PROJECT ANALYST JOB DESCRIPTION

A Project Analyst in corporate finance keeps two things honest at once: the numbers on the ledger and the process that produces them. Where SOX compliance governs how financial data is controlled and reported, this role owns the operational layer that makes governance real - reconciling accounts, managing purchase order integrity, and translating ERP system behavior into corrective action. The work spans procurement-to-pay cycles and finance system implementations that affect business units across an enterprise. No two weeks are identical.

As the Project Analyst, you execute the financial transaction management and process oversight that keeps corporate finance operations accurate, compliant, and on schedule across budget cycles and system change events. You work within a finance or financial systems team, partnering with business unit leads, IT, and external vendors to maintain forecast integrity, resolve payment issues, and support ERP governance requirements.

Career Impact: Hands-on ownership of procurement-to-pay execution and ERP reconciliation builds the financial operations depth that distinguishes candidates for Senior Analyst and Finance Manager roles in corporate environments.

Business Impact: When invoice coding errors, missing Goods Receipts, or out-of-funds purchase orders go unresolved, business units lose purchasing capacity and audits surface control failures - this role prevents both.

Growth Opportunity: Exposure to SOX compliance frameworks, multi-entity ERP environments, and cross-functional finance system implementations expands your market value toward financial systems consulting and corporate controller tracks.

• Review purchase order accuracy, invoice documentation, and coding against procurement policy to ensure compliant payment processing.
• Validate Goods Receipt status for outstanding invoices and obtain approvals to unblock vendor payments within established timelines.
• Reconcile accounts receivable and deferred revenue balances against forecast and provide variance commentary to finance leadership.
• Coordinate with IT and ERP support teams to escalate system errors, remediate interface failures, and implement configuration changes.
• Develop and maintain project plans covering scope, schedule, risk identification, and resource allocation for assigned finance system workstreams.
• Monitor project progress against milestones, quantify variances, and communicate corrective actions to stakeholders and program managers.
• Support change management activities for system rollouts including testing scripts, training materials, and post-go-live user support.
• Identify procurement process improvement opportunities and propose solutions that reduce payment cycle time or strengthen internal controls.

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or equivalent work experience.
• 2 or more years of financial transaction management experience, with demonstrated ownership of procurement or accounts payable processes.
• Working knowledge of Procure-to-Pay workflows including purchase requisitions, purchase order creation, invoice validation, and payment processing.
• Experience reconciling accounts with documented explanations for each reconciling item, including deferred revenue and unbilled receivables.
• Familiarity with SOX compliance requirements and the internal controls that govern financial reporting in publicly accountable organizations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to identify root causes of payment or system discrepancies and drive resolution.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with ability to convey financial data clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

• Experience supporting ERP implementation or enhancement projects including user acceptance testing and cutover coordination.
• Prior exposure to capital versus operating expense classification rules for internal software development or infrastructure projects.
• Professional certification in project management such as PMP or equivalent, or active pursuit of CPA or CMA designation.
• Experience developing variance analysis commentary and financial performance metrics for monthly or quarterly management reporting.

• Purchase order error rate, measuring how often POs require correction or rework before payment can proceed.
• Invoice processing cycle time in days, reflecting how efficiently the role moves validated invoices to approval and payment.
• Goods Receipt completion rate, tracking the percentage of outstanding GRs resolved within the agreed service window.
• Forecast variance percentage per period, indicating how closely managed project budgets track against approved financial plans.
• SOX control exception count per audit cycle, measuring adherence to governance requirements across owned financial processes.
• Typical tools: ERP financial systems (commonly SAP S/4HANA or similar); project portfolio management software (commonly MS Project or similar); reporting platforms (commonly Business Objects or similar)

• Base Salary Range: $62,000 to $88,000 per year depending on experience and location.
• Bonus: Annual performance bonus of 5 to 10 percent of base salary, typical for corporate finance roles.
• Equity: Generally not offered at this level in non-tech corporate finance environments.
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer contribution varies by company size.
• PTO: 15 to 20 days annually, plus standard federal holidays.
• Common Perks: Professional development reimbursement, CPA or PMP exam support, hybrid work flexibility.

Figures are estimates based on general US market benchmarks and may be outdated. Adjust based on location, company size, and seniority level.

