Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.
We are seeking a detail-oriented PMO Analyst to play a key role in strengthening governance, controls, and operational assurance across the organisation. This role focuses on data analysis, high-quality documentation, and PMO best practices, supporting effective decision-making and ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements. Working closely with project, programme, and operational teams, the PMO Analyst will help maintain robust controls, accurate reporting, and consistent processes that enable the business to operate efficiently and with confidence.
As a PMO Analyst , you will:
- Track and summarise regulatory updates, industry standards, and legislative changes.
- Manage timelines and responsibility matrices for each report.
- Support the preparation, coordination and delivery of regulatory reports, returns and associated presentations in line with regulatory requirements and internal governance standards.
- Review and interpret regulatory guidance, policies and communications, translating requirements into clear reporting actions
- Engage with a broad range of internal stakeholders to gather, validate and track inputs required for regulatory submissions.
- Assist in impact assessments related to regulatory changes.
- Prepare reports, dashboards, and metrics for management review.
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and meetings to gather key information for report submissions
- Identify patterns, gaps, or potential compliance risks through data insights.
- Ensure documentation is current, consistent, and accurate.
- Proactively chase outstanding actions and inputs, maintaining clear tracking of progress, dependencies and risks.
- Facilitate and support workshops and working sessions to clarify requirements, capture information and resolve gaps or inconsistencies.
- Draft and quality‑check sections of regulatory reports and presentations to ensure accuracy, consistency and clarity.
- Identify issues, risks or gaps in information early and escalate appropriately, proposing practical solutions where possible.
- Support continuous improvement of reporting templates, processes and stakeholder engagement approaches.
Requirements
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to handle large datasets.
- Excellent written communication and detailed report-writing capability.
- Experience in a utilities, energy, or regulated environment is desirable
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to identify data discrepancies.
- Strong facilitation skills—able to coordinate cross-functional groups and pull together key reports
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and working knowledge of data tools (Power BI, SQL advantageous).
- Ability to interpret regulatory guidance, frameworks, and licence obligations.
- Desirable knowledge of the UK energy market and regulatory environment.
- Desirable experience in risk management, auditing, or compliance monitoring.
- Cyber Resilience experience would be beneficial
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders and coordinating inputs across different teams.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Confident communicator, able to engage professionally with stakeholders and follow up on actions.
- High attention to detail and a strong focus on accuracy and quality.
- Experience facilitating or supporting workshops and structured group discussions.
Benefits
At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.
We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:
- Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
- Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
- A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more….
At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.
If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.
