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Sr Business Analyst
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Long Term Full-time Hybrid role with occasional on-site in San Ramon
Pay is $58 per hour W2 plus benefits
Job Summary
Supports the monthly governance cycle / process for the portfolio including data analysis and reporting, facilitation of meetings and exchanges with Finance partners, and presentation of the final assessment data to executive leadership.
Drives annual budget adherence for portfolio programs by administering the financial change request process and ensuring change requests are submitted, reviewed, and revised in a timely manner. Reviews risks (overspend) and opportunities (underspend) and evaluates probability to advise on overall impacts to the portfolio financial assessment (end of year forecast).
Works with Business operations Investment Planning, Line of Business Portfolio Managers, and Programs to administer a financial offset / trigger / lever process to deprioritize lowest priority spending and support a dynamic but balanced budget.
Applies subject matter expertise to wide-ranging change control processes and challenges.
Develops recommendations regarding new or better reports or tools based on assessment of stakeholder needs, trends, strategic direction, and organizational priorities.
May lead special initiatives around portfolio management and change controls. May assist with some IT related enhancement discussions. Collaborates with cross-functional team members on most effective field rollout of process, tool and/or reporting changes.
Monitors, prepares regular reports, and presents status to senior management. Organizes, schedules, and leads cross functional stakeholder meetings to review analysis financials/budgets. Discusses and recommends solutions.
Performs tasks or supports activities required for the portfolio change control function
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor s Degree in Business, technical field or equivalent related experience
5 years of total related experience such as integrated or strategic portfolio/work planning in an utility or related field
Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated Proficiency in PowerBI, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel and associated analytic tools such as Pivot Tables, charts, slicers, etc.
Demonstrated experience working with large tabular data sets, diverse data sources, and /or data models.
Advanced data analysis skills, knowledgeable in collecting data, organizing, synthesizing, reporting, recognizing trending and anomalies, drawing conclusions, and developing recommendations.
Knowledge in project/work scheduling concepts, methods, and practices.
Knowledge of budgeting processes and methods.
Large team experience and effective collaboration skills among multiple groups.
Influence and negotiation to gain agreement from various stakeholders.
Advanced technical skills using systems and applications such as SAP Work Management, SAP Business Warehouse (BW), Excel, and PowerPoint to develop reports, analysis, and deliver presentations
Salary : $58