Plant Business Manager

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Job Summary:

The Business Manager will work with business leaders, plant managers, and asset managers, internal customers, vendors and other subject matter experts to provide support and direction to optimize the company’s business objectives and operational performance. This position is responsible for the analysis, consolidation, and presentation of all types of statistical data, information, trends and patterns for plant operations performance and financial data. The incumbent will also drive operational improvements within operations through the identification and resolution of process improvement opportunities.

 

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support all operations activities for multiple gas plants 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.
• Utilize multiple data sources to collect, analyze, consolidate, and provide timely, accurate, presentation of all types of mission-critical business metrics, trends, and patterns within plant operations; including plant performance (availability and reliability), safety, and financials (Capex, O&M, and G&A). Utilize data sources appropriately for specific ad hoc assignments. Effectively convert data to meaningful information for executives.
• Design and implement reports, tools, and presentations that lead to more effective and efficient decision-making. Examples include monthly and quarterly scorecards, strategic reports, and dashboards.
• Delegate and communicate management responsibility as a centralized decision maker; act as a control device for senior management.
• Plant Business Process owner with responsibility for all plant business and administrative policies. 
• Identify opportunities for workflow/process improvements and work with functional areas to jointly develop ways to enhance productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness through the appropriate application.
• Accurately track, evaluate, and report on NRG’s Capital and Major Maintenance projects monthly.
• Assist in the preparation and review of financial and operational business planning and forecasting activities in coordination with FP&A (PowerSam, Plant Characteristics, and Planned Outage Schedules).
• Develop, manage, and track the Plant AIP metric process.
• Assemble, prepare, and submit quarterly Benchmarking Data for the organization.
• Prepare ad hoc reports and analyses as necessary and in a clear, timely manner.
• Work closely with other members of the organization, building relationships and the understanding of organizational roles within NRG while establishing productive & influential relationships across all functional areas to ensure consistent and well-coordinated presentation and analysis.
• Manage and direct the monthly accounting close process, variance analysis, departmental budgeting, payroll allocation, accounts payable/receivable, payroll and the year-end audit process for their respective plant.
• Promote and maintain an environment of teamwork and cooperation among staff.
• Serve as an NRG representative on issues with project / outage partners and external contractors.
• Supervise the preparation of required information to external customers.
• Provide financial information to NRG management, including directing and preparing monthly operating results, variance reporting, project cost information, and forecasting.
• 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 an