Plant Business Manager - East

Description

• Develop, manage, and track the Plant AIP metric process.
• Work closely with other members of the organization, building relationships and the understanding of organizational roles within NRG while establishing productive & influential relationships across all functional areas to ensure consistent and well-coordinated presentation and analysis.
• Ensure major maintenance intervals are tracked, scheduled, and budgeted appropriately.
• Occasionally requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.)
• Responsible for the maintenance of accounting records, preparation of financial reports, and development and usage of statistical and accounting information.
• Assist in the preparation and review of financial and operational business planning and forecasting activities in coordination with FP&A and in conjunction with FPR, PowerSAM, Unit Characteristic Portal, and Planned Outage Scheduling.
• Support plant leadership on the annual development and preparation of the 5-Year Budget, Business Plan, and Business Plan Presentation.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting monthly, quarterly, and annual variances to budget and prior forecasts and keeping plant leadership informed and on track with meeting approved budget.
• May be required to work around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials and chemicals
• Plant Business Process owner with responsibility for all plant business and administrative policies.
• Provide financial information to management, including directing and preparing monthly operating results, variance reporting, project cost information, and forecasting.
• This role will provide support to the regional business managers in both the East and Texas regions.
• Accurately track, evaluate, and report on Labor, Base O&M, VOM, Major Maintenance, Maintenance Capex and Environmental Capex.
• Ensure that 5-Year Business Plans are maintained and up to date.
• Prepare various ad hoc reports and analyses as necessary and in a clear, timely manner.
• Design and implement reports, tools, and presentations that lead to more effective and efficient decision-making.
• Oversee, manage and direct the monthly accounting close process, variance analysis, departmental budgeting, payroll allocation, accounts payable/receivable, payroll and the year-end audit process for their respective plant.
• Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 compliance.
• Utilize multiple data sources to collect, analyze, track, consolidate, and provide timely, accurate, presentation of all types of mission-critical business metrics, trends, and patterns within plant financials.
• Track and update actual spend, budget and forecast related to deactivation, ARO and environmental liabilities

Requirements

• Knowledge of applicable safety and environmental regulations in industrial environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or accounting and ten (10) years related business experience including demonstrated knowledge and experience of accounting standards and principles by preparing and managing operating budgets
• Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary especially during critical issue resolution and to achieve project milestones.
• Business travel to plant sites and corporate offices will be common and will require overnight trips.
• Comprehensive knowledge and strict adherence to NRG business practices, procedures and principles.
• Ten (10) years of power plant and energy industry experience
• Valid state driver’s license
• Proficiency, or willing to develop proficiency, in specialized NRG business applications such as PowerSAM, PowerGADS, FPR, Unit Characteristic Portal, Outage Scheduling Software (OSS), and SAP.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required as well as the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups This will be demonstrated across large and small groups of peers or superiors.
• Required to work with budget and communicate strategic plans aligning projects with Long-Term Service Agreements and general accounting practices associated with MSA’s.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products such as Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint. PowerBI experience and dashboard development is a plus.
• Decision making, problem solving, analytical analysis and critical thinking skills required.
• Will be highly organized and able to prioritize deadlines in work-intensive environments.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with office opportunities in either Houston, Pittsburgh, or Princeton.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance