Lead Financial Analyst

Entergy • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

This position will be filled as a Financial Analyst Lead or Senior Lead based on the candidate's experience and qualifications. Monitors, maintains, and completes key financial and operational functions, and participates in the reporting processes. Supports Entergy's Finance group by assisting with budget, reporting, controls, as well as highlighting key issues and exposing items that may impact profitability. Is involved in process improvement projects and ad hoc reporting, analysis, and financial modeling in support of business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Engineering, or equivalent work experience. Desired: MBA.
• Financial Analyst Lead: 5+ years of business experience in banking, finance, project development or related fields.
• Financial Analyst, Sr. Lead: 6+ years of business experience in banking, finance, project development or related fields.
• Proficient knowledge of MS Office, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision or within a team environment.
• Ability to analyze problems and create solutions.
• Significant knowledge of financial theory and valuation.
• Ability to understand and solve complex financial transactions.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple time sensitive projects effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Basic knowledge of financial theory and valuation.

Nice To Haves

• Desired: CPA, CFA, PE or similar certificates/licenses.

Responsibilities

• Creates financial models or analyses as needed and explain the results.
• Identifies and performs necessary updates to models and related systems. Processes documentation ensuring model output accuracy.
• Suggests and implements process improvements to benefit greater team.
• Communicates issues to teammates and internal/external customers in a clear fashion.
• Communicates with other departments to gather information about Entergy's businesses and transactions.
• Works in collaboration with business units to assess industry/market trends, commodity pricing, regulatory strategies, and to prepare financial comparative data for use in decision making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree