | First Point Group  Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid)

• Job Tittle: Payments Business Analyst
• Location: Dublin, Ireland (2-3 days per week in office, 2-3 days remote)
• Duration: a 6 month contract initially
• Start date: ASAP

About the Role

Support project or portfolio of projects with key PMO activities.

Responsibilities

• Track programme RAID, Plans/Milestones, resource allocations/requirements and financials/budgets
• Plan and implement project management strategies, based on defined templates and toolsets
• Ensure compliance with Project control framework (Initiation Entry, Project Control Checking and Closure of projects)
• Support with monthly cost plans for project portfolios and bring together whole programme summaries and financial positions which include details from all portfolio cost plans.
• Prepare and maintain forecasting estimates for all programmes within the portfolio against the approved budget.
• Collate portfolio resource & cost review packs monthly.
• Manage, maintain and update resource allocations across the portfolio
• Manage end to end resource requisitions including raising resource requisitions, managing on-boarding and off-boarding activities
• Produce quality MI to support key decision making on the programme, e.g. delivery dashboards, compliance dashboards
• Gather and analyse project data to identify any gaps and resolve any time-related or budgetary issues
• Become a Clarity champion leading on all queries related to Clarity tool
• Support other Projects, tasks as directed by PM/Programme Managers

Qualifications:

A minimum of 3 years’ experience as a PMO analyst, project manager, or a similar role

Required Skills:

• Excellent knowledge of project management strategies, processes, and tools
• PMO experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of Clarity portfolio management tool
• Strong financial management skills and experience in cost planning and budget estimations
• Excellent analytical, interpretive skills
• Knowledge of Power BI, JIRA, Confluence
• Strong Excel skills and full MS suite

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