
Project Analyst - Finance
HOUSTON, TX · HybridJobSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The hybrid role supports and coordinates finance‑related projects under supervision, delivering artifacts, building schedules, managing meetings, maintaining collaboration sites, handling purchase requests, onboarding resources, and researching new techniques.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
This is a hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3 to 4 days per week. Please note that the number of days on-site can increase based on business needs.
Scope:
Under direct supervision, support and coordinate projects for senior members of the project management team. Deliver specific project artifacts, as directed by the Program Manager. Assemble project team, assign individual responsibilities, and develop schedule to ensure timely completion of project.
Essential Functions:
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Build and maintain project schedule. Produce weekly status reports. Execute on deliverables as directed by Project Managers.
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Coordinate and schedule project related meetings to resolve risks, issues, 6or requests for scope change. Capture and publish project meeting minutes.
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Maintain collaboration site and artifact repositories, including risks and issue lists.
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Submit and track project purchase requests. Update resource assignments and allocations in WorkDay.
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Onboard third-party resources to specific projects.
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Continuously learn and research new techniques and methodologies to solve project-related issues.
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Other duties as assigned.
Preferred Experience
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Experience with project financials, invoice review & approval, and purchase orders
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Maintain and update Smartsheets and dashboards
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Cross team communication and collaboration
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Proficient in Microsoft Excel
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Strong communication and follow up on the action items skills
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Experience in Smartsheet and dashboards preferred
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Workday experience is a plus but not required
Minimum Qualifications:
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Coursework toward Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Experience with project management tools and methodology.
Preferred Qualifications:
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3 years of project management experience in a project management, project coordinator or project analyst role.
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CAPM/PMP or similar certification.
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Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel.
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Experience with Agile Methodology.
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Demonstrated ability to lead or host presentations and facilitate meetings.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.
How this job compares
Set against the 448 open Project Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$77–119K/yr323 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Project Analyst jobs in Texas and 448 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Project Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 5 years (414 postings).
- Education
- 110 of the 448 open Project Analyst jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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