PMO Financial Reporting Analyst

BMO • Chicago, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The PMO Financial Reporting Analyst acts as a key liaison for the Delivery Project Management team, ensuring accurate and consistent financial reporting across all projects. This role is responsible for: Financial Management: Maintaining and improving financial reports, decks, and processes to support project delivery. Data Analysis & Review: Analyzing project data, variances, accruals, re-classes, DEV/NIX movements, and other financial metrics. Reporting & Forecasting: Preparing regular prelim, month end and ad-hoc financial updates, forecasts, and planning reports & documents. Process Improvement: Developing tools and methodologies to ensure a standardized, high-quality approach to financial reporting. Collaboration: Working closely with project directors & managers to enhance delivery effectiveness through accurate financial insights.

Requirements

• Typically between 2 - 3 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education in either Accounting, Finance, Project Management, Economics or Risk Management preferred and business experience.
• Advanced MS Office skills including SharePoint, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint and knowledgeable in Access, SQL and Power BI.
• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth.
• Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
• Analytical and problem solving skills - In-depth.
• Influence skills - In-depth.
• Data driven decision making - In-depth.

Responsibilities

• To work with and follow the guidance of the Delivery Project Management Office
• Works closely with business leaders and Business, Technology, Strategy, Finance & Controller partners to provide financial advice and service that supports the financial management activities of the Group/portfolio.
• Supports the monitoring and management of financial performance against plans, forecasts, initiatives and objectives.
• Define, maintain and drive process improvements for Project Management within the company, including management policies, methods and tools
• Provide guidance, documentation, and metrics related to the practices involved in managing and implementing projects within the organization
• Perform project assurance and governance to ensure processes and standards are adhered to
• Monitor progress and complete regular program reports on Delivery data and overall project status
• Oversee Risk, Issue & change management for the Organization and facilitate the Risk and Issue Board meetings.
• Update and support the Delivery targets and objectives set out by the Head of Delivery
• Support the COO with the Company’s change improvement program
• Assist the Project Managers in the production and maintenance of project plans, risk and issues, change requests and other project related activities in line with PMO activities
• Work with the Project Managers to keep project finances up-to-date and analyse financial data
• Assist new Project Managers during their induction
• Continue to monitor and maintain our standard approach to storing and sharing Delivery templates and processes for all areas within Delivery through our SharePoint knowledgebase
• Oversee all project work-off plans and facilitate regular meetings to review them with Stakeholders
• Monitor the completion of timesheets across the Delivery team and analyze the utilization statistics as required for reporting
• As the Owner manage and maintain the Delivery SharePoint sites
• Hold and attend project meetings, complete minute taking and follow up on action points in line with PMO activities
• To contribute to the team spirit within the company
• Perform other ad-hoc or related duties as required

Benefits

• BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans.
• To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees