Senior Business Planning Functional Analyst

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Business Planning Functional Analyst

• Domain: IT governance & planning (enterprise planning suite)

Description

You will help connect portfolio management, financial planning, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), workforce capacity, and procurement into a coherent enterprise planning model. You’ll drive areas of the Business Planning application roadmap, design cost/workforce/portfolio models, and present executive recommendations that translate technical and financial complexity into decisions. You’ll also mentor analysts and set standards for analytical rigor and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Drive key areas of the product roadmap for the Business Planning application suite, linking investments to measurable business outcomes

• Lead discovery with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and IT Operations leaders to identify shared problems behind competing requests

• Design cost, workforce, and portfolio models that connect TCO, labor capacity, and investment planning into a unified view

• Shape taxonomies, hierarchies, and data definitions so costs and projects roll up consistently across organizations

• Investigate root causes of complex financial and procurement discrepancies from SOWs and purchase orders through receipts and invoices

• Lead workstreams within platform evaluations and transitions as tools and business needs evolve

• Present analysis and recommendations to executives

• Mentor analysts, review work, and set standards for analysis and documentation

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience across business analysis, financial planning, product management, management consulting, or enterprise architecture

• Track record of independently leading complex, cross-functional problems to resolution with measurable results

• Experience building cost allocation, TCO, or investment models used for funding decisions, including budgeting, forecasting, OPEX, and CAPEX

• Experience independently analyzing and reconciling data from multiple systems to explain discrepancies and support decisions

• Experience defining product roadmaps and priorities for enterprise systems/capabilities used across multiple organizations

• Experience presenting recommendations to director-level leaders or above and influencing decisions without formal authority

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (finance, economics, business, information systems, computer science, engineering, mathematics) or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Opportunity to build enterprise planning capabilities supporting large-scale, global technology investments

• Mentorship and leadership impact across analysts and cross-functional stakeholders

• Work spanning product roadmap, financial modeling, data governance, and executive decision support