Senior Financial Analyst

TECO Energy • Tampa, FL

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Peoples Gas is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join its Financial Analytics team in Tampa, Florida. The role provides financial analysis and modeling expertise in support of long-term financial planning, customer growth, capital investments, regulatory strategy, and other business initiatives. The analyst independently evaluates complex financial and operational information, maintains financial models, creates dashboards and executive presentations, and collaborates across the organization to turn data into recommendations for business leaders.

The position also supports modernization of financial analytics through process improvements, automation, technology integration, and AI-enabled solutions. It works with teams including Sales, Business Development, Regulatory Affairs, Accounting, Engineering, Operations, and Data Analytics to improve financial analysis, data quality, and reporting. Team members receive an incident response assignment and related training, and may participate in drills or exercises for emergency scenarios.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field such as Business Analytics.
• At least 5 years of related professional experience; an advanced degree may substitute for one year of required work experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including complex financial modeling, data analysis, and executive-level presentations.
• Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, and regulated utility concepts, including rate base, revenue requirements, cost recovery, and rate structures.
• Ability to develop, audit, and interpret integrated financial models, including financial statements, discounted cash flow, sensitivity, and scenario analyses.
• Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear insights, conclusions, and recommendations for management.
• Ability to apply model-governance and data-quality practices, including assumption control, documentation, validation, version management, and reconciliation.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with sound judgment in managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to lead cross-functional analytical projects and provide technical guidance, peer review, and mentoring to other analysts as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
• Related work experience in a utility environment.

Responsibilities

• Independently develop financial analyses to evaluate strategies and investment opportunities involving long-term financial planning, customer feasibility and growth, capital projects, commercial terms, corporate initiatives, and regulatory considerations.
• Apply discounted cash flow, sensitivity, scenario, and other applicable regulatory financial methodologies to evaluate alternatives and recommend actions to management.
• Maintain and improve financial models and reporting, document assumptions, support model validation and peer review, and maintain version and change controls.
• Reconcile financial information and validate data; incorporate relevant accounting, tax, regulatory, and business-process changes into models and methodologies.
• Maintain, enhance, and develop financial dashboards, reports, and executive presentations.
• Collect and validate financial information, reconcile project-level and consolidated results, analyze pro forma performance, and identify trends and key financial drivers.
• Translate complex quantitative information into clear conclusions and actionable recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and systems, support automation, and develop or enhance models and reporting tools.
• Integrate databases and technology into financial processes and explore or develop AI-powered solutions for data integrity, standardization, transparency, project tracking, and decision-making.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and Data Analytics to identify reliable source data, define financial requirements, streamline analysis, and improve reporting of key metrics.
• Lead cross-functional analytical projects and provide technical guidance, peer review, and mentoring to other analysts as needed.
• Fulfill an assigned incident response role, complete related training, and potentially participate in emergency drills or exercises.

What This Job Offers

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