Lead Analyst - Business Analysis&Planning

Iberdrola • Boston, MA

2d • $90,000 - $109,500 • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the analytics and reporting associated with the financial planning/forecasting processes for Avangrid Management Company. This position has a focus on business analysis and technical processes related to the preparation of the annual budget/quarterly forecasts and analysis of financial results as it relates to Avangrid.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in a finance or accounting capacity in an industry relevant to job requirements
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with data analytics tools (Altreryx, Power BI, Microstrategy, or similar).
• 3 to 5 years’ experience with SAP, BPC preferred.
• Business Administration or Accounting degree required, MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
• Proven knowledge of technical accounting and Financial Statements (preferably in the energy sector) in US GAAP and IFRS.
• Demonstrable information systems skills in both ledger and financial planning/reporting systems.
• Data base, building and mining demonstrated experience.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of the corporate hierarchy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Skilled to work independently with management oversight.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
• preferably in the energy sector

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the Avangrid consolidated annual budget and quarterly forecasts along with its corresponding analysis in order to assist management of the company and the main shareholders in proper decision making.
• Providing monthly analysis compared to budget, forecast and prior year including qualitative and interpretative explanations of the primary income statement (Gross Margin, O&M, Depreciation, and Finance Costs), balance sheet, cash flow, and KPI variances.
• Budgeting and planning for the Corporate business segment, finance income/cost, depreciation, income tax and Personnel Cost.
• Managing the group’s financial reporting tools.
• Ownership of loading and data integrity of the reporting system (BPC) involving reconciling to the primary ledger system (SAP) and other systems of record for the monthly actual, quarterly forecast, and annual budget information.
• Optimizing and automating reports and internal processes within the team.
• Support the Management of the company in ad-hoc information requests and analysis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree