Regional Business Manager - East

NRG Energy•Pittsburgh, PA

29d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You'll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future! This position requires travel to the plants located on the North East. The primary function of this position is to support NRG's generation fleet. Responsibilities include: Budgeting, forecasting and business planning, Spend analysis and variance reporting, PowerSAM support and project economic analysis, Validation of Annual Incentive Program (AIP) tracking and Budget Exception reporting, Summarizing and presenting financial and operational data to executive management. This role requires a strong technical understanding of conventional power generation assets combined with excellent organizational and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups.

Requirements

Five to ten years relevant, heavy industry or conventional power plant experience.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products such as Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint. PowerBI experience and dashboard development is a plus.
Proficiency, or willing to develop proficiency, in specialized NRG business applications such as PowerSAM, PowerGADS, FPR, UC portal, OSS and SAP.
Decision making, problem solving, analytical analysis and critical thinking skills required.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required as well as the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups This will be demonstrated across large and small groups of peers or superiors.
Will be highly organized and able to prioritize deadlines in work-intensive environments.
Will remain focused and calm in the face of distractions and changing priorities and will have the ability to influence others to do the same.
Required travel to plant sites to perform duties and responsibilities.
Required to follow and use all appropriate personal protective equipment if working in a plant environment.

Nice To Haves

BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics or related quantitative field.
10+ years of industry experience with at least 5 years or more directly related to plant operations or heavy industry required.
Comprehensive knowledge of the power industry including power and commodity markets, rules, and regulations and how these affect/impact plant operations.
Strong operations background that includes asset optimization, investment, and project finance analysis.
Demonstrated track record in delivering internal improvement projects in a large and diverse organization.

Responsibilities

Lead and drive the budgeting, forecasting and business planning process across the generation fleet
Provide support and training to plant business analysts and managers
Provide the tools and templates required for budgeting, reforecasting, and various reporting
Assist in the preparation and review of financial results, forecasting activities and variance reporting in coordination with FP&A (FPR, SAP, PowerSAM, Plant Unit Characteristics, and Planned Outage Schedules)
Accurately track, evaluate, and report on NRG's Labor, Base O&M, VOM, Major Maintenance, Maintenance Capex and Environmental Capex
Work with plant business analysts and managers on monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, and full year spend analysis and variance reporting
Develop and improve on business management processes especially around data automation
Assist in ad hoc analysis that ensures the fleet and stations have an effective spend plan to achieve Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditures
Summarize and present monthly, quarterly, and annual performance financial reporting
Manage the Forecast Portal and Dashboards for reporting on FPR adjustments when outside of a forecast month
Prepare regional financial reports for the VPs of Operations
Track and update actual spend, budget and forecast related to deactivation, ARO and environmental liabilities
Effectively convert financial data to meaningful information for executive management
Provide the required environmental capex support for the filing of the 10Q and 10K reports