Business Analyst

****************ONLY BAY AREA CANDIDATE WILL BE CONSIDERED****************

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location - Hybrid (Oakland, CA)

Description:

LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE BAY AREA/WORK LOCATION. ASSIGNMENT IS HYBRID AND REQUIRED IN OFFICE AT OAKLAND GO 2-3 DAYS A WEEK. LAPTOP WILL BE ISSUED ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED WILL BE PROVIDED BY RESPECTIVE SUPPLIER. CALLS TO BE TAKEN ON LAPTOP VIA MS TEAMS.

TOP THINGS LOOKING FOR:

1. Finance / Accounting background
2. Strong track record of working cross functionally
3. Quick learner

Department Overview:

The Office of the CIO (OCIO) represents the cross-functional IT Management capabilities that enable running the business of IT. The OCIO focuses on supporting IT's operation model by ensuring a consistent, transparent, and efficient approach to the way the IT organization delivers value to its partners. The core of the OCIO consists of four areas essential to the long-term success of IT: Contract Management, Business Operations, Program Management Office, and Investment Management.

Position Summary:

Seeking a highly motivated Senior Business Analyst to compile and analyze key metrics data to help leaders make informed business decisions. The analyst must have the ability to drive discussions with teams to assist with solving complex business problems. The successful candidate will work with multiple teams within the Information Technology Organization to develop and utilize financial and contracts metrics data for strategic business initiatives and operations. They will lead meetings, form teams, assign tasks, solve data driven problems and manage issues. The person will research best practices; develop internal and external benchmarks in support of helping leaders with business decisions. Additionally, they will have the ability to communicate and influence organizational change and gain organizational support. This role may require the analyst to perform quality assurance and business process improvement activities such as developing, managing, or coordinating performance or quality assessment, change management communications and training.

Specific types of analytics and reporting may include performance dashboards, business analytics, modeling, budgeting, and forecasting.

Job Responsibilities:

• Data Management: Maintain and improve financial databases and systems to ensure data accuracy and integrity. Implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and reporting capabilities.
• Reporting: Prepare and present financial reports and dashboards highlighting key financial metrics, trends, and variances.
• Provides financial analysis on portfolio cost variances for plan vs. actual and can identify inappropriate charges by resources or vendors and makes appropriate corrections in SAP.
• Assist with the daily operations and provide general IT business & planning support.
• Extracting data from SAP and creating meaningful business intelligence reports and dashboards.
• Facilitate issue resolution for assigned contracts, including supporting or participating in formal dispute resolution as needed.
• Maintain written and electronic Contract documentation and records for all aspects of assigned contracts. Document contract information, contract development status, contract issues, commitments and contingencies related to assigned contracts in appropriate tracking tools, documents, databases, and systems.
• Perform and report on cost analysis on assigned contracts for financial reporting purposes.
• Take action to resolve all open items, manage communications, and perform administrative steps required at contract termination/expiration.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• 4 years job-related experience

Desired:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, PowerPoint and expert level Excel skills
• Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps

Other Desired Experience:

•  Technical Skills: Proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and financial software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Hyperion) and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• • Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide strategic insights.
• • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to various stakeholders.
• • Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in financial ana

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Job Title: Business Analyst

Location - Hybrid (Oakland, CA)

Description:

LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES CURRENTLY LOCAL TO BAY AREA/WORK LOCATION. ASSIGNMENT IS HYBRID; 85% REMOTE AND 15% TRAVEL TO VISIT FACILITIES AT SAN JOSE CINNABAR AND EDENVALE YARDS TO ATTEND MONTHLY MEETINGS.

PRE-DETERMINED AMOUNT FOR INTERNET AND CELL CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT WITH MANAGER PRIOR APPROVAL. MILEAGE APPROVED FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

TOP THINGS LOOKING FOR:

• Contract management including Terms and Conditions negotiations
• Skill sets to track financials and prepare presentation materials
• Prepare GRC paperwork and other LEAN documents for tracking progress

Position Summary:

Business Analyst will have the following tasks and roles below:

•  Up to 15% travel required to attend monthly meetings and meetings at San Jose Cinnabar and Edenvale.
•  Own TIP documentation and track progress including Catchback plans as needed.  
•  Update TIPs and CIIMS regularly.  
•  TIP and A3 in CIIMS with updated assumptions, findings, and financial analysis.  
•  Conduct financial analysis and draft work papers required for 2027 GRC.
•  Coordinate with Gas and Electric stakeholders on operational efficiencies based on inventory visibility.  Quantify benefits and report out monthly.
•  Coordinate with vendors, Sourcing and Law to revise Terms and Conditions to execute PO.
•  Coordinate the creation of PR and PO.
•  Confirm Goods Receipt.
•  Track project spending, monthly financials, POs, and timing of material delivery.
•  Attend financials meetings and report out on budget forecast, realized savings, actual costs monthly.  
•  Prepare leadership presentation material and accompanying analysis.
•  Prepare process maps to document new processes or to update existing processes.
•  Participate in weekly Visual Stream Mapping meeting to provide progress updates.
•  Draft 5MM tailboards, email updates and publication of various documents.  
•  Attend various meetings with SMEs, LOB engineers and other internal stakeholders as needed.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business management, project management or other related fields, and or equivalent work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Working knowledge of CC&B, FAS, MIB, SAP and OIS
• Demonstrated experience in metrics development and deployment
• Experience with formalized Organizational Change Management and with change stabilization
• Experience with Stakeholder Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement
• Experience with deployment flow charts and/or Swim lane; tools for visualizing procedures and roles
• Expert-level MS Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project
• Utility industry experience