Successful completion of a background check, which may include verification of employment history and criminal record review, is required as a condition of employment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, and local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees with disabilities upon request. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

The Project Analyst owns the end-to-end procurement cycle for WBT, executing Shopping Cart creation, Purchase Order review, and invoice validation in strict alignment with WBT's Signature Authority policy. Working within WBT Finance and Enterprise Technology, this role enables accurate and timely vendor payment processing while driving process improvement across the procure-to-pay function.

Key Responsibilities

• Review Shopping Cart requests submitted through the Online SharePoint form and ensure compliance with WB policies and current process.
• Create Shopping Carts and route for approval to appropriate business unit authorized approvers based on coding and amount.
• Review Purchase Orders for accuracy and upload to the Shopping Cart Library upon receipt.
• Validate invoice accuracy and inclusion of required backup documentation and code or route accurate invoices to appropriate business units for approval.
• Manage Service Delivery Center requests for missing Goods Receipts, obtain approvals, and perform Goods Receipts in SAP.
• Investigate and resolve financial issues raised by WBT requesters and vendors.
• Conduct Purchase Order maintenance including code changes, amount decreases, and closures.
• Research late payment notices from vendors and troubleshoot payment issues such as missing Goods Receipts, incorrect Purchase Orders, and overpayments.
• Follow up with business units for missing approvals for Shopping Carts, invoices, and Goods Receipts.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and propose solutions to the team for discussion and implementation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience preferred.
• 2-3 years of experience executing financial transactions in a complex environment including financial project setup, procurement requisitioning, and invoice coding and management.
• Knowledge of general Procure to Pay process.
• Experience with SAP Financials including reporting and capital budgeting system preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Visio process flows, PowerPoint, and Excel with pivot tables and charts.
• Experience with SharePoint 2010 or higher.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with attention to detail and accuracy.

Embedded within Citi's Talent Acquisition organization, the Project Analyst supports project managers and functional subject matter experts in executing the broader recruitment strategy from inception through implementation. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, HR teams, and third party vendors, this role advances operational capabilities across vendor onboarding, milestone planning, and project delivery.

Core Functions

• Support project managers and functional subject matter experts in executing the broader recruitment strategy including planning milestones and conducting due diligence with local HRSS and HR teams.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders, internal and external, to gather inputs and develop objectives, project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Support third party onboarding of new vendors for talent acquisition including TP RAP and CART.
• Review, compile, and analyze third party onboarding requirements and documentation.
• Monitor and control progress of third party onboarding and communicate updates to key stakeholders and senior recruitment leads.
• Renew work orders and process payment of invoices.
• Develop a thorough understanding of business processes, user needs, and client needs for each assigned project.

Qualifications and Experience

• 1-2 years of experience preferred, with direct experience working in HR or Talent Acquisition.
• Experience working in matrix structures, cross-cultural environments, and with virtual teams.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel including knowledge of pivot tables.
• Experience with MS Project preferred.
• Experience in partnering with business information security, sourcing, third party onboarding unit, enterprise architecture, CART, and GFTS preferred.
• Excellent communication, planning, prioritization, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with ability to influence stakeholders across all levels.

Reporting to the program or project manager, the Project Analyst delivers project analysis and financial support across field office operations including job setups, production entry review, customer invoicing, and job cost and variance analysis. Partnering with construction managers, supervisors, and bidders, this role enables accurate revenue tracking and change order management that keep construction projects aligned to budget and scope.

Primary Duties

• Break down bids by planned crews and hours including sewer, main install, services, restoration, and third party contractors.
• Communicate project plans to supervisors and construction managers.
• Track actuals versus bid using weekly trackers covering earned revenue, man-hours by task, and revenue per man-hour.
• Identify and initiate change orders when project scope changes from bid to approved for construction plans.
• Review project charges in accounting software to verify validity and proper project assignment.
• Review margin reports for accuracy and provide commentary on variances.
• Provide project analysis to bidders, construction managers, supervisors, and project managers.
• Verify all revenue has been claimed by the Accounts Receivable department.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of construction project management experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and Outlook.
• Ability to read project plans and specifications and understand contract language and requirements.
• Strong time management, communication, and problem-solving skills with commitment to high professional ethical standards.

