Remote Risk & Capacity Planning Senior Analyst

Datavant; Trenton (NJ); A distancia; USD 103.000 - 121.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Datavant is seeking a Senior Project Analyst to build pacing trackers, forecast capacity, and partner with Finance on headcount planning. You will design dashboards in Excel/Sigma or BI tools, monitor vendor performance, and present insights to leadership. This role supports cross-functional teams and requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work remotely.

Travel up to 10% may be required. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and advanced Excel are essential.

Formación

• Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of five years of equivalent experience in project analytics, business analytics, or a related analytical role.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and financial/operational modeling.
• Experience with BI/visualization tools such as Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
• Demonstrated experience building forecasting and/or capacity planning models.
• Experience partnering with Finance or FP&A teams on headcount and capacity modeling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present findings to leadership.

Responsabilidades

• Build and maintain pacing trackers to monitor project progress, milestones, and timelines by vendor.
• Develop multi-platform forecasting models to project volume, timelines, and resourcing needs across concurrent projects.
• Partner closely with Finance to build capacity planning models, including headcount requirements and downtime/idle-time planning.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports (Excel, Sigma, or similar BI tools) that give leadership real-time visibility into project and vendor performance.
• Identify trends, bottlenecks, and risks in vendor performance and project pacing, and recommend corrective action.
• Support scenario planning and “what-if” modeling for staffing and capacity decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with project managers, vendor management, and finance stakeholders to align on assumptions and outputs.
• Continuously improve tracking methodologies and forecasting accuracy over time.
• Analyze vendor throughput and capacity against forecasted volume, flagging variances early.
• Maintain documentation of forecasting methodologies, data sources, and assumptions for auditability.
• Present pacing, forecasting, and capacity findings to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support headcount and staffing plan reviews in partnership with Finance and Operations leadership.
• Monitor downtime and utilization trends, incorporating them into forecasting and staffing models.
• Maintain data integrity across pacing, forecasting, and capacity planning tools and reports.
• Assist in the development of standardized reporting templates across projects and vendors.
• Support ad hoc analysis requests from Finance, Operations, and executive leadership.
• Track project risk indicators and track concerns proactively.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives related to project tracking and forecasting.
• Business related travel as needed (up to 10%).

Conocimientos

Advanced Excel

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Financial/operational modeling

Multi-project management

Strong communication

Remote work

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Herramientas

Sigma

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

SQL

Descripción del empleo

Datavant is seeking a Senior Project Analyst to build pacing trackers, forecast capacity, and partner with Finance on headcount planning. You will design dashboards in Excel/Sigma or BI tools, monitor vendor performance, and present insights to leadership. This role supports cross-functional teams and requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work remotely.

Travel up to 10% may be required. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and advanced Excel are essential.