Supervisor - Budgeting

Cleco Power•Pineville, LA

13d

About The Position

At Cleco, we're not just powering lives—we're powering a cleaner, smarter future for Louisiana. With bold investments in innovative energy solutions, we’re transforming how we power our communities: smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable. This is a long-term commitment to our people and our communities because our future—and the future of generations to come—depends on it. If you're ready to make an impact where it matters most, join us at Cleco— where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow. The Supervisor - Budgeting is a senior level professional with knowledge of FP&A principles, practices, concepts, and theories. The incumbent works closely with the Manager of FP&A and leadership to build and maintain financial models and forecasts that enable the business to achieve their goals and manage financial results. The incumbent is responsible for carrying out FP&A activities with management such as developing operating plans, capital investments, forecasts, financial analysis and reporting, and supervising accurate financial closings. The incumbent collaborates with multiple stakeholders at both corporate and operational levels. The incumbent leads continual improvement of FP&A processes and systems, and mentors and develops staff with FP&A responsibilities.

Requirements

Maintain a strong knowledge of industry and technology trends, and regulatory requirements for FP&A
Ability to manage high workloads and conflicting priorities, and drive issues to resolution while maintaining an atmosphere of collaboration
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to interpret Finance KPIs/metrics and derive insights into actionable opportunities
Ability to operate effectively and proactively with an employee centric mindset
Detailed-oriented and high work standards in support of seamless execution
Strong interpersonal, negotiation, communications, writing, speaking, and listening skills
Thrive on working in a team and supporting others to achieve Finance goals/targets
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Accounting, Business or Finance preferred)
5+ years of related experience in FP&A or similar functions
2+ years People Management experience preferred
Experience and ability to lead FP&A staff across projects towards a common vision
Experience with Microsoft tools and applications required
Knowledge of GAAP, Internal Control processes

Nice To Haves

Experience with financial Systems (e.g., SAP) preferred

Responsibilities

Contribute to FP&A in development and execution of annual plans that drive year-over-year improvements; lead and manage all financial accounting, annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and the management accounting/reporting process for assigned areas.
Review and advise leaders on all financial/budgetary requirements and develop financial goals; effectively communicate financial risks and opportunities to leadership
Facilitate capital project initiation, vetting and priority ranking with respective plan management teams; ensure capital project documentation and approval is done within the compliance guidelines
Lead staff in reviewing the consolidated monthly financial results, challenge assumptions, and provide insight to key stakeholders; prepare and update functional level forecasts
Support decision-making by providing financial modeling and analysis to FP&A Manager and leadership; provide variance analysis for actual versus budget business plan and prior periods
Monitor and ensure adherence to the annual budget schedule and quarterly forecast updates, assist with preparing/distributing budget calendar and instructions, planning appropriate review meetings and assisting with providing targets
Use data and analytics to support continuous improvements to enhance program quality; participate in the integration of current systems (e.g., SAP) and analytical techniques to streamline current operations and improve efficiencies; assist with the integration of new technologies/current systems and analytical techniques to enhance or streamline current budgeting and planning processes; assist in the development and refinement of ERM/SAP functionality for FP&A
Lead process automation and design by identifying areas to reduce routine manual tasks; assist with the development and implementation of functional KPIs, management dashboards and/or performance metrics
Develop and evaluate employees to enhance their performance and development; communicate individual and team performance expectations with regular progress review and hold staff accountable to defined project milestones
Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence