Great opportunity for a Portfolio Performance Reporting Analyst  to Join a State Government department for a 10 month temporary contract based in Brisbane CBD. a major business transformation project is now underway to uplift the Division’s portfolio, program and project management capabilities, including the portfolio analysis and reporting.  This business transformation project is being undertaken by an internal project team (that includes this role), partnered with embedded resources from a top tier consulting firm.
 
This role is needed to bring portfolio performance reporting and requirements gathering expertise to the internal project team.  The successful candidate in this role will collaborate with the embedded consultancy resources and work with stakeholders across the Division in undertaking a wide range of tasks to support and develop the analysis and reporting requirements across the portfolio to help inform portfolio performance and executive decision making
 
The Portfolio Performance Reporting Analyst will:

• Demonstrate proven ability in a team environment, developing effective relationships with team members.
• Demonstrate analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate experience in non-financial and financial performance reporting of large-scale, capital-intensive project portfolios.
• Analysis of the annual delivery portfolio performance from financial and non-financial perspectives
• Produce targeted performance reports using on available data and make recommendations on historic and current delivery performance
• Demonstrate ability to gather requirements from a variety of stakeholders and translate these into fit for purpose solutions.
• Have experience in identifying issues, risks and benefits of existing and proposed solutions and outlining business impacts.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills to transform data into bespoke solutions for its relevant audience.
• Contribute to activities associated with the implementation of new reporting requirements for portfolio performance, governance, project lifecycle and safety across ISD.
• Model business processes and identify opportunities for process improvements​.
• Proactively contribute and provide advice and recommendations on the design, development, implementation and ongoing review of portfolio performance processes and improvements.

About You:

• Positive attitude and a strong eagerness to learn and adapt
• Excellent analytical skills - the ability to identify trends, patterns and insights from data.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Confident presentation skills – ability to write and speak clearly to easily communicate complex ideas in a way that is easy to understand.
• Problem solving skills.
• Communication skills with effective stakeholder management & conflict resolution skills.
• Requirement gathering is a key part of the role. The ability to ask the right questions and understand the information is essential
• Excellent documentation and writing skills
• The ability to present findings and recommendations to senior leaders and to manage stakeholder meetings

For more information please reach out to Max at mpower@sharpandcarter.com.au