IT Business Analyst

Summary:

• Duration: 5 Months
• Work Mode: Hybrid
• Location: Oakland, CA

Responsibilities:

• Work within the program/product team to ensure accurate forecasting against budget, tracking actuals to meet forecasting accuracy goals (±6.5% for a rolling 6-week lookahead)
• Use company financial and project management systems to track project records
• Create requests for projects, contracts, actions as needed to support project activities, then submit and track to completion
• Analyze existing data and investigate/resolve identified discrepancies
• Perform standard analysis and work with existing data models
• Pull data to populate standard reports or to respond to audit or leadership requests
• Present data and findings to senior peers or internal clients
• Track existing metrics
• Communicate with peers inside and outside of the department, providing information or exchanging data
• Participate in project teams

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Arts / Science in accounting, business, finance, engineering OR equivalent work experience
• Financial management experience

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to learn company business systems quickly
• Ability to handle multiple work items simultaneously
• Basic Microsoft Office knowledge (Outlook, Word, Excel) or equivalent
• Basic understanding of Power BI
• Understanding of project management processes and delivery methods
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented and self-directed
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong time management skills