Analyst Sr II, Business Support

Southern Company•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Provide day-to-day Leadership Support, Strategy Implementation, and Business Unit/Project Support for the Utility Services team to ensure that positive operational and organizational goals are achieved in support of Net Income growth. This is achieved by strengthening the internal business processes, providing timely data and information to support business decisions, effectively supporting growth initiatives and profitability, and providing individualized support for the various business lines. This includes direct support of the Business Unit Manager and indirect support of the individual Sales teams. Responsibilities include Strategic Reporting and Analysis, Advisor to the Management Team, Business Unit Compliance and Oversight, New Product Implementation Support, Executive Management Presentations, Project Financial Tracking, Business Unit Organizational Support, Serve as Liaison between Accounting, Finance and Treasury, Customer Services, Corporate Services, Power Delivery, and Transmission Organizations for financial matters, Implement Incentive Plan Strategy and Administration, and Oversee/Lead Risk Mitigation activities. Provide input and support in creating budgets, financial projections, departmental workforce planning processes, dashboards, and goals monitoring.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
Broad understanding of the company's unregulated products and services, operations, policies, and procedures
Four or more years of experience in project cost tracking and cost analysis and reporting required
Prior experience managing organizational budgets is required
Strong entrepreneurial skills and understanding of margin calculations, sales goals, and revenue requirements
Previous experience working with multiple departments within Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or Sales is desired
Accounting and Finance experience is required
Previous experience developing and implementing key business solutions and applications
Strong understanding of Southern Company key financial, budgeting, invoicing, and procurement applications (e.g. Maximo, Oracle, Soar, CSS, Etc.) is required
Experience in New Product Implementation and support
Experience in Contracts Compliance
Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
Broad understanding of utility operations, policies and procedures
Ability to initiate and manage multiple and complex projects, and to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Ability to adapt to changing demands and reprioritize as necessary
Ability to use good judgment and to make sound decisions
Proficiency with computer skills including Microsoft Suite products (MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook) is required

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with multiple departments within Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or Sales is desired
Experience with incentive plan management, administration, policy and guidelines, and plan communications to drive sales is a plus

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day Leadership Support, Strategy Implementation, and Business Unit/Project Support for the Utility Services team
Strengthen internal business processes
Provide timely data and information to support business decisions
Effectively support growth initiatives and profitability
Provide individualized support for the various business lines
Direct support of the Business Unit Manager and indirect support of the individual Sales teams
Strategic Reporting and Analysis
Advisor to the Management Team
Business Unit Compliance and Oversight
New Product Implementation Support
Executive Management Presentations
Project Financial Tracking
Business Unit Organizational Support
Serve as Liaison between Accounting, Finance and Treasury, Customer Services, Corporate Services, Power Delivery, and Transmission Organizations for financial matters
Implement Incentive Plan Strategy and Administration
Oversee/Lead Risk Mitigation activities
Provide input and support in creating budgets, financial projections, departmental workforce planning processes, dashboards, and goals monitoring
Develop and maintain project cost tracking and analysis for the portfolio of products and services offerings
Develop and maintain strategic reporting and analysis in support of product portfolio
Provide new product implementation, design assistance, and support
Revenue reporting
Develop presentations as needed for various projects and requests in support of the Business Unit Manager and sales leadership teams
Facilitate monthly project meetings, including presentation materials
Manage the administration of the incentives plans for Customer Solutions, including policy updates, compliance, processing, and communications on payouts
Manage information between key partners and provide updates to Business Unit leadership and staff as needed (Accounting/Finance, region sales teams, Risk Management, HR, Compliance, Regulatory)
Support / lead special projects and serve on various committees as requested
Establish and maintain strong working relationships with Sales Managers, Project Managers, Business Operations, various sales leadership team members, support functions, and other key stakeholders in support of the organization
Represent Business Operations Manager at various meetings and internal and external events as required
Effectively support a diverse work group and create an engaging work environment by communicating a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others to achieve desired goals
Seen as a trusted team member due to depth of expertise and knowledge, confidence, decision making ability, consistency, honesty, and integrity
Ability to support challenging and meaningful goals, provide timely information and feedback, and courageously address financial performance issues quickly
Build and establish effective relationships/partnerships inside Sales, across functional boundaries and externally to engage the entire company to grow net income
Promote a high level of cooperation between work groups to create a positive and productive atmosphere in the organization
Push to develop new skills and abilities in support of organizational goals and to increase organizational efficiency
Ability to effectively support change in an intensely competitive and dynamic business environment
Support leaders and the management team in being bold and innovative, willing to take calculated risks in the constant pursuit of top line revenue and net income growth
Think outside the box, eliminate inefficiencies, use AI and Copilot