Senior Analyst - Technical Project, National Reimbursement

Role Overview

The Technical Project Analyst, National Reimbursement is a hands-on technical review and state team support role within the Material Services team responsible for evaluating the feasibility, eligibility, and strategic alignment of reimbursement-funded projects across California and emerging EPR states.

Reporting to the Technical Project Principal Analyst, this role supports state teams by reviewing proposed projects against applicable regulatory requirements, covered-cost criteria, operational realities, technical assumptions, and CAA’s strategic priorities to support defensible reimbursement recommendations. This is a position in the Material Services department of Program Planning and Operations (PPO), which also includes Compliance & Regulatory Affairs (CRA), Data & Analytics (D&A) and Emerging States.

The Analyst performs detailed technical assessments of funding requests, including reviewing project scopes, supporting documentation, cost assumptions, implementation plans, operational impacts, performance expectations, and claimed alignment with regulatory and program requirements. The role helps determine whether proposed projects are practical, allowable, well-supported, feasible, and likely to advance CAA’s reimbursement, compliance, recycling, and circularity objectives, serving as the initial screen for these matters before appropriate items are advanced to the Grant and Reimbursement Analyst within the National Reimbursement Office for further reimbursement processing and analysis.

The role collaborates with the Principal Analyst and internal teams such as Legal, State level operations teams, Data & Analytics, Materials Services, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Finance, and other CAA functional teams to obtain the subject matter input needed to assess project feasibility, reimbursement eligibility, technical validity, and program value. The Analyst prepares clear findings, questions, recommendations, and decision-support materials for review by the Technical Project Principal Analyst and other internal stakeholders. The Senior Analyst also supports the continued improvement of review procedures, application review tools, templates, and documentation practices by identifying recurring issues, gaps, and process improvement opportunities.

The position requires strong technical judgment, regulatory comprehension, analytical discipline, practical project review experience, and the ability to identify risks, gaps, unsupported assumptions, and opportunities to improve project value before reimbursement decisions are made.

Key Responsibilities

- Technical Feasibility Review:Conduct hands-on technical review of proposed reimbursement projects to assess feasibility, practicality, implementation readiness, and alignment with stated objectives.

- Regulatory & Program Alignment Review:Review funding requests for alignment with applicable EPR laws, regulations, program plan requirements, covered-cost criteria, and CAA reimbursement policies.

- Strategic Priority Assessment:Assess whether proposed projects advance CAA’s strategic priorities, including regulatory compliance, improved recycling outcomes, operational effectiveness, equitable service delivery, system modernization, and measurable program value.

- Application Review & Technical Due Diligence:Review reimbursement applications and supporting materials to determine whether the proposed project is sufficiently defined for technical assessment.

- Assessment of Funding Requests:Assess reimbursement applications todeterminewhether requested funding is technically justified, adequately documented, and connected to eligible program outcomes.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration:Work collaboratively across internal teams—including Legal, State level operations teams, Data & Analytics, Materials, Finance, Planning, and Compliance & Regulatory Affairs—to obtain inputs needed for technical, regulatory, operational, and financial review.

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