Hours:35 hours per week.
Hybrid working options are available - we would encourage a minimum of 2 days per week at our Head Office in Skipton for the first 6 weeks to ensure the best onboarding experience, switching to 1 day per week at our Head Office in Skipton after this (Tuesdays).
Salary:£40,000 Per Annum
Closing Date:Sun, 16 Mar 2025
Are you passionate about developing and providing actionable insight on the impact of change?
Can you interpret data and provide recommendations to senior stakeholders and change teams across a wide range of delivery themes?
At Skipton Building Society, we have an exciting opening for an experienced Value Management Analyst to join our team.
If you’re ready to take up the vital role of Value Management Analyst and provide trusted insight, oversight, and support to ensure the successful delivery of value adding change across our strategic change portfolio, then this could be the role for you!
Who Are We?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.
You will be joining the Value Management Office within the Enterprise PMO function, the team consists of 4 Analysts. Our business teams are our customers, and we have them at the forefront of everything we do. We work closely across a number of portfolios, programmes, value streams and change teams, providing transparent data to leaders across the organisation. Our core role is to align projects, programmes and initiatives with the overall strategic objective of the business. Engaging in activities such as project portfolio management, cost optimisation, benefit realisation and performance measurement, all while promoting a culture of value-driven decision making.
What’s In It For You?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible.
We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including.
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme.
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
- Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days.
- Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum).
- A commitment to training and development.
- Private medical insurance for all our colleagues.
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme for Hybrid/Electric Car.
- Colleague Mortgage (conditions apply).
- 3 paid volunteering days per annum.
- Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups.
- We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Providing trusted insight, guidance, oversight, and support to ensure the successful delivery of value adding change
- Undertake cost/benefit analysis to justify changes and make recommendations
- Conduct reviews of the health of the portfolio, in accordance with the approved change framework and associated assurance processes, to improve portfolio performance
- Presenting information, analysis, insight, and recommendations to senior leaders
- Ensuring maintenance and accuracy of PPM tools
- Operating with agility while fostering a fail-fast culture of innovation and professionalism where there is clear ownership and accountability
- Ensuring adherence to agreed principles, guardrails, and governance
- Fostering excellent relationships with team members, relevant partners, suppliers, and internal / external stakeholders
What Do We Need From You?
- You’ll have experience working within a VMO or PMO
- Experience of both agile and more traditional delivery mechanisms (e.g., waterfall)
- A strong understanding of planning principles and critical path analysis
- Knowledge of agile techniques, project management, programme management, portfolio management and investment practices
- Experience of practical application of Lean Portfolio Management techniques and best practice
- Experience of using Planview or a similar PPM tool
- Possess strong decision making and prioritisation skills; have experience overseeing and managing complex problems
- Customer and colleague centric
- Proven ability to establish rapport, credibility, and influence others to drive results across a matrixed organisation
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What We Do
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
Imagine how good it would feel to help someone choose the mortgage they’ll use to buy their first home. Or the account they’ll use to save for it. We’ve been helping people make big financial decisions since 1853. It’s why over a million customers trust us as a good place for their money, and why our colleagues say we’re a good place to work.
The Bailey (our head office)
The Bailey is the vibrant hub where you’ll find all our central functions. We’re always looking for new talent because we love hearing new ideas. You can choose from a variety of roles that range from marketing and IT, through to audit, risk, products, digital and more – or maybe you’ll join our lively contact centre team. We’re based in Skipton, just a short train ride from Bradford and Leeds, we’re a stone’s throw from the A65 and have some cracking views of the Yorkshire Dales.
Our network of UK branches
Our branch colleagues are the face of Skipton Building Society. They’re relationship-builders, team workers, great talkers and they’re brilliant at listening too. Everything they do is designed to help customers make the best financial decisions, whether that’s choosing the right kind of savings account or having a full financial review.
The Skipton culture
Happy colleagues mean happy customers. So, when we recruit, we don’t just think about what’s in it for us, we think about what’s in it for you. It’s one of the reasons we’ve been recognised as one of The Times Best Companies to Work for the last 6 years.
Mind, body and spirit
With our colleagues’ support, we’ve created a culture that promotes diversity and inclusion. We understand the rich diversity in our Society, and how harnessing that diversity through effective inclusive practice has profound benefits for individuals, teams and the Society it self. This includes a progressive approach to personal well-being.
