Remote Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Summary

Clean Power Alliance is seeking an experienced Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to join their team. The role involves managing budgeting, financial planning, analysis, and reporting, as well as assisting in the agency's financial reporting, supporting credit risk management, and providing insight into CPA’s financial risk and performance.

Requirements

• Excellent Microsoft Excel and analytical skills
• Knowledge and experience with commercial credit analysis and management, ideally in the energy sector
• In-depth experience with financial planning, financial analysis, budgeting, and financial reporting
• Deep understanding of the interactions between systems and how business processes are enabled and impacted by those systems
• Experience in developing financial systems and performing analytics for an energy-related market participant is required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and oversee the implementation of annual budgeting and budget amendment processes
• Collaborate with budget owners to develop cost center budgets and financial forecasts
• Manage the integration of the approved annual budget data with the accounting system and generate and distribute the monthly actual vs budget report for each cost center
• Develop and present budgets and supporting analyses and reports to senior management and board committees
• Develop and maintain systems to reconcile financial forecasts (including budgets) to actual financial results
• Collaborate with cost center managers and subject matter experts to explain deviations between actuals and forecasts
• Collaborate with Non-energy Contract Manager to develop and maintain systems to capture contract data, report contract spending, and facilitate spending estimation for the balance of the contract term

Preferred Qualifications

Working knowledge of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) is preferred

Benefits

• Health care
• A 401(k)-like match program
• Paid vacation and sick leave