Sitting at the intersection of financial systems and enterprise technology, the Project Analyst supports the DFS team in maintaining the S4/HANA BRIM instance for Disney Streaming Service through daily reconciliations, interface monitoring, and system enhancement coordination. Operating across business units, IT, and end users in a continuously expanding multi-country environment, this role ensures governance compliance, GAAP-aligned processes, and reliable finance system performance.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Participate in strategic business planning with business units and IT to formulate enhancement options addressing specific functional issues and requirements.
• Identify and analyze metrics to obtain trends and patterns and recommend corrective action for process and system opportunities.
• Liaise with IT to drive system enhancements, upgrades, and modifications and ensure architecture supports business requirements.
• Lead the design, resource management, implementation, and support of finance system solutions for each segment and the enterprise.
• Develop project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and resource allotment for each project phase.
• Coordinate and execute project activities to ensure progress on schedule and monitor results against objectives, milestones, and scope.
• Manage end user support and training including request management and standard materials, course design, and delivery.
• Manage testing efforts for system implementations, enhancements, and modifications in coordination with end users, technology, and peers.
• Ensure direct management of governance and finance system compliance in accordance with company policies, standards, and SOX requirements.
• Apply expert knowledge of financial and US GAAP accounting principles to systems and business processes.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a financial or accounting department.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience reconciling accounts including explanations for each reconciling item.
• CPA or CMA license or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with data flow and communicating related efforts.
• Experience working in a large company and within a matrix environment.
• Strong knowledge of financial systems, processes, and enhancements with experience in SAP or another ERP.
• Experience with Business Objects reporting tools and Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and communication skills with proven ability to develop presentations and interact with all levels of management.

A key member of the Capital Planning, Pensions and Funding team, the Project Analyst leads treasury project management and execution planning across mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures for Bridgestone Americas. Collaborating across Tax, FP&A, Accounting, Legal, PMO, and Corporate Development, this role delivers KPI reporting, complex funding structure negotiations, and C-level presentations that directly shape strategic investment outcomes.

Ownership Areas

• Lead treasury project management and execution planning for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures.
• Lead treasury due diligence to plan and negotiate funding structures including common and preferred equity, term debt, convertible debt, warrants, and other complex instruments.
• Support execution of treasury milestones including due diligence requests, funding plans, cash forecasts, Day 1 planning and execution, and integration and de-integration activities.
• Lead funding, cash forecast, and review of interest and return on investment targets for all strategic investments.
• Lead preparation and reporting of treasury key performance indicators.
• Participate in and lead coordination for treasury milestones with PMO, Corporate Development, Shared Service, Finance, and business teams on all planning and review discussions.
• Perform financial analysis and modeling for treasury projects and prepare ad hoc market and financial analyses for strategic projects.
• Support debt activities including sustainability projects, sustainability-linked structures, and other available financing alternatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferably with emphasis in business administration, finance, math, engineering, or economics.
• MBA or relevant master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of work experience in corporate finance, treasury, or related areas.
• Project Management Professional certification is a plus.
• Proven ability to perform advanced data analysis in Microsoft Excel including driving actionable insights from large and unstructured data sets.
• Strong business and financial acumen with continuous improvement mindset and ability to document, analyze, and improve existing processes.

Reliable national security outcomes depend on the Project Analyst, who applies data and technical expertise to intelligence functions, cyber investigations, and threat analysis across operational and strategic levels. Based within Deloitte's Government and Public Services Cyber Strategy, Defense and Response practice, this role produces analytic intelligence products and oral briefings that inform federal decision-making on network intrusions and emerging threat actors.

Technical Responsibilities

• Apply data and technical expertise to perform file signature analysis, real-time forensic analysis, and report intelligence-derived significant network events and intrusions.
• Conduct research and analysis at the operational or strategic level and communicate assessments through analytic intelligence products and oral briefings.
• Perform threat analysis including assessments identifying and describing threat actors, activities, platforms, and targets and providing understanding of the presence, intent, and capabilities of identified threats.
• Assess how environmental variables may affect known or emerging threats in a domain.
• Review source reporting and raw intelligence to determine value, significance, and relevance.
• Build and maintain subject matter expertise in an assigned substantive or functional area.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Active Top Secret clearance required with ability to obtain SCI with CI Poly.
• 2 years of prior experience supporting a variety of core analytical tasks at the operational or strategic level.
• Certifications in one or more of the following: Certified Ethical Hacker, Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA Cloud+, CompTIA Pentest+, GIAC Certified Incident Handler, Cyber Security Incident Responder, or GIAC Response and Industrial Defense.
• Experience performing file signature analysis, real-time forensic analysis, and reporting intelligence-derived network events and intrusions.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship and able to travel 25-75% with onsite presence required.

