Strategic Financial Analyst: Data, AI & Portfolio

Financeroles; North Carolina; In loco; USD 99.000 - 129.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

American Electric Power in the United States is seeking a senior IT finance and portfolio professional to lead forecasting, budgeting, accruals, and vendor spend across large programs. You will set up project codes, track contract balances, and roll up financials to the portfolio level for governance and audit readiness.

You will guide monthly close cycles, provide variance explanations, ensure timely updates, and collaborate with Finance, Procurement and program leads to keep spending within

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business or related field of study; Or Associate's degree in computer science or related field of study with 2 years of relevant work experience; Or High school diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience.

Mansioni

• Able to organize analysis to understand stakeholder needs and create business case and project scope
• Demonstrates breadth and depth of business analysis techniques and tools for use case modeling, data modeling, and process mapping.
• Demonstrates ability to learn new domain by advocating and collaborating with business and technical teams utilizing extensive experience in methodologies.
• Creates analysis work plans and estimates of analysis activities
• Conducts workshops for requirements elicitation, creates documentation, establishes business capabilities, and ensures asset organization and refinement.
• Proves technical aptitude utilizing querying tools and understanding relational databases.
• Ability to provide feedback on internal database designs and identify data issues and resolutions
• Understand and apply technology solutions by translating business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models, and basic system configuration
• Mentor business analysts within department/division.
• Provide a specialized level of process redesign and support including using tools, responding to user questions, problem diagnosis, recognition and solutions for process improvements, research, troubleshooting, tracking and resolution.
• Plan and monitor expenditures to meet organizational objectives and complianceMonitor and manage assets and resources from a financial perspective.
• Responsible for business unit relationships and overseeing, managing and leveraging the entire life cycle of information technology investments in systems for a large business unit or major corporate initiative - from defining and targeting the investment mix, to planning the portfolio structure and packaging, to creating and communicating the portfolio plan and implement actionable items to achieve results.
• Plays a key role in the strategic planning process for the IT organization, acting as a lead advisor to the CIO, CFO, other senior business leaders, the IT leadership council, and governance committees.
• Works with and advises these individuals and groups on how enterprise priorities link to technology investments, and the risks and benefits of specific portfolio activities and advises other Portfolio Managers.
• Directs the IT organization and other stakeholders to develop, prioritize, and execute the information technology and business portfolio plan.
• Analyzes portfolio performance and drives changes in investment mix to achieve goals.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to improve the strategic position to lower cost of ownership and provide a competitive advantage to the business. May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business or related field of study; Or Associate's degree in computer science or related field of study with 2 years of relevant work experience; Or High school diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience.

Descrizione del lavoro

American Electric Power in the United States is seeking a senior IT finance and portfolio professional to lead forecasting, budgeting, accruals, and vendor spend across large programs. You will set up project codes, track contract balances, and roll up financials to the portfolio level for governance and audit readiness.

You will guide monthly close cycles, provide variance explanations, ensure timely updates, and collaborate with Finance, Procurement and program leads to keep spending within