Program Analyst - Financials and Reconciliations

Program Analyst - Financials and Reconciliations

Location: Oakland, CA

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid 1 2 days in office per week (onsite every Tuesday; occasional Wednesday/Thursday)

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 19 months
• Pay Rate: $80.00 $90.00 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: Not required
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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Job Summary

The Elevate Program is a large-scale enterprise transformation initiative focused on modernizing systems, processes, and data capabilities across the organization. The program operates in a highly cross-functional environment spanning IT, Finance, PMO, and Business teams, with strong emphasis on financial governance, resource optimization, and program transparency.

The Program Controls function plays a critical role in ensuring financial discipline, resource alignment, and leadership visibility. This includes managing program financials, overseeing vendor performance, maintaining staffing plans, and delivering accurate and timely reporting to support data-driven decision-making.

The Program Analyst Financials and Reconciliations (Program Controller) is responsible for end-to-end financial and resource management across the Elevate program. This role ensures accurate forecasting, disciplined cost management, and alignment between staffing plans, financials, and program delivery.

The position works closely with Finance, PMO, IT, Business stakeholders, and external vendors to maintain strong financial controls, ensure compliance with internal governance, and provide executive-level reporting and insights.

Key focus areas include financial planning and analysis, SAP financial management (PRJ), vendor and invoice oversight, time-charging governance, and development of reporting solutions to support program visibility and decision-making.

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Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the program staffing and resource plan, ensuring alignment with demand, roles, and approved budgets
• Manage program financials including forecasting, actuals tracking, accruals, and variance analysis
• Perform SAP PRJ financial updates, ensuring accuracy, cost alignment, and compliance with internal controls
• Conduct time-charging reviews to validate capitalization vs. expense and ensure audit readiness
• Oversee vendor management activities including staffing alignment, rate compliance, invoice validation, and issue resolution
• Drive timesheet governance, including compliance monitoring, exception handling, and submission enforcement
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports (Power BI / Excel) for financials, staffing, and vendor performance
• Support PMO governance processes with reporting, coordination, and compliance tracking
• Act as a liaison across Finance, IT, PMO, Business teams, and vendors to resolve operational and financial issues
• Provide ad-hoc analysis, executive summaries, and leadership reporting to support decision-making

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Required Skills

• Financial acumen and program/project controls background
• End-to-end financial and resource management experience
• Experience with staffing plan and resource plan development, including tying staffing plans to financials (FTE, staff augmentation, and contracted third-party staffing)
• Experience with forecasting, variance analysis (plan vs. actual), and financial reporting
• Hands-on experience with SAP (PRJ, WBS, ECC, or similar financial modules)
• Experience managing vendors and validating invoices
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to present financial status and improvement opportunities to executive leadership

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Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting large IT or transformation programs
• Familiarity with utility or regulated environments
• Experience with financial controls, capitalization policies, and audit processes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional coordination skills
• Advanced reporting and dashboarding skills (Power BI, data modeling, executive reporting design)
• Experience with SharePoint (organization is transitioning resource planning into SharePoint)

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Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience

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Required Experience

• 5 years of experience in program financial management, PMO, or project controlling
• Large program experience (e.g., $2.5B enterprise programs) strongly preferred

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Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Hybrid schedule: onsite every Tuesday; occasional Wednesday/Thursday onsite presence required
• Local candidates only
• Client will provide a laptop; however, the resource should be prepared to set up via Cloud PC using a personal device initially until a laptop is arranged
• Any additional home office tools must be vendor-provided or personal
• Two-round interview process: one technical interview and one leadership interview

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Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

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About the Client

This client is a major utility and energy company headquartered in Oakland, CA, serving millions of customers across a broad regional footprint in the western United States. The organization employs tens of thousands of professionals including program analysts, systems analysts, data governance specialists, supply chain leads, and AI solutions product owners and is currently executing one of the largest enterprise digital transformation programs in the utility sector, a multi-billion-dollar SAP S/4HANA migration and modernization initiative spanning finance, IT, and operations.

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About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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Job Number: 26-12525 Industry: Data & Analytics

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