As the Project Analyst, this role supports a Federal customer across the full lifecycle of EIS contract services including acquisition, post-sale implementation management, and ongoing vendor team oversight. The Talent Acquisition and project delivery team relies on this work to ensure call center technology deployments using agile methodology meet SLA targets, resolve escalations, and sustain long-term customer relationship satisfaction.

Project Responsibilities

• Provide direction to internal teams, third party vendors, customers, technical staff, and project team members on projects and deployment and installation activities.
• Host project calls, touchpoints, solution reviews, and user story demos.
• Implement Call Center Technologies, IVRs, and Natural Language solutions for federal customers.
• Monitor SLAs and KPIs across several technologies and implement action plans when targets are not met.
• Serve as an escalation point of contact for all services-related matters and lead efforts to resolve issues impacting customer service across internal groups.
• Ensure team compliance with existing agreements, policies, and reporting requirements.
• Identify and drive resolution of business problems by working closely within and across teams.

Background and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of equivalent work experience.
• Current PMP or Agile certification or willingness to obtain.
• Active government-issued security clearance at Public Trust level or eligibility to obtain and maintain.
• Three or more years of relevant work experience including enterprise and government customer-facing experience.
• Experience with Call Center Technologies, Natural Language IVRs, Analytics, and Reporting capabilities.
• Experience with direct customer and vendor management, the Verizon provisioning process and systems, and solution implementation.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills with ability to defuse situations and provide professional written and verbal responses.

Project Analyst manages financial tracking for Autodesk-led consulting projects, reconciling revenue, deferred revenue, and unbilled receivables against forecast through weekly and monthly engagement with Project Managers and Delivery Managers. The work directly supports accurate revenue recognition and quarterly financial disclosure in the SAP S4 and PSA systems, enabling the Autodesk Consulting organization to maintain forecast integrity across a global portfolio.

Scope of Work

• Meet weekly and monthly with assigned Project Managers to review projects, review forecasts, and alert management to risks in meeting forecast.
• Manage project setups and updates through the PSA system and SAP Accounting system.
• Post revenue and billing through the S4 accounting system.
• Review revenue, deferred revenue, and unbilled receivables and reconcile against forecast.
• Prepare formal revenue accounting deal review write-ups and provide consistent updates to the Project Accounting Manager on revenue, risks, and non-standard agreements.
• Manage GL account reconciliations and prepare and review quarterly financial disclosures.

Professional Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting.
• 2 or more years of experience working within finance, preferably in a high-tech organization with global reach.
• Experience with SAP S/4 and Business Objects preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to complete projects and reports within established deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to work on cross-functional teams and independently in an ever-changing environment.

The Project Analyst owns inbound delivery monitoring, transportation cost analysis, and logistics improvement coordination across global supply chain pipelines, leveraging Tableau, Power BI, and SAP to surface root causes and drive measurable cost reductions. Working with supply chain, central materials, program, and corporate logistics teams, this role enables continuous improvement across milk runs, PFEP deployment, and supplier integration initiatives.

Key Deliverables

• Monitor inbound deliveries via Tableau and SAP to determine supplier lead time variation and conduct delivery analysis to identify root causes for discrepancies due to items lost in transit.
• Lead Delivery in Process Events and report findings with mistake-proofing actions to leadership.
• Leverage Power BI and Tableau to review and analyze transportation costs and make recommendations for improvement and cost reductions.
• Conduct trailer utilization analysis for milk runs and internal supplier deliveries and present findings and recommendations to management.
• Coordinate with supply chain, central materials, program, and corporate logistics to drive improvement activities in global logistics pipelines.
• Support deployment of PFEP and Supplier Integration initiatives for internal and external suppliers.
• Participate in logistics kaizen events focused on root cause and corrective action, PFEP, and value stream mapping.
• Identify trends from data pulls and recommend improvements to management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of prior relevant experience, advanced degree and 3 years of experience, or 9 years of relevant experience in absence of a degree.
• Must be a US Person or Permanent Resident.
• APICS CPIM and/or CLTD training or certification preferred.
• CORE or Six Sigma training or certification preferred.
• Project Management or PMP training or certification preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced SAP and MS Office Suite knowledge with intermediate Excel skills including VLOOKUP, basic macro writing, SQL, and If/Then formulas.
• Experience with Lean and Continuous Improvement foundation, Power BI, and Tableau.

