Project Management Office- Associate

The Regulatory Projects in a PMO support role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a team that thrives on innovation and collaboration, ensuring successful delivery of regulatory change. As a PMO Specialist within the Regulatory Projects Team, you will play a critical role in supporting the team by maintaining a focus on control and audit readiness, ensuring accurate reporting across all projects, effective RAID management, compliance with our internal controls frameworks, and effective oversight of policies and procedures, with a continuous focus on best practices and process improvement. You will partner closely with project managers and business analysts across the team, as well as key contacts in the wider organisation to establish effective communication and engagement models. Your contributions will ensure consistent quality and effective communication across the team, promoting successful project outcomes. Consult, analyse and promote project delivery best practices within the Regulatory Projects Team. Manage communication of status updates to stakeholders and senior management through presentations and reports used in different forums. Ensure compliance with JPMCs document storage and record retention operating models in line with firmwide policy. Build and maintain working relationships with stakeholders in the different businesses & functions our team supports (e.g. Technology, Finance, Operations, Reporting teams, etc). Partner with stakeholders, providing guidance and analysis, helping identify and escalate issues / risks / dependencies and facilitating communication between team members. Coordinate working group meetings; setting the agenda, preparing meeting materials, documenting minutes and ensuring clear ownership of action items. Participate in all change events and ensure the stakeholders are prepared for the change and supported by ongoing coaching. Onboard new joiners and welcome them to the team helping them to maximize their contribution from Day 1. Be an advocate for innovation, finding new and better ways to drive output. Identify opportunities for process enhancements and drive initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: - Strong attention to detail and accuracy as you will be setting the standards for others - Previous experience working in a Finance Projects function is essential - Strong understanding of the End to End Project Life Cycle - Ability to work independently and be self-motivated / demonstrate initiative - Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements - Strong presentation and interpersonal skills - Excellent written skills with clear, concise and logical documentation - Excellent organization and planning skills - Strong ability to multi-task and prioritize - Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills - Working knowledge of MS Office, PitchPro, and SharePoint - Judgement: Analyze problems skillfully, uses logic to reach solutions. Facilitator of effective meetings - Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills - collaboration is key in this role! Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: - Experience of working with Confluence - Ability to analyze and document end-to-end process flows - Coaching skills to enable junior team members to fulfill their potential - Prior PMO experience would be beneficial, but not essential,