Principal Financial Analyst

Description

• Promotes best practices of modeling techniques, methodologies, controls and documentation.
• Helps develop corporate financial strategy by interfacing with PSE management and building interdepartmental consensus on modeling assumptions, such as rate case strategies, O&M and Capital targets and financing strategies to optimize corporate financial performance.
• Continually improves forecast integrity by utilizing internal and external information resources, researching new financial metrics and modeling techniques, benchmarking, and data analytics.
• Leads, trains, and mentors staff in the development, administration, and analysis of the short-, mid-, and long-term corporate financial plans.
• Develops consensus around analytical approaches and cultivates ties across business groups.
• Contributes to or may lead the delivery of recommendations resulting from quantitative and qualitative analyses. Anticipates and identifies areas of opportunity or inherent business risks evident in the data and communicates action plans to stakeholders.
• Instructs investor analysts on modeling PSE business activity.
• Leads the process to update the monthly outlook and/or budget forecasts, and provides variance analyses. Presents the results to PSE directors and officers.
• Promotes accountability of financial assumptions and results across the organization by communicating to and educating business groups about financial implications of business operations.
• Develops comprehensive financial models and various ad-hoc strategic analyses throughout the planning cycle.
• Produces presentations for finance management committees and Board of Directors.
• Participates in the annual creation of the corporate mid and long-term financial plan. Facilitates and may lead the ongoing evaluation of the corporate mid and long-term financial plan.
• Supports various rate proceedings by answering data requests.
• Provides analytic direction to the business case team by structuring analytical problems, identifying areas for further analysis and summarizing results for decision-making.

Requirements

• Ability to work effectively without direct supervision in a fast paced, stressful, and multitasking environment
• Applicable Finance Certification (CFA, CPA, CTP)
• 5+ years of experience in the gas and/or electric industry
• 5+ years in finance roles with progressively increasing levels of responsibility
• Ability to adapt and react to unforeseen business decisions and situations
• Experience leading and delivering projects under tight deadlines
• Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills with the ability to interface effectively with all levels of management
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and create capacity
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field and/or equivalent experience with progressively increasing level of responsibility
• Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance