Manager Wholesale Regional Planning

Vistra • Irving, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The position is responsible for the coordination of financial planning and analysis for asset operations in one of four operating regions, including development of high performance financial plans and projections and coordination of financial planning processes for their region. The manager will be supported by site-specific plant personnel that provide planning, budgeting & variance analysis input monthly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics or other related analytical discipline required
• 5 years finance work experience in a dynamic and analytical environment
• 1 year management experience with matrix responsibilities
• Experience in the competitive energy industry (power, natural gas)
• Strong information systems experience, financial and operational (e.g., data mining, financials, activity-based costing etc.)
• Experience with Host Analytics

Responsibilities

• Leads the financial projection, analysis, long-range planning and ad hoc financial and operational reporting processes for one of five operations regions, including tracking of overall regional and plant-level profitability
• Leads the development / utilization of planning tools and processes to coordinate capital, O&M and fuel cost tracking and reporting
• Works closely with the Planning Gross Margin Manager to understand impacts of market volatility on overall plant financial performance/EBITDA contribution
• Actively monitors actual results compared to plan, projection, and prior year for their region to ensure targets are met or exceeded
• Works closely with regional plant leaders to summarize financial results, provide corrective action as needed and support ad-hoc & strategic analysis, including quarterly business reviews for regional managers and/or other periodic performance updates as needed
• Ensures development & coordination of regional variance analysis to be included in the monthly Financial Operating Report
• Ensures the training and supports on-site Plant Admin Mgrs to ensure target performance levels and fulfill all long and short term group objectives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager