Enterprise Strategy Specialist

JEA•Jacksonville, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides guidance and support for JEA’s strategic planning process, ensuring alignment to JEA’s mission and values, executive priorities, and long-term planning assumptions. Facilitates corporate business reviews focused on strategy implementation and performance. Supports the development of JEA’s long-term strategic plan, coordinating across the company to create plans based on measures for success that support JEA’s strategy. Supports the development and facilitation of JEA's business planning process, working directly with all levels of business groups to ensure implementation of strategic plans. Makes recommendations for discussion topics and strategic direction for leadership team and extended leadership team consideration. Provides guidance to business groups for the continued development and organizational penetration of JEA's three strategic corporate focus areas - Earn Customer Loyalty, Deliver Business Excellence and Develop an Unbeatable Team. Develops, implements, and monitors strategic direction and business plans in coordination with business groups to achieve organization goals and objectives related to organizational process improvement. Conduct research and partners with JEA business groups to understand industry trends; identify business growth and repositioning opportunities; analyze the value and risks of large capital investments; and shape JEA's long term strategic plan with a focus on best models and initiatives for municipal utilities. Conduct research and partners with JEA business groups on industry benchmarking and relative performance. Supports and informs JEA's annual strategic planning process, provides periodic updates, and communicates strategy throughout the organization. Consults, supports, and coordinates with business units to provide leading-edge concepts, programs, and initiatives, including process improvement opportunities ensuring organizational alignment. Assists in the preparation of Agenda Items and presentations for the JEA Board of Directors and stakeholder groups related to strategic initiatives. Assists with, long term planning, analysis of revenues, operations, financial and accounting analyses of business terms/agreements and their impacts on JEA customers, regulatory requirements etc. in coordination with appropriate JEA business groups. Supports process owners ensuring effective handoff procedures, practices, and measurements. Stays abreast of and complies with local, state, and federal legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation. Provides leadership and example in meeting JEA's safety and wellness goals. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in business, management, finance, engineering, or related field.
Five (5) years in electric, water, or wastewater utility operations, management, analytics, or consulting.
OR An equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training.
A valid driver's license is required prior to appointment and must be maintained during employment.

Responsibilities

Provides guidance and support for JEA’s strategic planning process, ensuring alignment to JEA’s mission and values, executive priorities, and long-term planning assumptions.
Facilitates corporate business reviews focused on strategy implementation and performance.
Supports the development of JEA’s long-term strategic plan, coordinating across the company to create plans based on measures for success that support JEA’s strategy.
Supports the development and facilitation of JEA's business planning process, working directly with all levels of business groups to ensure implementation of strategic plans.
Makes recommendations for discussion topics and strategic direction for leadership team and extended leadership team consideration.
Provides guidance to business groups for the continued development and organizational penetration of JEA's three strategic corporate focus areas - Earn Customer Loyalty, Deliver Business Excellence and Develop an Unbeatable Team.
Develops, implements, and monitors strategic direction and business plans in coordination with business groups to achieve organization goals and objectives related to organizational process improvement.
Conduct research and partners with JEA business groups to understand industry trends; identify business growth and repositioning opportunities; analyze the value and risks of large capital investments; and shape JEA's long term strategic plan with a focus on best models and initiatives for municipal utilities.
Conduct research and partners with JEA business groups on industry benchmarking and relative performance.
Supports and informs JEA's annual strategic planning process, provides periodic updates, and communicates strategy throughout the organization.
Consults, supports, and coordinates with business units to provide leading-edge concepts, programs, and initiatives, including process improvement opportunities ensuring organizational alignment.
Assists in the preparation of Agenda Items and presentations for the JEA Board of Directors and stakeholder groups related to strategic initiatives.
Assists with, long term planning, analysis of revenues, operations, financial and accounting analyses of business terms/agreements and their impacts on JEA customers, regulatory requirements etc. in coordination with appropriate JEA business groups.
Supports process owners ensuring effective handoff procedures, practices, and measurements.
Stays abreast of and complies with local, state, and federal legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation.
Provides leadership and example in meeting JEA's safety and wellness goals.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

13 paid holidays
Exceptional annual leave benefit to be used for vacation, personal and sick time
Three comprehensive medical plans offered as options for you and your dependents–including one plan with 100% paid coverage for the employee
Dental
Vision
Health accounts – employer sponsored HSA and HRA
Flexible spending accounts
Tuition reimbursement
Life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability and more
457 Deferred Compensation Plan
Variety of investment options to help them achieve their retirement goals
Healthy Lifestyles Wellness program
11 onsite fitness centers
Annual flu shots
Biometric screenings
Health risk assessments
Periodic access to an on-site mobile mammography unit