Senior Financial Analyst
NRG•Houston, TX
•Hybrid
About The Position
As a Senior Financial Analyst supporting the Retail business, you will own key forecasting, performance reporting, and financial modeling deliverables used by leaders to make day-to-day and strategic decisions. You will lead monthly reporting and variance analysis, translate financial and operational data into clear insights and recommendations, and partner with cross-functional teams to improve data quality, reporting processes, and business outcomes. This role is ideal for an analyst who is comfortable working with large datasets, building models, and communicating findings to a range of stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or accounting from an accredited college or university
- Expertise in ERP systems (Oracle, SAP), Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. advanced Excel) and other financial reporting tools
- Works independently using initiative and self-motivation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excels in quickly conceptualizing data to make decisions to take appropriate action
- Good written skills to document processes, policies and procedures
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Proficient in communicating to a wide range of audiences in both written and oral form
- Comfortably handles risk and uncertainty
Nice To Haves
- 5-8 years of finance experience within the energy industry or a shared services model
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and reporting
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain complex financial models that forecast detailed profit and loss, cash flows, and balance sheets
- Work closely with the Retail teams to determine appropriate modeling assumptions and ensure they are reasonable and accurate
- Prepare monthly & annual presentations for Retail leadership including creating and/or updating graphs and charts for financial and non-financial data
- Gather, analyze, prepare, and summarize recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, future requirements, operating forecasts, etc.
- Prepares monthly variance analyses
- Assist in the development of standardized reporting of key performance indicators that will be reported in monthly scorecards
- Foster relationships with various departments within NRG while continually seeking opportunities to improve processes
- Partner with various departments to resolve technical issues affecting financial analyses
- Monitors effectiveness of business processes, conducts analysis, makes recommendations, and coordinates implementation for system and process improvements
- Participate in and complete special projects as assigned by management
Benefits
- NRG employee benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
