Portfolio Lead

Location: Glasgow

Length: 6 months

PAYE only

Overall purpose of the role

We are seeking an experienced Portfolio Lead (AVP) to play a critical role within the Private Bank Processing business area, primarily based in our Glasgow office. This is a 6-month contract position, critical for providing backfill support and enabling a period of transition and upskilling within the team. The role is focused on ensuring the successful governance, financial control, and delivery of a significant portfolio of change programs valued at approximately £150 million.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing hands on support in portfolio management and change delivery, with a focus on governance and financial control. Key responsibilities include:

Key Accountabilities Portfolio and Program Governance

• Implement and maintain robust governance standards across the portfolio of change initiatives, ensuring all programs adhere to organizational frameworks.
• Manage the comprehensive register of risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions at the portfolio level, escalating critical items to senior stakeholders and the Hiring Manager (John Aird).
• Ensure all programs and projects within the portfolio are properly tracked, reported on, and compliant with delivery standards.

Financial Management and Control

• Manage project financials, including budget tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis for the £150 million portfolio.
• Support the transition period by working closely with the team responsible for setting up the new finance function, specifically by freeing up existing team members to focus on upskilling.
• Act as a pivot point in financial reporting until the new function is fully operational and embedded.

Change Delivery Support

• Support various individual programs within the portfolio, providing PMO expertise and hands on assistance to delivery teams.
• Contribute to the strategic oversight of the portfolio to ensure alignment with the overarching Private Bank Processing strategic objective.
• Facilitate efficient flow of information between program teams and senior management.

Key Skills Essential

• Demonstrable, hands on experience in a PMO (Project Management Office) or Portfolio Management role
• Proven background in Change Delivery within a large, complex organization
• Strong competency in Project Financials Management, including budgeting, reporting and forecasting for large scale portfolios
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Desirable

• Experience working within the Financial Services industry, particularly in the Technology or Change Delivery functions
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies is beneficial but not essential

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, 'anchor', days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you'll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There's enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You'll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there's discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.