Business Analyst, PMO – Power Management, SWGBB

Business Analyst

We are looking for a Business Analyst, to support portfolio visibility, performance reporting, and operational governance for complex project delivery activities in Columbus, Ohio. This long-term contract position will partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to strengthen reporting accuracy, improve milestone tracking, and provide actionable insights across a global project portfolio. The role is ideal for someone who can combine analytical rigor, financial awareness, and stakeholder communication to help drive informed decisions and consistent execution.

Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance centralized reporting tools and dashboards that give leadership clear, real-time insight into portfolio status, milestone progress, schedule health, and areas requiring attention.
• Administer and maintain Service Now as the primary portfolio reporting platform by validating source data, reviewing accuracy, and sustaining reliable project information for business use.
• Track key performance indicators and delivery metrics, analyze trends and variances, and translate findings into practical recommendations that improve operational performance.
• Conduct recurring audits of project delivery activity, resource utilization, and process compliance, then update procedures and reporting standards to support continuous improvement.
• Develop milestone and lifecycle reporting that highlights project progress, missed commitments, bottlenecks, and recurring execution gaps across cross-functional teams.
• Prepare financial portfolio reporting covering costs, pricing, forecasts, change activity, revenue-related performance, and overall portfolio health to support leadership decision-making.
• Reconcile project financial data and reporting outputs to improve forecast accuracy, strengthen data integrity, and identify emerging risks early.
• Maintain a structured process for risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, actions, and decisions, ensuring timely escalation and follow-through on items that affect delivery outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders across operations, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and field deployment teams to remove obstacles and improve portfolio execution.
• Create customer-focused portfolio views and tailored reporting that align project updates with stakeholder priorities and strengthen the overall customer experience.