(Agile1)Business Analyst, Senior

Business Analyst, Senior

Dublin, CA

Months

Remote position for duration of assignment. May be required on-site once in awhile but most likely very infrequent. Submit candidates local to work location / Bay Area as will need to pick up laptop at office for set up.

TOP FOURTHINGS LOOKING FOR IN CANDIDATE :

Client experience desirable but not absolutely necessary

Good attitude, nimble

Proficient in Power BI, PowerPoint, and excel skills (Microsoft office suite, Sharepoint, Excel, Teams, Powerpoint, Word)

Have a general understanding of governance and change control functions

• Supports the monthly governance cycle / process for the Electric 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

Qualifications

Minimum :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, technical field or equivalent related experience
• 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
30+ days ago