Project Analyst - Finance
Job Description
Hybrid in Houston, TX, you will support project execution while building schedule, reporting, and project financial support capabilities under the direction of senior project management leaders.
What you’ll do
In this role, you will assist with coordinating projects, producing required project artifacts, and keeping project information organized and up to date across collaboration tools and repositories. Work will be performed under direct supervision for senior members of the project management team.
- Build and maintain the project schedule.
- Produce weekly status reports.
- Execute project deliverables as directed by Project Managers.
- Coordinate and schedule project-related meetings to address risks, issues, and requests for scope change.
- Capture and publish meeting minutes.
- Maintain the collaboration site and artifact repositories, including risks and issue lists.
- Submit and track project purchase requests.
- Update resource assignments and allocations in WorkDay.
- Onboard third-party resources to specific projects.
- Continuously learn and research new techniques and methodologies to resolve project-related issues.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required qualifications
- Coursework toward a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Experience with project management tools and methodology.
Preferred experience and skills
- Experience with project financial tasks such as invoice review and approval, and purchase orders.
- Ability to maintain and update Smartsheet and dashboards.
- Cross-team communication and collaboration.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
- Strong communication and follow-up on action items.
- Workday experience is a plus, but not required.
- Experience with Smartsheet and dashboards preferred.
Preferred qualifications
- 3 years of project management experience in a project management, project coordinator, or project analyst role.
- CAPM / PMP or similar certification.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel.
- Experience with Agile Methodology.
- Demonstrated ability to lead or host presentations and facilitate meetings.
Tools and technologies
- WorkDay
- Smartsheets
- Dashboards
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Agile Methodology
Under direct supervision, you will also support efforts to assemble the project team, assign individual responsibilities, and help develop a schedule to support timely project completion.