Senior IT Business Systems Analyst — a Pacific Northwest energy utility
2016 – PresentPromoted through progressive roles supporting IT governance, capital portfolio operations, and organizational effectiveness.
Scope
- FP&A and governance oversight for a $200M+ utility IT capital portfolio.
Financial planning & analysis
- Lead variance analysis (budget vs. actuals) and explain the drivers to finance and leadership.
- Support capital planning and forecasting of capital spend; track cost to plan.
- Build financial models and scenario analyses; manage month- and quarter-end close support.
- Design the management reports and dashboards leadership uses to make capital decisions.
Governance & systems
- Support capital reporting, accruals, and work-order processes; develop governance controls and documentation.
- Lead root-cause analysis on financial and process issues.
- Partner across finance, procurement, property accounting, project management, and IT.
Results
- Built a centralized project-governance and training library that improved consistency and process adherence.
- Strengthened reporting, compliance monitoring, and cross-functional decision-making.
FP&AVariance analysisCapital forecastingFinancial modelingPortfolio governancePower BISAP