Financial Analyst Sr
About The Position
The Financial Analyst Senior prepares financial forecasts, variance analyses, and ad hoc analyses of strategic opportunities. The role also analyzes and makes recommendations regarding regulatory and general business strategy. The position works with operating company personnel to develop forecasts using corporate financial models, tracks and evaluates operating company, segment, and consolidated forecasts, and provides analysis to support better forecasting and understanding of financial results. It also evaluates business opportunities and identifies opportunities to improve processes, reduce costs, and enhance revenue.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree; preferred majors include accounting, finance, economics, business administration, or engineering.
- At least 4 years of work experience in the disciplines mentioned in the education requirement.
- Presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, UI Financial Model, PeopleSoft, and Business Objects.
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and comfortably with all levels of the organization.
- Strategic thinking.
- Relationship-building skills.
- Teamwork.
Responsibilities
- Initiate and formulate financial forecasts with operating company personnel using corporate financial models, identifying significant strategic issues and alternative or contingency plans.
- Perform monthly and quarterly analyses of budget-versus-actual and actual-versus-prior-year results to improve future forecasts, help operating companies understand financial results, and assist Financial Reporting with SEC reporting.
- Identify needed customer rate changes and recommend their timing and amount.
- Track and evaluate operating company, segment, and consolidated forecasts, including compiling intra-year estimates.
- Develop and present compelling explanations of key earnings drivers for senior management and the board of directors.
- Conduct special strategic evaluations of corporate business opportunities and assist with recommendations based on evaluation results.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, cost savings, and revenue enhancement.
- Analyze and make recommendations on regulatory and general business strategy.
Benefits
- AEP describes its benefits package as comprehensive and intended to support employees' overall well-being; individual benefits are not specified.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
