Financial Analyst

Responsibilities This position provides analytical, technical and communication support for the District's financial planning process as well as operational decision making.
It includes the preparation and analysis of budgets and corporate financial forecasts which provide projections of District expenses, capital expenditures, revenues, financing and resulting financial statistics and statements.
The position responsibilities include develop, implement, maintain and execute Hyperion budgeting reports, financial simulation systems and operational systems used to report the latest financial, planning, budgeting and managerial accounting data and assumptions.
This position is given complex assignments involving financial analysis, project reviews, and planning and projection scenarios.
This position has a broad knowledge of financial practices and procedures and a general understanding of utility operations and is challenged to use originality in developing value-added solutions and strategy recommendations to management.
This position provides training on budget matters to the enterprise.
1.
Assist in the preparation of the annual Corporate Operating Plan.
- Support the preparation, consolidation and reporting of the Corporate Operating Plan and associated periodic revisions to provide information for management decisions.
- Assist with the preparation of annual corporate and departmental responsibility, capital, operating and other budgets and operating plans.
2.
Analyze financial data to evaluate deviations from expectations.
- Assist with the preparation and verification of corporate financial forecasts that combine projections of District revenues, expenses and capital expenditures to determine both future revenue requirements and additional financing requirements in order to meet the financial objectives established by Executive Leadership.
These forecasts include financial statements and statistics, cash flow projections and other related supporting schedules.
- Analyze, evaluate, refine and compare financial plans, policies, philosophies and rate activities resulting from various management strategies, goals and assumptions.
- Prepare analytical, variance and statistical reports, financial forecasts, special studies and develop information systems' tools necessary for all levels of management decision making and planning, including cost benefit analyses, trend analysis, alternative scenarios and analyses of key financial and operating ratios.
- Assist in the development, analysis, preparation, review and documentation support for corporate performance.
3.
Assist with the preparation, review, and support information for the monthly financial reports for the District's Board of Directors and Executive Leadership.
4.
Assist with the design, development, administration, maintenance, execution, verification, end-user training, and documentation of various budgeting and planning information systems including administering databases and interfaces.
5.
Support special requests for information as needed.
Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, engineering or other business-related area.
Incumbent must periodically update his/her knowledge through formal training to assure current knowledge of relevant practices.
- Three years of work-related experience.
- Must possess excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, decision-making and communications skills.
- Must be able to manage several projects simultaneously and be able to effectively respond to user problems and requests as they arise.
- Requires thoroughness, accuracy, excellent documentation skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, self-motivation and management skills, effective presentation skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
- Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience using, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and query tools or similar software.
Desired: - Professional certification (e.
g.
CPA, CMA).
- Knowledge of the electric industry.
- Understanding of utility accounting (FERC) and budgeting practices.
- Experience with information technology, asset management terminology and/or processes is beneficial.
Closing Statement S4: Base: $86,386 Midpoint: $107,982 At Omaha Public Power District, we're passionate about three things: power, the people who make it, and the people who rely on it.
WE ARE: Where the Light Starts.
OPPD is the 12th-largest public power utility in the U.
S.
, serving over 850,000 people across 5,000 square miles and 13 counties.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO: Each other and the people we serve.
This commitment drives us.
We're dedicated to providing our communities with affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy services today, tomorrow, and well into the future.
OUR JOB: To provide power with a purpose.
We have real impact - on people's lives, on the environment, and on the future of energy.
We're always looking for bright, capable people who want an opportunity to lead from where you are, wherever you are, and know that your ideas will be heard.
If you want to be a source of real, positive change for the community and the people who live in this region, then working for a company acknowledged for caring about these same things is likely a priority for you as well.
Org Marketing Statement EOE: Protected Veterans/Disability How To Apply Apply online at www.
oppd.
com on or before February 14, 2024.
Recruiter: Jennifer Skupa - jkskupa@oppd.
com #LI-JS1 **PLEASE NOTE** - Your application has not been submitted unless you have applied for a specific requisition.
If you have not chosen a specific opening, your application will remain in 'DRAFT' form and will not be viewed by our Human Capital staff.