Business Planning/Budget Analyst Sr-Lead

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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tampa Electric<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is a subsidiary of Emera Inc., a family of energy companies which also includes TECO Peoples Gas and New Mexico Gas Company. Emera provides energy to residential and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, with career opportunities available in all of these locations. 

 

 

POSITION CONCEPT 
Provide business planning support to successfully operate the utility in a changing environment.  With direction from the Manager, develop annual and multi-year operations budgets and forecasts.  This includes supporting the development of the annual operations budgets and business plan processes; communication to team members regarding financial matters, cost management and areas for improvement.  Provide financial support and a business perspective to assist the overall operations of the company including all business segments, corporate departments and senior management.

 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Budgeting and Forecasting

• Independently prepare significant portions of the annual budget and monthly reforecasts; including revenues, O&M and/or capital.  Support Manager and Accounting Department in development of overall financial statement budgets, including income statement, balance sheet and cash flows. Supports Manager in production of multi-year forecasts and long-term planning efforts.  Support the development of the ten-year forecast.

Cost Control

• Work closely with operations management on cost tracking and cost management efforts.  Provide financial analysis support to all business units, corporate departments and senior management. Create/maintain financial models and/or business intelligence tools using appropriate data gathering techniques to assist department managers with operational decisions.

Variance Analysis and Reporting

• Independently prepare monthly budget/forecast/actual variance analysis reports, month-end financial results package (including earnings reconciliation), along with other operational/efficiency reports.  Analyze results and prepare events analysis summary and monthly variance explanations.  Work closely with the business units’ operations staff to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare charts, graphs or summaries as needed to support analysis and presentation of results and forecasts. Perform a variety of economic evaluation and planning duties to support acquisition activities, corporate planning and quality control of justification for capital expenditures.

Business Area Communications 

• Communicate to team members regarding financial matters, cost management and areas for improvement. Conduct problem solving activities and identify profit and cost control opportunities along with other accounting related activities.    

Company O&M, Capital & other income statement & balance sheet components 

• Assist the company in its accumulation and decision-making related to all O&M, Capital and ot