Financial Operations |Senior Analyst

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

Summary

The Financial Operations Senior Analyst role provides analytical, operational and reporting support for enterprise operational metrics, equity and cash incentive plans and management reporting. This role independently performs financial and benchmarking analyses, works collaboratively with business areas to develop, track and understand the impact of tiered metric performance, and provides a variety of comprehensive solutions and support related to Company incentive programs.  The role partners cross‑functionally to drive process improvements, automation, and reporting solutions, and manages data gathering and analysis to support strategic decision‑making and enterprise reporting initiatives.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform analyses, benchmarking, and performance assessments to evaluate financial impacts, results reporting, and incentive plan outcomes
• Support administration of company cash and equity incentive plans, ensuring accuracy and compliance; support proxy statement preparation  
• Prepare and contribute to consistency and messaging development for ongoing management and board reporting
• Partner across finance and accounting to develop and implement process improvements and automation to enhance efficiency and streamline processes
• Partner with finance, business operations, and other stakeholders to support enterprise‑wide reporting initiatives, cross‑functional workstream analyses, processes, and recurring reporting solutions

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors' degree in finance, accounting economics, mathematics or related field
• AND five (5) years' related experience in financial analysis or in a financial, data analytics, or business operations related position in the utility or energy services industry
• Comprehensive knowledge of finance and economic analysis, business operations, or business planning.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Strong research, data management and effective management communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.) and database tools.

 

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications:

• Strong experience with related analytical, financial, database, and/or business operations tools (i.e. Power BI, PeopleSoft, Bloomberg, Cognos and Hyperion).
• LEAN certifications (Yellow Belt or higher).

Major Accountabilities

1) Develops comprehensive understanding of business unit measures and provides support in the tracking of incentive, equity plan and operational business metrics, including ensuring the company is leveraging the appropriate tools to complete this work. 

2) Collaborate with financial operations groups in the compilation and evaluation of financial business scenarios and analytics, including ad hoc models for projects and/or workstreams related to O&M, Capital, and forecasting. 

3) Provides support in the development, compilation, presentation and communication of performance report packages for management reporting and scenario analysis results, including identification of significant findings and conclusions through the use of existing technology and strong understanding of business unit financial, operations and regulatory related data.  

4) Ensures reporting compliance by maintaining appropriate documentation, files, records or systems; provides support in compilation and submission of required external reporting and filings.  

5) Provides support to the finance organization to enhance development and drive productivity of collaborative finance organization processes. 

6) Provides support in the administration of Company cash and equity incentive plans, including knowledge of plan components, reporting, and software. 

7) Provides training and support to business customers to ensure understanding of new or existing processes; may also provide training to team members within Finance and Accounting. 

8) Partners with business units to embed continuous improvement principles into financial processes, driving efficiency and standardization. Helps identify, track, and provide project management and analytical support for continuous improvement and automation initiatives across Finance and Accounting. Ensures timely and effective communication of status, impacts, and outcomes to leaders, stakeholders, and cross functional teams 

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