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