Operations Business Analyst

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Job Summary

The Operations Business Analyst will work with business leaders, plant managers, asset managers, internal customers, vendors and other subject matter experts to provide support and direction to optimize the company’s business objectives.  This position is responsible for the preparation, analysis, consolidation, and presentation of all types of statistical data, information, trends and patterns for financial and operational data.

 

Essential Duties/ Responsibilities

• Maintains Facility accounting records in a manner consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and in support of NRG policies and procedures.

 

• Manage and direct the monthly accounting close process, variance analysis, reforecasting, budgeting, payroll allocation, accounts payable/receivable, payroll and the year-end audit process for the plant.

 

• Prepare and review of financial and operational business planning and forecasting activities, monthly variance analysis and financial reporting.

 

• Prepare journal entries and coordinate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end accruals and closing requirements.
• Accurately track, evaluate, and report on Capital and Major Maintenance projects monthly.

 

• Within PowerSAM, create new projects, create revisions to current projects, run economics, submit for necessary approvals and monitor projects between systems (PSAM & FPR).

 

• Communicates regularly and effectively with Management and all site personnel to prepare site operating budget and update monthly forecasts.

 

• Provides accounting advice and counsel to the Plant Manager. Responsible as the Point-of-contact for accounting.

 

• Responsible for the maintenance of accounting records, preparation of financial reports, and development and usage of statistical and accounting information. 

 

• Appraise operating results in terms of costs, budgets, trends, and earnings.

 

• Prepare and review of financial and operational business planning and forecasting activities in coordination with FP&A (FPR, SAP, PowerSAM, Plant Characteristics, and Planned Outage Schedules).

 

• Support all operations activities through collection and analysis of information and the dissemination of intelligence on financial and operational plant performance; perform detailed analysis and prepare comprehensive reports to support all business functions.

 

• Design and implement reports, tools, and presentations that lead to more effective and efficient decision making.

 

• Support all operations activities through collection and analysis of information and the dissemination of intelligence on financial plant performance; perform detailed analysis and prepare comprehensive reports to support all business functions.

 

• Utilize multiple data sources to collect, analyze, consolidate, and provide timely, accurate, presentation of financials (Capex, O&M, Deactivation, ARO). Utilize data sources appropriately for specific ad hoc assignments. Effectively convert data to meaningful information for management.

 

• Create Work Orders, process invoices and run cost reports out of SAP.

 

• Plant Business Process owner with responsibility for