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About the Role

This role supports the end-to-end governance, financial management, and performance monitoring of the Technology portfolio. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring investments are effectively managed throughout their lifecycle, from business case review and funding approval through execution, financial tracking, benefits realization, and executive reporting.

The role provides critical insights to Technology leadership by monitoring portfolio performance, challenging cost and benefit assumptions, and ensuring timely, accurate reporting for management decision-making.

The expected impact includes:
• Improved governance and oversight of technology investments
• Better visibility of portfolio financial performance and delivery status
• Stronger accountability in benefits realization and value tracking
• Higher quality business cases with robust financial and benefit assumptions
• Improved executive decision-making through timely portfolio insights and reporting
• Enhanced portfolio planning, forecasting, and resource prioritization

Portfolio Governance & Management

• Support the governance and management of the Technology portfolio, ensuring projects comply with approval and reporting requirements.
• Maintain portfolio-level visibility on project health, delivery status, financial performance, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate portfolio reviews and governance forums, including preparation of management and EXCO materials.
• Support investment prioritization and funding allocation exercises.

 

Business Case Review & Challenge

• Review and challenge business cases submitted by project teams for completeness, accuracy, and alignment to investment objectives.
• Evaluate cost estimates, assumptions, financial models, and proposed benefits to ensure robustness and realism.
• Assess project funding requests, change requests, and re-baselining requests against governance requirements.
• Partner with Technology, Business, and Finance stakeholders to strengthen business case quality and value realization plans.

 

Project Financial Management

• Monitor project expenditure against approved funding and business cases.
• Develop and maintain project and portfolio financial forecasts.
• Perform variance analysis on actual versus budget and forecast spending.
• Identify key cost drivers, highlight emerging financial risks, and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning and budgeting processes.

 

Benefits Realization Management

• Monitor and track approved project benefits against committed targets.
• Validate benefit realization calculations and assumptions with project teams and Finance.

• Challenge benefit forecasts and provide independent assessment on achievability and sustainability.
• Support portfolio-level reporting on value realization and return on investment.
• Coordinate benefits realization reviews and ensure appropriate supporting evidence is maintained.

 

Executive Reporting & Portfolio Analytics

• Prepare portfolio dashboards and executive reporting materials for senior leadership, EXCO, and governance committees.
• Perform portfolio analytics and provide insights on trends, investment performance, financial health, and benefits realization.
• Develop management presentations and recommendation papers to support decision-making.
• Generate ad-hoc analysis requested by Technology leadership.

Minimum Job Requirement:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Technology Management, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Portfolio Management, PMO, Project Financial Management, Technology Strategy, or a similar analytical role.

• Strong experience in business case evaluation, financial analysis, cost-benefit analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and benefits realisation tracking.

• Proven ability to critically assess and challenge project funding requests, financial assumptions, benefit projections, and investment proposals to support sound decision-making.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex financial, project, and portfolio data into meaningful insights and recommendations.

• Experience preparing management reporting, executive dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership, governance committees, and EXCO-level stakeholders.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across Technology, Finance, Procurement, PMO, and Business teams.

• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and AI-enabled tools, with the ability to analyse large datasets, challenge assumptions, generate actionable insights, and prepare executive-ready reports efficiently.

• Detail-oriented, highly organised, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and willing to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and drive continuous improvement across portfolio management processes.

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