Business Data Analyst-Local to CA (W2 Only)

Business Data Analyst 8 months+ contract San Ramon/ Dublin/ Oakland, CA-Hybrid • • • • 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 to look for in a candidate: • PGE experience desirable but not absolutely necessary • Good attitude, nimble • Proficient in PowerBI, Paginated reports, PowerApp, PowerPoint, and excel skills (Microsoft office suite, Sharepoint, Excel, Teams, Powerpoint, Word) • Have a general understanding of governance and change control functions. Job Responsibilities: • Supports the monthly governance cycle / process for the client's 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 • 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