Senior Analyst - Project Controls & Data Analytics

National Grid; Melville (NY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid is hiring a Senior Planner, Project Controls for our NY Gas Program Delivery group in Melville, Hanson or Syracuse, NY. The role focuses on using data, analytics, automation, AI, and cross-functional process improvements to solve business problems and improve operational performance.

You will translate business needs into practical solutions across reporting, data modernization, predictive analytics, AI-enabled tools, and stakeholder dashboards.

Qualifications

• A bachelor degree is required.
• A bachelor degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, economics, engineering, business analytics, or a related field prefered.
• Experience using cloud services for data storage, processing, analytics, and reporting.
• MS Office tools, especially Power BI, PowerApps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Teams, and Copilot.
• Experience with Python, SQL, DAX, M, Azure, Snowflake, APIs, Airflow or workflow orchestration, and automation tools.
• Experience with visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.
• Experience supporting predictive models, AI-enabled tools, automation, reporting, or data products that support strategic initiatives.
• Exposure to data governance, metadata management, data cataloging, security roles, and usage or cost monitoring preferred.

Responsibilities

• Project manage initiatives with business, IT, data engineering, operations, and external partners to move work from idea to delivery.
• Develop and foster a culture of innovation by identifying opportunities to simplify manual processes, improve data quality, and enable better decision‑making.
• Support modernization of reporting and analytics from legacy systems to governed data products, Snowflake curated layers, and Power BI solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to design practical automation, AI agent, and workflow solutions that reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Assist leadership with performance reporting, project updates, risk tracking, adoption planning, and executive‑ready insights.
• Help coordinate across matrixed teams to solve complex business problems involving data, process, systems, governance, and change management.

Skills

Data analytics

Python

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

AI awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree required

Bachelor degree in CS/IS/Math/Stats/Economics/Engineering/Business Analytics or related field

Tools

Power BI

PowerApps

Power Automate

SharePoint

Teams

Copilot

Azure

Snowflake

APIs

Airflow

Job description

National Grid is hiring a Senior Planner, Project Controls for our NY Gas Program Delivery group in Melville, Hanson or Syracuse, NY. The role focuses on using data, analytics, automation, AI, and cross-functional process improvements to solve business problems and improve operational performance.

You will translate business needs into practical solutions across reporting, data modernization, predictive analytics, AI-enabled tools, and stakeholder dashboards.