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Onsite in Aiken, SC
Our client seeks a Principal IT Business Analyst focused on project controls to lead planning, scheduling, cost management, and financial analysis for complex programs. The role will leverage PeopleSoft, OAS, COBRA, and Primavera P6 to develop baselines, reporting, and integrated controls that inform decisions and mitigate variances. The analyst will guide stakeholders, drive system enhancements, and produce comprehensive monthly forecasts, analyses, and spend plans. Work supports Tritium projects with a 4/10 onsite schedule.
Location: Onsite in Aiken SC (4/10s - 6:30am - 5pm)
Clearance - Q or L level Clearance preferred
Duration: 12-month contract, with 2 additional 1-year option periods
Rate: $80.00 to $95.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:
When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.
If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact .
About Eliassen Group:
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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Onsite in Aiken, SC
Our client seeks a Principal IT Business Analyst focused on project controls to lead planning, scheduling, cost management, and financial analysis for complex programs. The role will leverage PeopleSoft, OAS, COBRA, and Primavera P6 to develop baselines, reporting, and integrated controls that inform decisions and mitigate variances. The analyst will guide stakeholders, drive system enhancements, and produce comprehensive monthly forecasts, analyses, and spend plans. Work supports Tritium projects with a 4/10 onsite schedule.
Location: Onsite in Aiken SC (4/10s - 6:30am - 5pm)
Clearance - Q or L level Clearance preferred
Duration: 12-month contract, with 2 additional 1-year option periods
Rate: $80.00 to $95.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Organize, develop, implement, maintain, and own project controls and estimating applications to support planning, scheduling, financial analysis, and cost control across the project life cycle.
- Perform project controls activities and prepare business and financial plans and reports on periodic or ad hoc basis under limited supervision.
- Develop cost and schedule baselines, milestone schedules, work breakdown structures, and spend plans to optimize resources, equipment, staffing, and funding.
- Apply advanced project control concepts and lead development of advanced system applications and multi-project integrated analyses.
- Participate in routine project cost reviews and schedule meetings and implement change management for assigned engineering and construction scope.
- Analyze cost and schedule variances versus plan and communicate drivers and mitigation plans to management.
- Provide linkage between client stakeholders and planning processes to support control of the business unit.
- Perform financial analyses including variance, statistical, and scenario analysis to support decisions.
- Develop and explain costing rates for budgets, maintain rates in PeopleSoft, and analyze overhead and service pool variances.
- Execute cost controls for business operations, identify productivity and financial issues, and design integrated financial controls and cost-effective processes.
- Define requirements and develop models for complex business systems, create test plans and scenarios, integrate major enhancements, and oversee implementation and effectiveness.
- Initiate and direct special studies, develop solutions for complex problems, and translate management concepts into operating plans.
- Prepare monthly financial reports, forecasts, and spend plans.
- Assemble and interpret information to develop solutions to complex business issues.
- Provide leadership, technical direction, and training to project controls personnel.
- Apply CAS/FAR principles.
- Expert proficiency with automated accounting, cost management, scheduling, and estimating systems.
- Hands-on experience with PeopleSoft, OAS, COBRA, and Primavera P6.
- Strong personal computer skills.
- Experience with site business systems.
- Knowledge of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level.
- Knowledge of operations, maintenance, project startup, and construction environments.
- Experience developing cost and schedule baselines, WBS, milestone schedules, and spend plans.
- Experience performing variance, statistical, and scenario financial analyses.
- Experience implementing change management for engineering and construction scope.
- Experience developing costing rates, maintaining rates in PeopleSoft, and analyzing overhead and service pool variances.
- Experience defining requirements, testing, and implementing enhancements for financial and project systems.
- Experience preparing comprehensive monthly financial reports, forecasts, and spend plans.
- Experience providing leadership and training to project controls personnel.
- Active or recent DOE L or Q clearance (preferred).
- Prior experience supporting Tritium or similar complex programs (preferred).
- Prior experience with Primavera P6 beyond basic usage (preferred).
- Prior experience at SRNS or similar DOE site environments (preferred).
- Master's degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering, or related field with 5 years of practical experience.
- Or bachelor's degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering, or related field with 7 years of practical experience.
- Or associate's degree with 11 years of practical experience.
- Or high school diploma with 15 years of relevant experience.
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:
When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.
If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact .
About Eliassen Group:
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Don't miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!
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