Reporting to the project team leadership, the Project Analyst provides financial partnership and system support across the S/4HANA global template implementation, covering business process scenario input, testing script development, and change management delivery. Partnering with IT, third party consultants, Finance, and supply chain functions, this role ensures SOX controls, end-to-end design integrity, and successful go-live adoption across all assigned workstreams.

Delivery Expectations

• Provide input on business process scenarios, user stories, product features, and acceptance criteria for the S/4HANA global template.
• Partner with IT and third party consultants to develop testing scripts and lead change management initiatives including training, work instructions, and SOPs.
• Develop future state process flows to enable the rollout of the new system and ensure proper SOX controls are in place.
• Support cutover activities leading up to go-live and post go-live support activities related to respective workstreams.
• Become an S/4HANA Power User and subject matter expert to help drive adoption and provide post go-live support.
• Partner with Finance and supply chain functions to ensure end-to-end design considerations are met.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably with a major in accounting or finance.
• MBA, PMP, CPA, and/or CMA preferred.
• 3 years of experience in external consulting, systems implementations, and/or corporate finance.
• Supply chain finance experience preferred.
• Experience with SAP and/or JD Edwards preferred.
• Experience preparing upper-level presentations preferred.
• Strong communication skills including presentations, listening, and written skills with strong business collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Embedded within Takeda's transformational clinical data program, the Project Analyst contributes to hands-on development, testing, and governance work across the systems, processes, and tools that support end-to-end clinical trial data control and automation. Working closely with clinical data vendors, technology partners, R&D policy stakeholders, and internal subject matter experts, this role advances the data pipeline from former state to a future-state architecture that enables near-time data access and next-generation trial designs.

What You'll Do

• Contribute to data-driven projects through hands-on development and testing and translate scientific and business questions into data and analytic exploration.
• Support engagement with clinical data vendors, systems, platforms, and tools to support a transformed global data program.
• Assist in designing multi-faceted business process mapping to inform future-state clinical data flow and system and architecture design.
• Help define and embed appropriate quality oversight and governance tools and processes throughout the data program in accordance with R&D policies.
• Engage with stakeholders across all components of the data pipeline from vendors, systems, data models, analysis platforms, and other tools within the clinical data ecosystem.
• Help facilitate transition plans from former state to transformed state and contribute to future-state processes.
• Monitor activity to ensure compliance and help inform organizational change and continuous innovation.

Technical Qualifications

• Master's degree with 3 or more years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or health-related field, or exceptional bachelor's degree considered.
• Experience working with clinical data or clinical data systems such as EDC, IRT, Statistical Analysis Environments, CTMS, and eTMF.
• Good knowledge of statistical programming languages such as SAS and technical expertise in Windows NT and UNIX operating systems.
• Experience in the use and application of data science tools, algorithms, and analytics to meet complex business needs.
• Familiarity with diverse data architectures, analytic approaches, computing models, big data methodologies, NoSQL, graph structures, and DevOps tools.
• Expertise in requirements and technology required to support electronic data capture and electronic submissions with basic knowledge of medical and statistical terminology.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills with tolerance of ambiguity and ability to work through complex issues.

The Project Analyst delivers structured analysis, solution design, and quality assurance across division initiatives including process re-engineering, product design, and campaign development within ADP's TotalSource organization. Success in the position means acting as a key liaison between business disciplines, ADP affiliates, and third party vendors to translate requirements into tested solutions and formally rolled-out projects that meet strict deadlines.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Define project objectives and gather business and system requirements with users.
• Develop and document design alternatives to satisfy user, business, statutory, and system requirements and present alternatives to facilitate design decisions and gain consensus.
• Conduct structured analysis according to standardized procedures and prepare detailed analysis documents to support program specifications, test plans, and user and system documentation.
• Conduct quality assurance and testing of change requests and other projects and present final results to users and all impacted areas to obtain sign-off.
• Maintain a broad knowledge base encompassing the evolving TotalSource application product set and provide information and explanation to users and support functions.
• Establish a pilot plan, solicit pilot clients through the regions, and formally roll out projects to all regions in person or via webinar.
• Assist management in project tracking by providing regular and comprehensive status reports on work progress and effort relative to strict project deadlines.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Information Sciences preferred, or equivalent technical training and experience.
• 4-6 years of progressive structured analysis or systems analyst experience.
• Project management or management experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, and Internet tools.
• Good working knowledge of SQL Query and Project Management software preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, communication, and analytical skills with ability to resolve issues and negotiate effectively and communicate with all levels of an organization.

