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Project Controls Analysts managing schedules, cost baselines, and earned value on large infrastructure or energy projects qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when the role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field. Many EPC firms, federal contractors, and capital-project owners have active H-1B filing histories.
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Senior Analyst - Trustee Reporting & Controls
Location:
Houston, TX
What you'll do:
As a Senior Analyst - Trustee Reporting and Controls you'll play a critical role in supporting the Corporate Trust business by modeling newly onboarded CLOs and Leveraged Loan Facilities, maintaining ongoing compliance calculations, and producing trustee reporting relied upon by arrangers, managers and investors. You'll develop, maintain, improve reporting solutions, analyze large data sets, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders. One of your key responsibilities is to ensure reporting and compliance needs by the business are met while operating within legal requirements. You will collaborate closely with internal parties to ensure accurate, timely and compliant calculations.
- Build, maintain and validate compliance and reporting dashboards and tools while upholding data and reporting standards, ensuring consistency and compliance across all projects worked on.
- Identify and develop automation techniques from available technology to produce efficient and effective processes.
- Perform scenario updates, test result validation, and reconciliations, aligned with internal control requirements and standard modeling practices.
- Understand business unit reporting and analytical needs and translate business questions into analytical tasks that help drive strategic decisions. Present analytical findings and recommendations to senior management.
- Design and implement systems to ensure data accuracy and reliability by performing thorough validation and quality checks. Collaborate with IT teams to enhance reporting infrastructure and improve efficiency.
What you'll need:
- 3+ years of related experience in Data Analytics & Data Management or similar field.
- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret legal documents, indentures, and loan/portfolio data relating to CLOs and Leveraged Loan Facilities.
- Strong experience in collateral testing, including coverage, quality test, limitations and borrowing base calcs along with waterfall mechanics, interest and principal payments and report development.
- Entry level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
- Intermediate experience with data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Excel) and data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Experience with project management and managing multiple priorities and deliverables.
- Intermediate experience presenting findings from large datasets in a clear, actionable way.
- Experience with predictive modeling, statistical analysis, or machine learning preferred.
- Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
- Experience with Solvas/CDO Suite/WSO platforms is required.
- Experience building or maintaining reporting solutions in Power BI (modeling, DAX, report layouts, data transformation).
Compensation:
Salary range for new hires is generally $108,330.00 - $120,000.00 for Boston, MA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned and restricted stock.
Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands — Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank — that remain part of the company’s heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
© Western Alliance Bancorporation
Job Title:
Senior Analyst - Trustee Reporting & Controls
Location:
Houston, TX
What you'll do:
As a Senior Analyst - Trustee Reporting and Controls you'll play a critical role in supporting the Corporate Trust business by modeling newly onboarded CLOs and Leveraged Loan Facilities, maintaining ongoing compliance calculations, and producing trustee reporting relied upon by arrangers, managers and investors. You'll develop, maintain, improve reporting solutions, analyze large data sets, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders. One of your key responsibilities is to ensure reporting and compliance needs by the business are met while operating within legal requirements. You will collaborate closely with internal parties to ensure accurate, timely and compliant calculations.
- Build, maintain and validate compliance and reporting dashboards and tools while upholding data and reporting standards, ensuring consistency and compliance across all projects worked on.
- Identify and develop automation techniques from available technology to produce efficient and effective processes.
- Perform scenario updates, test result validation, and reconciliations, aligned with internal control requirements and standard modeling practices.
- Understand business unit reporting and analytical needs and translate business questions into analytical tasks that help drive strategic decisions. Present analytical findings and recommendations to senior management.
- Design and implement systems to ensure data accuracy and reliability by performing thorough validation and quality checks. Collaborate with IT teams to enhance reporting infrastructure and improve efficiency.
What you'll need:
- 3+ years of related experience in Data Analytics & Data Management or similar field.
- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret legal documents, indentures, and loan/portfolio data relating to CLOs and Leveraged Loan Facilities.
