Project Data Analyst (Finance)

Summary/Objective:
J.W. Bamford, Inc. is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Project Data Analyst to support budgeting, production data analysis, and cost research for our projects in logging, firefighting, debris removal, and road construction. The ideal candidate will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to improve project efficiencies, optimize costs, and support strategic decision-making. This role requires strong financial acumen, technical proficiency, and the ability to work across multiple disciplines.
Essential Functions:
· Uses statistical methods, modeling, analytical methodologies, and data analysis to develop reports and models to inform project planning and bidding costs.
· Reviews, reconciles, and analyzes data to ensure financial integrity of information reported and identification of trends.
· Monitors reports to ensure data quality. Processes, enhances, and acquires technical skills to work with database and business intelligence systems.
· Develop simple and reliable ways to gather production data for logging, debris removal, and road construction projects, ensuring the information is accurate and consistent.
· Analyze data to understand efficiency, resource use, and performance trends, spotting area where operations can improve.
· Build easy-to-read reports and dashboards to assist management make informed data-driven decisions.
· Create customized reports, visualizations, and presentations for project managers and executives.
· Use Excel, SQL, Power BI, or other analytics tools to present insights clearly and effectively.
· Develop automated reports and dashboards to streamline data access and improve decision-making.
· Work closely with project managers, finance teams, and field supervisors to ensure accurate data collection.
· Provided data-driven insights to support contact negotiations, project planning, and operational improvements.
· Plan and collect data to track production metrics, focusing on logging methods, terrain, and area worked such as acres per day and other key performance indicators.
· Track all contract changes and communicate any changes to Bid Team Leader, Project Accountant, and CFO.
· Inform project stakeholders of date changes, potential cost issues, and overruns.
Competencies:

· Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job, accurately checking processes and tasks, being watchful over a period of time.
Communication Skills: The ability to communicate clearly both verbally and written.
Adaptability: The ability to adapt to continuous change and business needs.
Innovation: The ability to generate and implement original ideas and practices.
Professional Development: Commitment to ongoing professional development and staying up to date with industry trends.
Confidentiality: Ensures the confidentiality of all sensitive data.
Initiative: Solves complex issues with good results, takes proactive steps to support team goals and address issues before they escalate, and seeks out opportunities to contribute beyond assigned duties to benefit the team.
Professionalism: Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.
Teamwork: The ability to effectively collaborate with others to achieve common goals and objectives. This involves working cooperatively with team members, valuing diverse perspectives, and contributing to a supportive and productive team environment.
Dependability/Reliability: Can be relied upon to complete tasks and meet deadlines, demonstrates a high level of reliability in all aspects of work, maintains regular attendance and punctuality, and meets commitments consistently.
Time Management: The ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
Decision Making/Judgement: The ability to recognize and respond to problems, systematically gather information, sort through complex issues, seek input from others, address root cause of issues, make timely decisions, make difficult decisions, use consensus when possible, and communicate decisions to others.
Compliance: Adheres to all regulatory and organizational policies and procedures.
Knowledge of Position: Understanding of principles, practices, and standards of job or department.
Quality of Work: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance, and monitors own work to ensure quality.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
· None
Work Environment:

Typical office environment with extensive daily usage of a computer or workstation.
Sitting for prolonged periods of time using a computer keyboard, mouse, and screen.
Mobility, vision, hearing, and dexterity levels appropriate to the duties to be performed.

Physical Demands - The physical demands below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

Primarily sitting with some walking, standing, and bending.
Must be able to hear and speak on the telephone.
Close visual work on a computer.
Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate any required computer keyboard, mouse, and other technical instruments.
Must be able to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.

Travel Required:

Position travels outside the local area but usually within Northern California 25% of the time.

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, mathematics, project management, or finance. or 3-5 years proven equivalent experience preferably within forestry, logging, construction, or related industries.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Excel (including VLookups, Pivot tables, spreadsheet data merge).

Additional Eligibility Requirements:

Valid Driver's License.
May be required to drive personal vehicle to multiple worksites during the workday. Proof of current/active automobile insurance if driving personal vehicle.
Pass a pre-employment drug screen.
Cellphone for communication, scheduling, and time-card entries.

Benefit Conditions:

Only Full-Time employees are eligible.
May have a waiting period.

Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.