Senior Business Analyst
Senior Business Analyst Oakland, CA 94612 (Hybrid) 10 Months
Local Candidates Only - *Hybrid position for duration of assignment. May be required on-site at San Ramon, Dublin or Oakland HQ, when needed, but infrequently. Submit candidates local to work location/Bay Area as will need to pick up laptop at office for set up.*
Equipment: Successful hire will need their own monitor, cables, mouse, keyboard or supplier provided. Client will provide Docking station and laptop.
Top Four Things looking for in candidate:
- PGE experience desirable but not absolutely necessary
- Good attitude, nimble
- Proficient in PowerBI, PowerPoint, and excel skills (Microsoft office suite, Sharepoint, Excel, Teams, Powerpoint, Word)
- Have a general understanding of governance and change control functions
Responsibilities:
- Supports the monthly governance cycle / process for the Electric & Gas Operations 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 Qualifications:
- 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
Desired:
- 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
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $45.00/hr.