Financial Operations | Analyst II

APS•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.SummaryThe Financial Operations Analyst II role provides analytical, operational and reporting support for financial programs and analytics, including enterprise operational metrics, equity and cash incentive plans and management reporting. This role independently performs financial and benchmarking analyses, works collaboratively with business areas to develop, track and understand the impact of tiered metric performance, and provides a variety of comprehensive solutions and support related to Company incentive programs. The role partners cross functionally to drive process improvements, automation, reporting solutions, and manage data gathering and analysis to support strategic decision-making and enterprise reporting initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelors' degree in finance, accounting economics, mathematics or related field
AND two years directly related financial analysis, data analytics or business operation or experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Knowledge of finance and economic analysis, business operations, or business planning.
Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) desirable.
Strong research, data management and effective communication skills a must. Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.) and database tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience with related analytical, financial, database, and/or business operations tools (i.e. Power BI, PeopleSoft, Bloomberg, Cognos and Hyperion)
LEAN certifications (Yellow Belt or higher)

Responsibilities

Perform analyses, benchmarking, and performance assessments to evaluate financial impacts, results reporting, and incentive plan outcomes
Support administration of company cash and equity incentive plans, ensuring accuracy and compliance; and support proxy statement preparation
Prepare and contribute to consistency and messaging development for ongoing management and board reporting
Partner across finance and accounting to develop and implement process improvements and automation to enhance efficiency and streamline processes
Facilitate cross-functional discussions, document action items, track progress, and support structured project management practices across initiatives
Develops comprehensive understanding of business unit measures and provides support in the tracking of incentive, equity plan and operational business metrics, including ensuring the company is leveraging the appropriate tools to complete this work.
Collaborate with financial operations groups in the compilation and evaluation of financial business scenarios and analytics, including ad hoc models for projects and/or workstreams related to O&M, Capital, and forecasting.
Provides support in the development, compilation, presentation and communication of performance report packages for management reporting and scenario analysis results, including identification of significant findings and conclusions through the use of existing technology and strong understanding of business unit financial, operations and regulatory related data.
Ensures reporting compliance by maintaining appropriate documentation, files, records or systems; provides support in compilation and submission of required external reporting and filings.
Provides support to the finance organization to enhance development and drive productivity of collaborative finance organization processes.
Provides support in the administration of Company cash and equity incentive plans, including knowledge of plan components, reporting, and software.
Provides training and support to business customers to ensure understanding of new or existing processes; may also provide training to team members within Finance and Accounting.
Partners with business units to embed continuous improvement principles into financial processes, driving efficiency and standardization. Helps identify, track, and provide project management and analytical support for continuous improvement and automation initiatives across Finance and Accounting. Ensures timely and effective communication of status, impacts, and outcomes to leaders, stakeholders, and cross functional teams.
Supports the enterprise business planning process, developing understanding of linkages to enterprise strategy and risk, tiered metrics, and related driver metric visualization and reporting.
Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the primary emerging issues facing the electric industry and Company business specifics.