The Project Analyst refines open source compliance operations for the Intellectual Property Open Source Group, managing a high-volume docket of review requests while collaborating with Attorneys and cross-functional product teams spanning engineers, program managers, and product managers. Operating across domestic and foreign locations, this role builds the scalable processes and tools that protect the organization from open source software risk.

Areas of Ownership

• Manage a large docket of open source review requests in collaboration with a team of Attorneys.
• Conduct intake to gather information necessary to process review requests and monitor progress throughout the request lifecycle.
• Lead periodic docket meetings with Attorneys and clients to address requests needing attention.
• Understand business models, products, roadmaps, and software development practices for assigned clients.
• Lead cross-functional requirements gathering, process definition, and solution design and validate solutions with stakeholders and manage implementation.
• Drive a variety of cross-functional projects based on new or evolving business needs.
• Develop supporting procedures, documentation, and training for compliance and product teams.
• Contribute ideas for optimizing business processes and tools to continually improve operations.

Required Qualifications

• 3 or more years of experience working in a team-based business environment including experience in legal, engineering, or project management functions.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycles and experience collaborating with IT on business solutions from requirements through implementation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Tools including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, and Project.
• Experience working with ticketing tools such as Jira.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with excellent verbal and written communication skills across all levels of personnel.

The Project Analyst produces periodic financial performance metrics on jurisdictional and portfolio spend for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, serving as the financial point of contact for IS Finance, Planning and Performance Management, and US Program Delivery teams. Working with VPs, Directors, and Project Managers, this role enables accurate forecasting, accrual development, and Procure-to-Pay execution that strengthens IS investment planning and portfolio governance.

Work Activities

• Assist with the development and production of periodic financial performance metrics on jurisdictional and portfolio spend and operational costs for inclusion in monthly, quarterly, and annual reports including variance analysis and commentary.
• Coordinate with IS Finance, Planning and Performance Management, and US Program Delivery teams as financial point of contact and assist with implementing value initiatives and standardizing processes and tools.
• Operationally facilitate the monthly forecasting process ensuring completeness and adherence to process.
• Utilize historical financial data to assist with development of project budget, resource, and forecasting plans.
• Facilitate the Procure-to-Pay processes from submitting Commercial Requests in Service Now to raising shopping carts and processing invoices in SAP.
• Assist VPs, Directors, and Project Managers with development of monthly and fiscal year-end accruals.
• Support Microsoft Project Online and maintain reports and performance documentation.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3 or more years of related experience, or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience with investment and project and portfolio planning, forecasting, operational resources, and program costs.
• Working knowledge of Operating versus Capital Expense rules for internal software development.
• Knowledge of MS Project and other Project Management software with demonstrated proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Familiarity with Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in business performance analysis and development of key performance indicators.

As the Project Analyst, this role leads requirements definition, project plan development, and risk management across mid-to-large scale projects while driving continuous improvement activities and stakeholder communications. The project management team relies on this work to ensure variances are identified and corrected, business cases are approved on sound judgment, and project closures are completed with well-documented lessons learned.

Accountabilities

• Determine and discern detailed requirements on mid-to-large scale projects to establish deliverables and develop the project management plan and manage changes to scope, schedule, and costs.
• Lead execution of tasks as defined in the project management plan and actively manage project risk.
• Assess project performance to monitor progress, identify and quantify variances, perform corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.
• Establish and coordinate team member and stakeholder relationships, expectations, and communications.
• Facilitate the creation and approval of business cases utilizing historical data and expert judgment to understand project limitations.
• Lead one or more continuous improvement activities and manage project closure including gathering lessons learned.

Background and Experience

• Lab experience and knowledge is a plus.
• Engineering and/or Quality knowledge is a plus.
• Experience developing and driving project schedules with strong understanding of project budgets and financial management.
• Ability to manage vendors and project stakeholders with skills to proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management.
• Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills with high attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.