IT Portfolio & Financial Forecasting Lead

Ppl-Corporation; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PPL Corporation in Allentown, PA is hiring a Lead IT Project Coordinator to bridge technology delivery and IT Finance. You will partner with FBPs and Value Stream Leads to convert real-time metrics into accurate financial forecasts and own data integrity across the IT portfolio.

You will use IBM Apptio Planning and Jira to optimize multi-million-dollar technology investments, ensuring proper capitalization and timely vendor payments while driving forecast accuracy and governance across IT

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business/finance/PM/MIS or related field.
• Professional Experience: 7+ years as project coordinator/PMO analyst or financial coordinator in enterprise tech or corporate finance.
• Technical Platform Expertise: Jira, Azure DevOps, Clarity or similar PM software.
• Financial & Analytical Leadership: manage complex technology budgets and milestones; Excel proficiency; EVM/Agile velocity experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Delivery & Indicator Governance: track and validate EDI, CPI, DPI; ensure velocity and milestones are accurately reflected in tooling.
• Apptio System & Financial Control: update rolling forecasts in Apptio; classify CapEx/OpEx; reconcile vendor SLAs and invoices.
• Rolling Forecast Collaboration: co-author monthly forecast with FBPs; maintain ±3% forecast variance; generate month-end accruals.

Skills

Cross-Functional Communication

Rigorous Attention to Detail

Financial & Analytical Leadership

Systems Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Project Management, MIS, or related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Clarity

IBM Apptio Planning

TBM logic

Job description

PPL Corporation in Allentown, PA is hiring a Lead IT Project Coordinator to bridge technology delivery and IT Finance. You will partner with FBPs and Value Stream Leads to convert real-time metrics into accurate financial forecasts and own data integrity across the IT portfolio.

You will use IBM Apptio Planning and Jira to optimize multi-million-dollar technology investments, ensuring proper capitalization and timely vendor payments while driving forecast accuracy and governance across IT