Cost and Forecasting
- Support Project Managers in maintaining project cost forecasts and estimate-to-complete updates.
- Track actual and projected costs against budgets and identify variances or emerging trends.
- Prepare cost and forecast information for project reviews and management decisions.
Schedule Analysis
- Review project schedules and milestone information to understand planned activities, dependencies, and key deliverables.
- Analyze schedule progress and identify trends, variances, or potential impacts to project performance.
- Provide schedule-related information and analysis to support Project Managers in project reviews, forecasting, and customer discussions.
- Coordinate with the appropriate scheduling resources to resolve discrepancies and ensure accurate schedule information is reflected in project reporting.
Project Performance and Reporting
- Combine cost, schedule, and project data to provide a clear view of overall project performance.
- Develop recurring reports, dashboards, trend summaries, and other decision-support information.
- Provide analysis to support customer discussions, project reviews, and management decisions.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and traceable project performance information.
Process Improvement and Team Integration
- Work directly with Project Managers and Project Specialists to collect and validate project information.
- Standardize project reporting and improve forecasting, performance analysis, and data collection tools.
- Identify opportunities to automate routine reporting and analysis.
- Coordinate across project, technical, operational, and business functions to resolve data discrepancies and improve information flow.
The Project Performance Analyst supports Project Managers by turning cost, schedule, and project data into clear, accurate information that supports planning, forecasting, customer discussions, and day-to-day project decisions. This role works closely with Project Managers and Project Specialists to analyze project performance, identify trends and variances, and improve the consistency of project reporting.