Business Analyst, Federal Programs

Business Analyst, Federal Programs

Description -

Job Summary
• Intent of role is to drive both operational excellence and enable profitable growth across the one or more US Federal Government Contracts. The right candidate will manage business risk by providing granular visibility and insights to financial, material and information flows. This role will provide a disciplined cadence to management reporting, helping meet audit standards, and proactively manage contract performance. Core responsibilities will include, but not be limited to: reconciling embedded lease variance (ELV) exposure, validating billing and payment flows, supporting forecasting, and ensuring crisp alignment between sales, operations and finance.
The role works with cross-functional teams to facilitate projects and consults with program, functional and business leadership on various issues related to these strategic programs.

Responsibilities
• Reconcile billing discrepancies (e.g., validate leasing partner to HP and HP to end customer billing, ID root causes of reported deltas, provide line-item support to reconcile financial and operational gaps, work with finance to ensure that billing transactions are accurately reflected in the general ledger and analyze variances between forecasted and actual billings, revenues and margin.

• Increase invoice transparency (i.e., ensure leasing partner billing data is shared with relevant internal stakeholders, flag aged / uncapped / duplicate billing activity, support invoice validation and alignment with contract terms)

• Confirm end customer payments (i.e., reconcile payments against billed amounts, identify short pays / unapplied cash / timing mismatches, work with finance to ensure correct GL postings for incoming payments and adjustments, assist with matching payments to revenue schedules and accounting treatment)

• Report monthly financials (e.g., maintain an integrated view showing leasing partner billings, HP billed, end customer paid with all variances properly narrated, monitor trends and revenue / margin shifts driven by external and internal factors, provide "story behind the numbers" for stakeholders)

• Support operational recovery (i.e., help drive PO / Invoice / asset-level links to drive ELV resolution, help quantify the financial impact of delayed returns or device losses)

• Provide contract-specific business analysis (e.g., lease accelerators and term tracking, e2e operational process oversight, lease enablement and closure support, task order funding and financial alignment, track aging funding balances and task order burn rate)

• Risk and contingency management (identify financial and operational risks early - e.g., unfunded variances, unbilled revenues, lease term overruns; work with finance to flag where reserves or contingencies may need to be booked; collaborate with program, sales, finance and category on margin protection / enhancement strategies)

• Business Support for pricing, change orders and proposal review (e.g., provide financial inputs / business recommendations for modifications / task order changes / extensions, validate financials for proposed change orders or contract pricing shifts, model financial impact of contract re-baselines or escalations)

• Tool & System Integration and Automation (i.e., ensure core financial, material and information flows are synchronized and reconciled across key systems, raise visibility when data integrity or handoffs are at risk across operational ecosystem, work with stakeholder groups to streamline processes and reporting)

• Leadership reporting & storytelling (i.e., build clear, visual financial and operational dashboards and executive summaries, present findings in a way that supports decision-making and scales from working team to executive level, as well as serves both internal and partner/external constituents, anticipates questions and cultivates a continuous improvement approach to responsibilities).

More generally:

• Manages the development of financial and statistical models, structures analytical approaches, and oversees the data-gathering process.
• Selects key information and conclusions to develop a comprehensive set of recommendations for optimizing business and financial performance.
• Manages cross-functional teams and communications to facilitate projects and ensure timely delivery to clients.
• Manages the development of project guidelines, contingency plans, objectives, and deliverables to drive successful outcomes.
• Monitors and incorporates emerging trends in strategic planning, ensuring that the organization remains agile and competitive.
• Leverages strategic and management consulting frameworks to implement a comprehensive portfolio approach for evaluating and managing the organization's diverse business units, platforms, and products.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in strategic management, strategic planning and implementation, consulting, market research, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Knowledge & Skills
• Business Intelligence
• Business Process
• Business Requirements
• Business Strategies
• Computer Science
• Dashboard
• Data Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Data Science
• Data Visualization
• Data Warehousing
• Extract Transform Load (ETL)
• Finance
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Marketing
• Power BI
• Python (Programming Language)
• R (Programming Language)
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)

Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.

Complexity
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The base pay range for this role is $99,000 to $142,000 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to US candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 
  • 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Business Planning

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

25%

Relocation -

Not Specified

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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