Sr Business Systems Analyst (Project Portfolio Management)

We're actively seeking a talented Sr Business Systems Analyst(PPM) to join our Enterprise Financial Solutions team. This role will be 4 days onsite in either our Newport Beach, CA or Charlotte, NC office. Relocation Assistance may be provided.

- Business Analysis & Requirements Management - Bridge business requirements and PPM solution design

- Partner with portfolio, finance, technology, and business stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements for enterprise PPM capabilities. - Develop and maintain functional specifications, process flows, user stories and acceptance criteria, data mapping and integration requirements. - Facilitate working sessions and workshops to define current-state processes, future-state design, pain points, gaps and business priorities.

- Data Analysis & Insights - Deliver reliable portfolio insights through effective dashboards, visualizations, and data validation

- Support creation of dashboards and visualizations for portfolio health, resource capacity and utilization, project execution, financial performance and related metrics. - Perform data validation and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and consistency across systems.

- PPM Platform Delivery Support - Support effective platform implementation through collaborative governance, user validation, data quality, and issue resolution

- Collaborate with system administrators, solution architects, implementation partners, and process owners to assist in defining platform operating models, governance processes, and data standards. - Coordinate with users to validate system functionality, workflow behavior, reporting solutions and data accuracy. - Support issue triage, defect tracking, root cause analysis, and resolution during testing and deployment phases.

- Change & Business Readiness Support - Enable successful adoption through stakeholder engagement, user training, stabilization, and continuous improvement

- Partner with change management to support communication, stakeholder engagement, and user adoption. - Collaborate with process owners to develop user documentation, quick reference guides, FAQs, and process training materials. - Support post-go-live stabilization, user feedback collection, enhancement prioritization, and continuous improvement activities.

- 8+ years experience supporting the implementation of an enterprise Project and Portfolio Management platform (such as Planview, OnePlan or Clarity) - Demonstrated experience writing business requirements, documenting process flows, user stories, functional specifications, test scripts, and acceptance criteria. - Strong understanding of enterprise project lifecycle processes, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure, and benefits tracking. - Financial acumen, including experience managing and analyzing project financials.

- Experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI, Snowflake, or native PPM reporting capabilities. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills. - Ability to partner with stakeholders across functions and levels.

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