Lead IT Business Analyst - Grid
- Location
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States; Louisville, Kentucky, United States; Johnston, Rhode Island, United States
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Salary
- $0 – $0 / year
About the job
Company Summary Statement
As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today. Overview
NOTE: This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in office at one of our locations: Louisville, KY or Providence, RI or Allentown, PA. #INDPPL LI-Hy
The Lead IT Business Analyst - Grid sits at the intersection of technology delivery and IT Finance and is embedded within the IT Value Stream organization. In this role, you will partner with IT Finance Business Partners (FBPs) and Technology Value Stream Leads to convert real-time agile delivery metrics and project milestones into highly accurate financial forecasts. You will own the data integrity of your assigned stream, utilizing tools like IBM Apptio Planning and Jira to optimize a multi-million-dollar technology portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Delivery & Indicator Governance (EDI Owner)
• Track Leading Indicators: Monitor and validate the stream’s Earned Delivery Indicator (EDI),
- Track Leading Indicators: Monitor and validate the stream’s Earned Delivery Indicator (EDI),
• Audit Tool Inputs: Partner with product owners and Scrum masters to ensure developer velocity, story points, and milestone updates in Jira/Azure DevOps/Clarity accurately reflect physical progress.
• Flag Early Warnings: Identify operational delivery slippage or sprint velocity drops early,
- Flag Early Warnings: Identify operational delivery slippage or sprint velocity drops early,
- Apptio System & Financial Control
• Maintain Financial Data: Act as the primary operator for inputting, updating, and adjusting
- Maintain Financial Data: Act as the primary operator for inputting, updating, and adjusting
• Govern Capitalization Metrics: Apply labor tracking methodologies to classify internal software development costs as CapEx or OpEx, ensuring software capitalization matches engineering output.
• Process Vendor Lifecycles: Reconcile contractor timesheets, specialized consultant statements of work (SOWs), and monthly third-party invoices against achieved milestones prior to payment authorization.
- Rolling Forecast Collaboration
• Partner with FBPs: Co-author the monthly value stream forecast with assigned FBPs, integrating
- Partner with FBPs: Co-author the monthly value stream forecast with assigned FBPs, integrating
• Secure Accuracy Limits: Drive transactional precision to maintain a rolling 90-day value stream forecast variance within the target ±3% threshold .
- Secure Accuracy Limits: Drive transactional precision to maintain a rolling 90-day value stream forecast variance within the target ±3% threshold .
- Build Month-End Accruals: Generate precise month-end accounting accruals by matching physical vendor milestones against open Purchase Orders (POs) and corporate general ledgers.
• EDI Input Accuracy: 100% of sprint, milestone, and labor delivery metrics updated and
- EDI Input Accuracy: 100% of sprint, milestone, and labor delivery metrics updated and
• Forecast Variance Control: Actively support the value stream team in achieving a monthly
- Forecast Variance Control: Actively support the value stream team in achieving a monthly
• Apptio Data Cleanliness: Maintenance of error-free project lines, allocation codes, and vendor
- Apptio Data Cleanliness: Maintenance of error-free project lines, allocation codes, and vendor
- Invoice Turnaround Velocity: Complete milestone validation and clear vendor invoices for FBP review within 5 business days of system receipt.
Qualifications
Experience & Skills
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Project Management,
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Project Management,
• Professional Experience: 2 to 4 years of experience working as a project coordinator, PMO analyst, or financial coordinator within an enterprise technology or corporate finance environment.
• Technical Platform Exposure: Practical experience tracking project deliverables via Jira, Azure
- Technical Platform Exposure: Practical experience tracking project deliverables via Jira, Azure
• Financial & Core Math Literacy: Comfort working with budgets, tracking financial milestones, and managing Excel spreadsheets. Prior experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) or Agile velocity models is a plus. Competencies
• Systems Adaptability: Willingness and capability to complete intensive upskilling on IBM Apptio
- Systems Adaptability: Willingness and capability to complete intensive upskilling on IBM Apptio
• Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to comfortably engage with engineering teams on
- Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to comfortably engage with engineering teams on
• Rigorous Attention to Detail: High standard of accuracy when handling large data sheets,
- Rigorous Attention to Detail: High standard of accuracy when handling large data sheets,
From Ppl's careers page (Company careers page), checked 30 Oct 2026.
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Posted 2 Oct 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026 · Report this job