- Strong experience in collateral testing, including coverage, quality test, limitations and borrowing base calcs along with waterfall mechanics, interest and principal payments and report development.
- Entry level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
- Intermediate experience with data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Excel) and data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Experience with project management and managing multiple priorities and deliverables.
- Intermediate experience presenting findings from large datasets in a clear, actionable way.
- Experience with predictive modeling, statistical analysis, or machine learning preferred.
- Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
- Experience with Solvas/CDO Suite/WSO platforms is required.
- Experience building or maintaining reporting solutions in Power BI (modeling, DAX, report layouts, data transformation).
Compensation:
Salary range for new hires is generally $108,330.00 - $120,000.00 for Boston, MA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned and restricted stock.
Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands — Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank — that remain part of the company’s heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
© Western Alliance Bancorporation
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Project Controls Analyst
Document your degree's direct relevance
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree field directly relates to project controls work. A degree in industrial engineering, construction management, or systems engineering maps cleanly. If yours is broader, gather syllabi and transcripts showing coursework in scheduling, cost analysis, or project management.
Target EPC and federal contractor employers
Engineering, procurement, and construction firms and defense contractors file H-1B petitions for project controls roles far more consistently than general employers. Search LCA disclosure data on Migrate Mate to identify which companies have filed for this specific occupation code before approaching recruiters.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Run your job title and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before signing an offer letter so you can negotiate from an informed position.
Confirm your role meets specialty occupation standards
Pull the O*NET profile for Project Controls Analyst and note the job zone and education requirements. If a posting says a degree is preferred rather than required, that framing can weaken the H-1B petition. Ask hiring managers to confirm the role requires a specific bachelor's degree.
Ask about premium processing during offer negotiation
Standard H-1B adjudication can run several months. USCIS offers premium processing for a guaranteed 15-business-day decision. Raise this during offer negotiation, not after signing, so the employer can build it into the hiring timeline and budget before the petition is filed.
Understand the cap-exempt employer option
Universities, nonprofits affiliated with higher education, and certain research institutions are exempt from the H-1B lottery cap. Project controls roles exist at these organizations on major construction programs. Pursuing a cap-exempt employer means your petition can be filed and adjudicated at any time without waiting for the annual lottery.
H-1B Visa Project Controls Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Project Controls Analyst role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as engineering, construction management, industrial engineering, or a closely related discipline. USCIS evaluates whether the degree requirement is genuine and field-specific, not just a general bachelor's in any subject. Job postings that list the degree as preferred rather than required can complicate the petition, so it's worth confirming the requirement with the employer before filing.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for project controls professionals?
EPC firms, oil and gas operators, power and utilities companies, defense contractors, and large construction management firms are among the most consistent H-1B sponsors for project controls roles. Federal contractors working on capital infrastructure programs often have dedicated immigration support infrastructure. You can filter by LCA filing history for this occupation on Migrate Mate to identify employers with a documented track record.
What SOC code is typically used for Project Controls Analyst H-1B petitions?
Employers most commonly file under SOC 13-1082 (Project Management Specialists) or 17-2112 (Industrial Engineers), depending on how the role is structured and the employer's legal counsel. The SOC code determines the prevailing wage tier that applies to your petition. You can verify current wage levels for your specific metro area using the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my job search timeline as a project controls candidate?
Cap-subject H-1B registrations open in March each year for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT, your employer needs to file before your OPT expires or you'll need a cap-gap extension to bridge the gap. Some project controls employers, particularly those in higher education or nonprofit research settings, are cap-exempt and can file year-round. Factor this timeline into your negotiations and start the sponsorship conversation early in the process.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new project controls employer mid-project?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed, without waiting for approval, provided your previous petition was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer must file a fresh I-129 petition reflecting the new role, location, and prevailing wage. Project controls work that spans multiple job sites may also require amended petitions if the primary worksite changes materially.