Portfolio Planner Analyst

As a Portfolio Planner Analyst you will be reporting to the Portfolio Planner, The Portfolio Planner Analyst primary responsibility is to support the Portfolio Planner in managing Portfolio Planning process ensuring that the Portfolio Plan is an accurate reflection of business priorities, existing demand state and Tech & Change resourcing capacity.
In your day-to-day role, as a Portfolio Planner Analyst you will:

• Support coordination of the day-to-day steps of the Portfolio Planning process.


• Help collect the latest picture of the present and future capacity to deliver business initiatives.


• Understand business initiatives priorities of new demand.


• Help collect latest view of in-flight business initiatives in order to keep Portfolio Plan up to date with latest developments.


• Support production of Portfolio Plans ensuring is an accurate reflection of business priorities, existing project state and Tech and Change resourcing capacity.


• Produce reports that help gain insights of the Portfolio Plan to the various interested parties.


• Ensure reports and documents are prepared and delivered on time and to high quality.


What will make you stand out?

• In depth knowledge of change delivery (Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) & Waterfall) portfolio management, development lifecycle, PMO processes and functions and financial budget management


• Understanding of cards, loans and Vehicle Finance products.


• Understanding of the processes and systems to deliver cards, Vehicle Finance and loans products to customers.


• Project Management Certification (e.g. Prince 2 PPM, Agile PPM)


• PMO Analyst or Project Support experience


The interview process:

• Up to 30minute telephone call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team


• Up to 60 minutes competency based interview with the hiring team


• Up to 1 hour for final round interview with the senior manager of the team
  
  We are happy for you to be based in Bradford, Chatham or Petersfield but please note that occasional travel will be required to our other offices

Working Pattern: Our working style is hybrid, but we recognise the importance of collaborative working with our colleagues often 1 to 3 days per week in one of our offices
Benefits: Discretionary annual bonus, 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service), pension scheme with matched company contributions up to 10%, 1 paid day to 'give back', LinkedIn Learning for all, As this role involves working within a regulated environment any offer will be subject to satisfactory background checks including criminal record check, credit check, fraud check and employment references.
Your working life: If you prefer to work part-time, we'll make this happen whenever we can - whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.
Why work for us?
We're Vanquis Banking Group plc, an FTSE All Share company and a leading specialist bank, established in 1880. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to 1.75 million UK customers through Vanquis, Moneybarn, and Snoop. Our purpose is simple: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life's opportunities.
At Vanquis Banking Group we believe in looking after our colleagues, so we do our best to create a rewarding, engaging, and supportive work environment across our various divisions.
We let our colleagues know we appreciate their hard work by offering competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group wide recognition scheme. All colleagues are eligible to join a pension scheme, and, after six months' service, you can join our 'Save as you Earn' and 'Buy as you Earn' schemes.
We offer a range of training and development opportunities to help each of our colleagues maximise their potential, whatever their role. From your first day working with us, we'll help you settle into your new role and are happy to talk to you about your career aspirations.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone's unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age - your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we're here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.