Description
We are looking for a business-focused IT Analyst who can bridge operational planning, finance, and technology in a fast-paced Oil and Gas environment. This Long-term Contract position is based in Houston, Texas, and will support critical planning applications, data processes, and reporting solutions used for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, hands-on systems support experience, and the ability to work across business and technical teams to resolve issues and improve planning operations.
Responsibilities:
Manage and support planning platforms such as Anaplan and Pod2, including model setup, access controls, business rules, hierarchies, and workflow configuration.
Partner with finance, operations, and IT stakeholders to support budget cycles, forecasting activities, and long-range planning through accurate data preparation and model updates.
Convert business needs into clear functional documentation by defining data inputs, calculation methods, dependencies, and testing criteria for system enhancements.
Investigate and resolve system issues related to application behavior, user access, calculation outputs, and performance, escalating to external vendors when needed.
Oversee and troubleshoot data movement across source systems, planning tools, Snowflake, and reporting environments to maintain reliable information flow.
Create and maintain Snowflake queries, views, and related data assets to support reconciliation, analysis, reporting, and planning activities.
Trace and validate data across systems to identify missing, duplicated, delayed, or inaccurate records and ensure consistency in financial and operational reporting.
Develop and enhance Streamlit applications and Sigma dashboards that enable business users to analyze data, validate results, and support planning workflows.
Work with technical teams and application owners to address integration failures, document corrective actions, and implement tested improvements to reporting and analytics solutions.
Requirements
Experience working as a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, or similar role supporting finance or operational planning processes.
Hands-on knowledge of planning applications such as Anaplan, Pod2, or comparable enterprise planning tools.
Strong ability to analyze data issues, perform reconciliations, and validate financial totals, assumptions, and dimensional mappings.
Practical experience with Snowflake, including writing queries and building data views to support analytics and reporting.
Background developing or supporting reporting and visualization solutions, including tools such as Sigma or similar platforms.
Familiarity with Streamlit or comparable application development frameworks used for business process support and data analysis.
Ability to communicate effectively with business users, technical teams, and third-party vendors while managing multiple priorities independently.
Oil and Gas industry experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, operational analysis, or long-range planning environments is strongly preferred.
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- Dice Id: rhalfint
- Position Id: 04130-0013534889
- Posted 1 day ago
