IT Portfolio Analyst

Jobtailor; Connecticut; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a results-driven Portfolio Financial Analyst to support the cybersecurity portfolio within a fast-paced technology environment. You will manage demand intake, track portfolio health, and provide governance, reporting, and financial outlook support for leadership.

The role requires 1–2 years of relevant experience, strong analytical and MS Excel/PowerPoint skills, and the ability to collaborate across cybersecurity, IT finance, risk, and procurement teams.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in technology, cybersecurity, risk management, portfolio management, consulting, IT finance, financial operations, or business operations
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with Agile, project management, or portfolio management practices
• Bachelor's degree
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
• No STEM OPT endorsement for this position

Responsibilities

• Support cybersecurity portfolio management, day-to-day department financial management, governance, reporting, workforce coordination, and business operations
• Manage demand intake, portfolio health tracking, initiative reporting, governance routines, executive materials, financial outlook support, vendor spend reporting, workforce views, and follow-through on key decisions and actions
• Track run and investment spend, financial commitments, forecasts, risks, offsets, and emerging funding needs across the cybersecurity portfolio
• Review fixed asset activity, prepaid software, amortization schedules, renewals, and related financial views
• Partner with IT Finance on outlook cycles, budget reviews, forecast updates, variance analysis, funding alignment, and financial governance
• Prepare financial inputs, validate assumptions, review forecast movements, and identify risks, opportunities, and decisions
• Perform trend analysis, run-rate assessment, commitment tracking, investment timing, expense categorization, and explanation of material changes
• Capture, organize, and report investment needs for cybersecurity capabilities, vendor renewals, labor requirements, infrastructure priorities, and risk-driven initiatives
• Build leadership-ready reports on vendor spend, contract timing, renewal exposure, funding source, run-rate trends, and portfolio trade-offs
• Connect demand, funding, workforce capacity, vendor commitments, and delivery priorities into financial and portfolio views
• Support demand intake, prioritization, routing, and tracking from intake through disposition or execution
• Maintain portfolio health views covering initiative status, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items
• Coordinate governance cadences, leadership meetings, portfolio reviews, agendas, decision logs, and follow-up actions
• Track cybersecurity roadmap updates, priorities, milestones, and key work efforts
• Organize cyber initiatives by priority, funding, capacity, dependency, risk reduction objective, and expected outcome
• Provide project management support for selected cybersecurity initiatives
• Prepare roadmap updates, leadership materials, and portfolio summaries for the CISO and security leaders
• Track and report regulatory commitments, audits, security assessments, remediation activities, and related actions
• Support governance forums covering cybersecurity risk, compliance, program maturity, and key commitments
• Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, portfolio metrics, cyber metrics, and performance reports
• Analyze portfolio, cybersecurity, workforce, operational, and financial data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Prepare reporting for executive leadership, governance committees, portfolio reviews, and other stakeholders
• Manage meeting preparation, materials, notes, follow-ups, and action tracking
• Build relationships across cybersecurity, technology, finance, risk, compliance, audit, procurement, and business teams
• Promote accountability, transparency, execution discipline, and follow-through across cross-functional teams

Skills

Portfolio Management

Financial Tracking

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Agile Practices

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Executive Dashboards

Scorecards

Performance Reports

Job description

• Support cybersecurity portfolio management, day-to-day department financial management, governance, reporting, workforce coordination, and business operations
• Manage demand intake, portfolio health tracking, initiative reporting, governance routines, executive materials, financial outlook support, vendor spend reporting, workforce views, and follow-through on key decisions and actions
• Track run and investment spend, financial commitments, forecasts, risks, offsets, and emerging funding needs across the cybersecurity portfolio
• Review fixed asset activity, prepaid software, amortization schedules, renewals, and related financial views
• Partner with IT Finance on outlook cycles, budget reviews, forecast updates, variance analysis, funding alignment, and financial governance
• Prepare financial inputs, validate assumptions, review forecast movements, and identify risks, opportunities, and decisions
• Perform trend analysis, run-rate assessment, commitment tracking, investment timing, expense categorization, and explanation of material changes
• Capture, organize, and report investment needs for cybersecurity capabilities, vendor renewals, labor requirements, infrastructure priorities, and risk-driven initiatives
• Build leadership-ready reports on vendor spend, contract timing, renewal exposure, funding source, run-rate trends, and portfolio trade-offs
• Connect demand, funding, workforce capacity, vendor commitments, and delivery priorities into financial and portfolio views
• Support demand intake, prioritization, routing, and tracking from intake through disposition or execution
• Maintain portfolio health views covering initiative status, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items
• Coordinate governance cadences, leadership meetings, portfolio reviews, agendas, decision logs, and follow-up actions
• Track cybersecurity roadmap updates, priorities, milestones, and key work efforts
• Organize cyber initiatives by priority, funding, capacity, dependency, risk reduction objective, and expected outcome
• Provide project management support for selected cybersecurity initiatives
• Prepare roadmap updates, leadership materials, and portfolio summaries for the CISO and security leaders
• Track and report regulatory commitments, audits, security assessments, remediation activities, and related actions
• Support governance forums covering cybersecurity risk, compliance, program maturity, and key commitments
• Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, portfolio metrics, cyber metrics, and performance reports
• Analyze portfolio, cybersecurity, workforce, operational, and financial data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Prepare reporting for executive leadership, governance committees, portfolio reviews, and other stakeholders
• Manage meeting preparation, materials, notes, follow-ups, and action tracking
• Build relationships across cybersecurity, technology, finance, risk, compliance, audit, procurement, and business teams
• Promote accountability, transparency, execution discipline, and follow-through across cross-functional teams

Requirements

• 1-2 years’ experience in technology, cybersecurity, risk management, portfolio management, consulting, IT finance, financial operations, or business operations
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and ability to work independently
• Familiarity with Agile, project management, or portfolio management practices
• Bachelor's degree
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
• The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong analytical and organizational capabilities in managing cybersecurity portfolio operations, financial tracking, and governance. Proficient in developing executive reports and dashboards while ensuring compliance and risk management across cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Cybersecurity Portfolio Management
• Financial Operations
• Advanced Proficiency in MS Excel
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Portfolio Management
• Financial Tracking
• Trend Analysis
• Risk Management
• Governance Reporting
• Expense Categorization
• Investment Timing
• Forecast Updates
• Commitment Tracking
• Vendor Spend Reporting

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Initiative

Industry Keywords

• Cybersecurity
• Risk Management
• IT Finance
• Compliance
• Agile Practices
• Business Operations

Tools & Technologies

• MS PowerPoint
• Executive Dashboards
• Scorecards
• Performance Reports