PMO Analyst ( Senior Associate)

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in project portfolio management focus on optimising project portfolios to drive strategic business outcomes. These individuals oversee project selection, prioritisation, and resource allocation to facilitate successful project delivery.

In project management at PwC, you will oversee and coordinate various projects to facilitate successful delivery within budget and timeline. You will leverage strong organisational and communication skills to effectively manage teams and stakeholders.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality.

Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

About PwC SATIC and the role

PwC SATIC helps clients build trust and reinvent by delivering high-quality, scalable services through a tech-forward, people-empowered model. Within the Transformation team, we partner with clients to navigate complex transformation journeys, enabling sustainable and measurable impact across projects, programmes, and portfolios.

Our PMO capability supports successful delivery by providing governance, planning discipline, control frameworks, reporting oversight, and execution support across transformation initiatives. We work with local and global stakeholders in a structured managed services environment to improve project visibility, delivery consistency, and decision-making.

As a Senior Associate PMO Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting and overseeing PMO activities across projects and workstreams. You will help ensure that governance, planning, and control-related activities are executed cohesively and consistently, while also mentoring junior team members, supporting stakeholder reporting, and driving disciplined delivery practices across the project lifecycle.

Summary

As a Senior Associate PMO Analyst at PwC SATIC, you will provide governance, reporting, planning, and control support across transformation initiatives. You will monitor delivery plans, maintain PMO standards, track RAID items, prepare dashboards and governance packs, and support project and programme leads with quality reporting and oversight.

This role is ideal for a professional with solid PMO or project delivery support experience who can operate with increasing autonomy, engage confidently with stakeholders, and lead portions of PMO delivery while mentoring more junior team members.

Qualifications /Certifications required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Commerce, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong MS Office capability, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Working knowledge of project and programme management methodologies.
• Experience using project planning and reporting tools such as MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, or equivalent.

Preferred / highly advantageous

• PRINCE2 Foundation, CAPM, APMP, PMP, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent certification.
• Exposure to reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Exposure to transformation, PMO, or consulting delivery environments.

Experience required

• 3-5 years of experience in a PMO Analyst, PMO Support, Project Coordinator, Senior Project Support, or similar project delivery support role.
• Experience supporting project governance activities, reporting cycles, and project or programme documentation.
• Experience maintaining and reviewing project plans, RAID logs, dashboards, milestone trackers, action logs, and governance packs.
• Experience monitoring progress against delivery plans and highlighting risks, issues, dependencies, or control gaps.
• Experience preparing management information and stakeholder-ready reporting for governance forums or senior stakeholders.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across project teams, business teams, and enabling functions.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments requiring attention to detail and strong follow-through.
• Experience leading small workstreams, coordinating junior team members, or mentoring Associates is advantageous.
• Exposure to transformation, change, technology-enabled delivery, managed services, or consulting environments is advantageous.
• Experience in South African or global multi-stakeholder environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities of role

• Support and oversee PMO activities across transformation projects and workstreams in line with agreed standards, methodologies, and controls.
• Perform monitoring and oversight activities against project and programme delivery plans.
• Ensure governance, planning, and control-related activities are executed cohesively and consistently across assigned initiatives.
• Prepare, maintain, and review status reports, RAID logs, dashboards, milestone trackers, action logs, and governance documentation.
• Coordinate reporting cycles, governance meetings, minutes, action follow-ups, and stakeholder communications.
• Consolidate project and portfolio information into high-quality management information packs for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions, and drive timely follow-up or escalation where needed.
• Support project managers and programme leads with planning updates, reporting, governance preparation, and delivery control activities.
• Maintain accurate project data and documentation across PMO tools, templates, and repositories.
• Contribute to budget tracking, forecast visibility, and resource tracking activities where required.
• Mentor and support Associates or junior PMO team members on reporting standards, governance practices, and delivery expectations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO governance, reporting quality, delivery discipline, and team capability.
• Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to support effective delivery and informed decision-making.

Desirable skill sets include

• Familiarity with Power BI, reporting dashboards, and executive management information.
• Exposure to portfolio, programme, or enterprise PMO environments.
• Experience working in global or virtual teams.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models.
• Exposure to consulting, professional services, financial services, ICT, telecoms, or public sector environments.
• Understanding of project financial tracking, resourcing, or portfolio reporting concepts.

Role related attributes

• Strong governance mindset with disciplined attention to detail and quality.
• Analytical and structured, with the ability to identify trends, variances, and delivery exceptions.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams and stakeholders.
• Confident communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills. · Organised and dependable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, evolving, and fast-paced transformation environments.
• Proactive and accountable, with a focus on follow-through and delivery quality.
• Collaborative team player who supports knowledge sharing and mentoring of junior colleagues.
• Resilient and adaptable under pressure.
• Professional and client-focused in approach

Time zone details

Specify details: Primary working hours will align to South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Limited flexibility may be required to support collaboration with global stakeholders, governance forums, and reporting deadlines where applicable.

Mental and environmental demands

Special work requirements

• This environment demands exceptional quality, attention to detail and ensure time frames are adhered to with performance under pressure.
• Ability to deliver on tasks independently

Business change accountability

Supports transformation and change initiatives by reinforcing PMO governance, planning discipline, reporting quality, and delivery controls across projects and programmes.

Contributes to improved delivery maturity, standardisation, and consistency within the Transformation team. Acts as a change-supporting role by helping teams adopt structured governance and reporting practices.

Finance/Resource accountability

Supports budget, forecast, and resource tracking activities by maintaining accurate data, highlighting variances, and escalating concerns where appropriate. May coordinate reporting inputs related to project financials and resource plans, but does not typically hold direct budget ownership.

Communication and Interaction required: Staff in own area (manager, subordinates, colleagues) 30%

Staff outside own area 20%

Internal Firm Services (SA Firm) 15%

Territory Stakeholders 20%

Vendors/Suppliers 10%

Other (e.g. Industry Forums/Associations)

Internal Firm Services (SA Firm) Regular interaction with operations, finance, talent, and enabling teams to support governance, onboarding, reporting, and operational coordination. Territory Stakeholders Frequent engagement with project sponsors, senior business stakeholders, programme leads, and client teams to support decision-making, delivery alignment, governance, and escalation management.

Vendors/Suppliers Regular interaction where third-party delivery, supplier dependencies, implementation partners, or specialist services form part of the project landscape.

Industry Experience: Industry experience is helpful but not mandatory. Candidates with experience in consulting, professional services, financial services, ICT, telecommunications, public sector, or large-scale business transformation environments are likely to ramp up more quickly. Experience in regulated or highly matrixed environments is advantageous

Agencies please note: This recruitment assignment is being managed directly by PwC’s Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners in the rare instance we require additional talent options. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs received will be treated as a direct application. Your respect for this process is appreciated.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

July 23, 2026