IT Planning Analyst

Title: IT Planning Analyst
Location: Must be on site once a week in Oakland, CA
Duration: 6 months
Job Responsibilities/Qualifications
Assist with the daily contract operations and provide general IT business & planning support.
Prepare reports through gathering, analyzing, and summarizing data and information; prepares presentation materials for management reports.
Assist in the initiation, conducting and coordinating of contract renewal analysis for IT operations, financial reviews; and analyzing multi-year contract to ensure that costs are planned in the most efficient manner.
Maintain annual Operational Expense budgets utilizing proper accounting/budgeting controls, enter financial data into tracking system, and compile regular and ad-hoc financial status reports.
Monitor Purchase Orders, review contract invoices, accruals, identify disparities, and resolve issues with the vendors.
Analyzes actual spend and forecasting to determine if/when appropriate change controls and escalation reporting to leadership.

Qualifications Minimum:

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Business, or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• 4 years of general business experience

Desired:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Visio, PowerPoint and expert level Excel skills
• Experience with structuring contract agreements
• Experience with basic financial modeling or data management
• Experience with presenting to leadership and developing power point slides
• Experience with Power BI a plus

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