The Senior Financial Analyst provides financial support to the operation organization. Coordinates and supports the Monthly Financial Reporting. Monitors the departments’ financial budgets and annual financial forecasts along with regulatory plans and project analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Knowledge/Skill:

• Requires strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial and economic methodologies and theories, as well as the ability to understand the fiscal impact of business decisions.
• Highly motivated with ability to take an assignment and progress independently and produce accurate work.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Must be detailed oriented, problem solver with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Access, and other programs within the Microsoft Suite).
• `Preferable familiarity with accounting and reporting system like Power Plan and IBM Planning Analytics

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting preferred.

Experience:

• Five (5) plus years related work involving extensive exposure to financial analysis or accounting

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for producing monthly financial reports, annual budgets and monthly year - end forecast for the operation groups.
• Create or improve financial performance reporting including detailed analysis budget versus actual spending and forecast versus actual spending for Expense and Capital Projects.
• Review, analyze and assess project financials and identify anomalies and discrepancies and provide the findings to the management.
• Communicates results of and any issues with financial strategies including recommendations for course corrections to management.
• Prepares reports and presentations for all levels of management, including the Senior Leadership Team.
• Prepares financial projections for presentation to executive management.
• Provides information to management to ensure annual budgets and five-year forecasts are on target.
• Provides variance explanations on actuals versus budget of financials to management on a monthly basis.
• Works effectively with all levels of management in order to provide financial analysis and problem solves recommendations.
• Monitors capital projects to ensure they are in within compliance of threshold spending.
• Supports the development of rate case timelines and strategies as well as rate case proceedings.
• On call Emergency Response* assignment as necessary-Permanent only role