Senior Project Analyst – Risk Adjustment Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain pacing trackers to oversee project advancements, significant milestones, and timelines by vendor.

• Create multi-platform forecasting models to estimate volume, timelines, and resource requirements across multiple concurrent projects.

• Collaborate closely with Finance to construct capacity planning models that encompass headcount necessities and downtime/idle-time strategies.

• Design and manage dashboards and reports utilizing Excel, Sigma, or comparable BI tools.

• Detect trends, bottlenecks, and risks in vendor performance and project pacing, and propose corrective measures.

• Assist in scenario planning and “what-if” modeling for staffing and capacity decisions.

• Work together with project managers, vendor management, and finance stakeholders to synchronize assumptions and outcomes.

• Enhance tracking methodologies and improve forecasting accuracy.

• Evaluate vendor throughput and capacity against projected volume, identifying variances at an early stage.

• Keep documentation of forecasting methodologies, data sources, and assumptions for audit purposes.

• Present pacing, forecasting, and capacity insights to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Aid in the review of headcount and staffing plans alongside Finance and Operations leadership.

• Monitor downtime and utilization trends, incorporating them into forecasting and staffing models.

• Ensure data integrity across pacing, forecasting, and capacity planning tools and reports.

• Assist in creating standardized reporting templates across projects and vendors.

• Address ad hoc analysis requests from Finance, Operations, and executive leadership.

• Keep track of project risk indicators and proactively escalate concerns.

• Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving processes related to project tracking and forecasting.

• Travel for business as required, up to 10%.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of five years of equivalent experience in project analytics, business analytics, or a similar analytical position.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and financial/operational modeling.

• Experience with BI/visualization tools like Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.

• Proven experience in developing forecasting and/or capacity planning models.

• Background in collaborating with Finance or FP&A teams on headcount and capacity modeling.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.

• Capacity to manage multiple projects and stakeholders concurrently.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting findings to leadership.

• Ability to work efficiently in a remote team environment.

• Flexibility in work hours to accommodate departmental requirements.

• Proficient in analyzing data to identify root causes of pacing, capacity, or forecasting discrepancies.

• Must adhere to instructions, meet deadlines, and work autonomously.

• Working knowledge of the business applications of computer hardware and software to ensure data effectiveness, quality, and security.

• This position is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive rewards strategy.

• Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity in the workplace.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

• Post-offer health screenings and vaccinations as mandated by clients.

• Possibility of vaccination exemptions based on state laws and qualifying circumstances.