Principal - CSO PMO

Job Summary

The Principal, CSO PMO will work with the Cyber Security PMO and Tech Finance to support business leads on all matters relating to contract and cost data. The role will drive spend analytics to support management decisions, identify business efficiencies, improve internal performance by optimizing processes and facilitating change, and perform business analysis to define needs and develop benefit cases for change or process improvement projects.

The Cyber Security PMO partners with Tech Finance and CSO business leads to provide clear, accurate and timely financial and business information, manage commercial activity, support management decisions, and improve reporting and operational processes across the Cyber Security Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Help the Cyber Security Office meet the need for clear, accurate and timely financial and business information on projects.
• Prepare and publish monthly reports for CSO stakeholders showing costing progress, including budget plans, forecasts, financial tracking and operational budget management.
• Extract data from repositories, support business information systems and create dashboards.
• Ensure commercial transactions are managed effectively and on time, including payments, purchase orders and cross-charging, with issues addressed promptly.
• Provide financial analysis, expertise and insight to support the development of strategies and management decisions.
• Support structured commercial performance reviews for key CSO vendors, monitor alignment with agreed contracts, and raise and escalate related risks and issues.
• Identify improvements and efficiencies in day-to-day reporting, automating activities wherever practical.

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Overall 15 years of experience, minimum three years of experience as an analyst, controlling specialist, or in a similar business or finance role.
• Fluent English and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to produce clear and concise management reports.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical review skills, and a logical approach that uses process checks to identify whether data aligns with expectations.
• Ability to navigate multiple systems and collaborate across different departments.
• Familiarity with financial processes, particularly purchase-to-pay, month-end processes, reporting, budgeting and planning.
• Ability to build trusting and productive business relationships with colleagues from varied backgrounds across the Cyber Security Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of cyber security, or experience working within a Cyber Security Office.
• Experience using Power BI for data analysis, dashboards and visualization.
• Typical tools and technologies: Microsoft Excel, Power BI, business information systems and data repositories.

Skills

• AI Programming
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Change Management
• Data Mining
• Executive Reports
• Financial Acumen
• Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (PBI)
• Portfolio Performance Management
• Portfolio Prioritization

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