Business Analyst, PMO - Power Management, SWGBB

Job Description

Job Description

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 ServiceNow 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.

• Experience in business analysis, PMO support, or portfolio reporting within a project-driven environment.
• Strong capability in dashboard creation, KPI reporting, and data visualization for leadership and operational stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of financial reporting, forecasting, reconciliations, variance analysis, and portfolio performance measurement.
• Experience auditing data, monitoring compliance, and improving standard operating procedures to support consistent execution.
• Ability to manage risks, issues, dependencies, and action tracking across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present insights clearly to cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow or a similar project and portfolio management platform.
• Background supporting complex operations involving engineering, manufacturing, supply chain logistics, or large-scale deployments is preferred.