Project Analyst - IT

We need an ambitious, curious leader to become a Project Analyst on the Technology Team to help drive the biggest change in the company’s history. 

• →Track and report on IT project performance, including actual vs spend, forecasted costs, delivery milestones, and KPI progress  

• →Monitor financial performance across IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with budgets, forecasts, and expected value realization  

• →Consolidate updates from Transformation Office, Initiative Leads (including Product Owners and Scrum Masters), Finance and COE Managers into executive-ready reporting  

• →Identify, analyze, and escalate delivery risks, dependencies, and performance gaps  

• →Prepare standardized metrics reports and dashboards for Steering Committee (SteerCo), Technology Leadership, and executive stakeholders to support governance and decision‑making. 

• →Partner with Finance to validate financial data, including capital vs. expense spend, labor, and vendor costs  

• →Ensure consistency and integrity of reporting across the IT portfolio, including adherence to PMO standards and governance frameworks  

• →Support reporting across Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies  

• →Participate in recurring forums (e.g., IT Transformation stand-ups, finance reviews) to surface insights and ensure alignment  

You will join a small, newly formed, and highly visible Transformation Office responsible for leading the company’s most strategic, enterprise‑wide transformation initiatives. These programs are complex, mission‑critical, and backed by multi‑million‑dollar investments. As a key driver within the Transformation Office, you will translate strategy into execution—turning transformational vision into measurable outcomes and sustained business impact. 

This is a high visibility Project Change Management Analyst role – serves as a central point of accountability for portfolio‑level performance, financial transparency, and delivery insight across IT initiatives. It partners closely with initiative leads, Finance, and Centers of Excellence to consolidate financial and delivery data into consistent, executive‑ready reporting, Steering Committees, and governance forums. The role ensures disciplined portfolio reporting across agile, waterfall, and hybrid efforts, proactively surfacing risks, dependencies, and performance gaps to enable informed decisions, strengthen governance, and drive value realization throughout the transformation. 

Our mission is to provide those services for as many people as we can. To achieve that we need to evolve. We need to boldly embrace innovation and technology. Your leadership will help us deliver on our mission together and achieve our transformation. At AAA Life, empathy and progress go hand in hand, creating a culture where bright ideas flourish and meaningful impact grows. If you are drawn to an environment that values purpose as much as potential, we invite you to join us. Because here, being there for people isn’t just a promise—it is our driving force. 

• Analytical Thinking: Ability to interpret financial and delivery data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights  

• Financial Acumen: Understanding of IT budgeting, forecasting, and cost tracking (including Capital vs. Expense and Operating Expense)  

• Data Visualization & Reporting: Ability to create clear, concise, and executive-ready reports and dashboards  

• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in reporting, data validation, and reconciliation  

• Communication Skills: Ability to translate technical and financial information into clear insights for non-technical stakeholders  

• Stakeholder Management: Effective collaboration with IT, Finance, PMO, and business leaders  

• Risk Awareness: Proactive identification and escalation of risks and issues  

• Adaptability: Ability to operate in fast-paced, evolving IT and transformation environments  

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field  

• 3–5 years of experience in IT project reporting, PMO, financial analysis, or technology program support  

• 2-5 years of experience supporting IT projects or transformation initiatives in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid environments  

• 3-5 years of proficiency in Microsoft Office  

• 3-5 years of experience with project and portfolio management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Clarity) preferred  

• 3-5 years of experience tracking IT financials, including resource costs, vendor spend, and infrastructure investments  

• Experience using Power BI and SQL analytics to track adoption, workforce readiness, and transformation KPIs, translating insights into executive‑ready reporting.  

• Proficiency with Atlassian Jira and Confluence to support agile delivery, transformation governance, and change documentation.  

• Experience with Monday.com or similar work‑management tools to coordinate cross‑functional initiatives and track transformation milestones.  

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) for leadership communications, dashboards, and reporting. 

• Work Solution: Hybrid (Tuesday- Thursday) or Remote (USA) 

• Hybrid work environment that promotes work-life balance 

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting from your first day 

• Employer 401k match and employer contribution to a pension plan 

• Generous PTO and paid parental leave to support your family needs 

• Various associate resource groups and community involvement initiatives 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  

This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements.  Reasonable accommodation will be provided for otherwise qualified applicants as needed to enable them to fulfill these requirements.