Corporate Forecast Analyst (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a Business Analyst for our client in Newark, DE. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• Looking for a motivated Corporate Forecast analyst to support the Data Analytics and Insights Technology (DAIT) and Legal, Audit and Data Management (LADMT) organizations. Responsible for management/oversight of all financial items. Requires a business centric mindset with the ability to utilize sound business judgment and tailor approaches to drive optimal business outcomes. Must be able to work with all levels of management including the ability to present/discuss with executive leadership, prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Manage the tech exec's base and initiative funding, with oversight responsibility for staffing plans, to ensure tech exec forecast month over month is accurate to within 3%, and 1% for the year. Report on and mitigate monthly variance between forecasts and actuals, keeping variances to a minimum. Lead liaison with Corporate Finance and Human Resources. Staff plan Core/Flex #s, planning, monitoring, and balancing. Partner with project managers and resource managers within the tech exec's space to capture resource allocations and forecasts, report on outcomes of financial forecasting activity. Weekly financial updates to tech exec financial health – including resource allocations, contract setup and billing challenges, project funding expectations and burn. Create, manage, and track vendor contracts supporting base, project and program delivery. Partner with financial practitioner oversee staffing changes in alignment with quarterly corporate forecasts. Leverage allocation reporting tools to track and manage project level resource allocations as input to project forecasting. Support the yearly planning process including project/initiative, Base, OCNI and TCOA. Support the resource onboarding and seating process as needed. Monitor contractor visa dependency status and dates.

Role Responsibilities:

• Track work efforts against team capacity and allocate in internal tools for a $75MM team.
• Aggregate and analyze project estimates (and required funding) across the various parts of the organization to derive a comprehensive team view.
• Research funding gaps/discrepancies and assist in resolution.
• Manage and forecast multiple programs within a ~$75MM portfolio simultaneously.
• Partner with the program execution team to balance multiple service provider estimates across a project within project funding limits and greater portfolio funding limits; identify options to mitigate any risk or opportunities that arise across the whole portfolio.
• Maintain team roster of roughly 1,000 resources and how resources align to managers and teams across the organization; monitor headcount changes in real time, facilitate hiring process, and create resource forecast on quarterly basis.
• Manage over $10MM vendor forecast and month-over-month burn; ensure invoices are paid in timely manner, renew/extend contracts as needed.
• Update view of total cost of applications across the organization and ensure resource alignment reflects which applications are being supported.

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