Business Experience Planning & Administration Advisor Sr IT Financial Analyst
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Job Summary
As aBusiness Experience Planning & Administration Advisor Sr you will lead financeannual and continuous planningand provide advanced analytics and executive reporting that enable investment decisions delivery accountability and value realization across our portfolio. You willestablishand run the operating rhythms that connectstrategy investment execution outcomes ensuring leaders have clear visibility into priorities forecastsspend delivery performance and risks.
This role requires a highly organized outcomes-driven professional who ishyper focusedon advanced reporting and dashboarding(Power BI Power Apps/Power Platform) comfortable operating in ambiguity and confident engaging directly withCSuiteand senior executivestranslating complex data into decisive executive-ready narratives and recommendations.
- Lead end-to-end annual planningfor the function including timeline orchestration intake prioritization support consolidation of inputs validation and executive readouts.
- Drivecontinuous planning(monthly/quarterly reforecasts plan variance reviews scenario planning) ensuring decisions are anchored in current data and delivery realities.
- Establish planning governance (calendars milestones decision points entry/exit criteria) and ensure stakeholder readiness for leadership and finance forums.
- Partner with finance and portfolio stakeholders to connect plan assumptions to delivery capacity and forecast accuracyraising issues early andrecommendingcorrective actions.
- Design build andmaintainexecutive-grade dashboardsthat providea single sourceof truth across planningspend forecasting delivery performance and value outcomes usingPower BI.
- Build and managePower Apps / Power Platform solutionsto streamline planning intake approvals workflow tracking and data quality controlsreducing manual reporting effort and cycle time.
- Create advanced reporting artifacts (executive scorecards drill-down views automated distribution QBR-ready and Board-ready materials) with consistent standards for definitions visuals and narratives.
- Develop and continuously improve the underlying data structures and reporting logic (KPIs metric definitions consistent hierarchies) to ensure integrity comparability and repeatability of reporting.
- Track performance against plan (budget vs. actuals forecast accuracy run vs. change investment and delivery health indicators) surfacing trends gaps and drivers with clear recommendations.
- Build analytics that connectinvestment to outcomes(progress-to-plan delivery milestones value realization signals) enabling leaders to make trade-off decisions quickly and confidently.
- Proactivelyidentifyemerging risks dependency impacts or underperformance patterns and propose mitigation plans and decision options.
- Serve as atrusted advisorto senior leaders: bring structure to ambiguous asks clarify the decision needed define the measurement approach and drive to a clear deliverable.
- Influence cross-functional partners without authority by setting standardsaligning ondefinitions and driving adoption of common planning and reporting routines.
- Prepare and deliver executive-ready narratives that clearlyarticulate:what changed why it changed what it means and what decision/action is recommended.
- Establish and manage operating rhythms (weekly/monthly performance routines planning checkpoints executive readouts) that drive accountability and decisionvelocity.
- Identifyopportunities to improve planning and reporting processeseliminateredundancies automate reporting and strengthen governance.
- Stay current on Power BI / Power Platform capabilities and internal standards to continuously modernize reporting and tooling.
- Advanced Power BI: data modeling DAX performance optimization interactive dashboards executive storytelling through visuals.
- Power Apps / Power Platform: building workflow apps structured intake processautomationand governance-minded solutions.
- Strong finance planning acumen: annual planning forecasting variance analysis scenario modeling prioritization support.
- Executive communications: concise narratives strong presence with senior leaders ability to distill complexity to decision-ready insights.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented; able to manage multiple priorities deadlines and stakeholder asks with precision.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; able to create clarity define the ask and drive structured execution.
- Advanced degree or certifications preferred (e.g. Power BI / Power Platform credentials PMP or equivalent)
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
- Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
- Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNCs Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge skills and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills competencies work experience education and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC