***This is a hybrid position and can be filled in New Orleans, LA or the Woodlands, TX***
***The official title will be Analyst I or II depending on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate. ***
Job Summary:
The Project Analyst will be the point person for all accounting and finance needs at a project level. Individual will support project execution strategies by evaluating estimates and project costs, ongoing capital work, data reporting/analysis for management, budgeting, and forecasting while ensuring alignment with Entergy Project Delivery Standards. Additionally, the Project Analyst will provide analytical expertise to support project and portfolio management.
This position interfaces directly with Project Managers and his/her PMO Leadership, providing trusted insight into the financial health of a project.
Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility:
- Provide financial guidance to ensure financial situations are transparent to the senior management and core project team
- Partner with project teams in preparing the monthly Present Estimate (PE) budget for IT projects
- Responsible for financial tasks related to change requests
- Maintain work orders from initiation to closure in PowerPlan
- Partner with Finance on corrections
- Responsible for submitting monthly accruals for IT projects
- Support IT project analysis in determining variances in financial metrics
- Challenge the project's Present Estimate budget by following company procedures and ensuring risk and opportunities are managed to optimize the project financial targets
- Oversee financial project milestones
- Interface with project team(s) as necessary for cost control monitoring, analysis and reporting.
- Provide day-to-day detailed monitoring and analysis of project budgets and actuals
- Support projects as they navigate through the project life cycle, including gate audits related to financials
- Participate in Continuous Improvement efforts related to process efficiency and value
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum education and experience required
- Analyst I: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related discipline and 0-2 years of relevant work experience is required, or in lieu of a degree 4 years of relevant work experience is required
- Analyst II: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related discipline and 2+ years of relevant work experience is required, or in lieu of a degree 6 years of relevant work experience is required
- Understand of Entergy Financial Management Processes is a plus
- Understanding of Entergy Financial Reporting Systems is a plus
- Understanding of PowerPlan Application is a plus
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required
- SME Level of proficiency and extensive experience with project cost control activities is a plus
- High degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and the remainder of the MS Office suite
- Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment
- Capacity to adapt to changing work priorities
- Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required
- Complex Problem Solving -- identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
- Work independently and follows through on assignments with minimal direction while keeping the team informed
- Possess a mastery of basic/generic data skills (tools & concepts)
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate
Req ID: 120608
Read the full posting.Entergy Corporation
639 Loyola Ave
New Orleans
Louisiana United States
www.entergy.com
