As a Portfolio Analyst you’ll act as the lead advisor for budget holders, sponsors, programme managers, and project managers, providing guidance, insight, and analysis to enhance their ability to manage capital budgets. You will also be the primary liaison for Finance teams, ensuring that capital portfolios are accurately forecasted, managed effectively, and aligned with financial depreciation and fixed asset requirements. With a particular focus on implementing and managing a capital investment portfolio control framework, improving expenditure tracking mechanisms to support better decision-making. You will drive improvements in portfolio estimation, resource allocation, cost estimation, and phasing, ensuring that financial forecasts align with delivery expectations. Additionally, you will work closely with project teams to enhance budgetary controls and financial reporting, offering clear insights into financial performance You’ll need to be in the office for a minimum of 2 days per week and the remaining time you’ll be able to work remotely. Your role covers supporting senior IT and Workplace leadership teams in business planning and capital investment forecasting, owning expenditure tracking documentation and refining reporting processes. You will be involved in evaluating programme and project cost management, recommending remedial actions where necessary, and ensuring best-practice budget management and cost tracking. A significant part of your responsibilities will also include maintaining and updating Power BI Dashboards to provide real-time expenditure insights. Your background should include experience in budgetary management of capital change portfolios, particularly within IT programmes and projects. You will have a proven track record of working collaboratively with finance teams and advising senior stakeholders. Strong cost modelling, forecasting, and tracking skills, along with proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI, are required. A commitment to continuous professional development and a passion for customer service and stakeholder engagement will be highly valued. If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to shape and enhance Peabody’s IT and Workplace capital investment portfolio management, we want to hear from you. To be successful in this role, you’ll: Possess strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to challenge existing processes and influence key stakeholders. Present key financial information effectively. Demonstrate creativity in problem-solving. Foster strong working relationships across teams. Work independently while managing multiple priorities Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody: 30 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays two additional paid volunteering days each year flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 4 x salary life assurance up to 10% pension contribution Are you ready to apply? If you have any questions about this role, please email Talent Specialist, Harry Lund at [email protected]. We may close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received. Interviews will be taking place during the week commencing 24th February 2025. PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.