Lead Finance Analyst

Job Description Summary

The FP&A Team is a small team that sits at the enterprise level of the Nuclear Business Finance Team that serves as a financial and analytical hub between the core business units, functions, HQ Vernova, senior management, and Board of Directors. As a team, it covers a wide variety of responsibilities, from defining and driving budgeting and forecasting decisions, to designing and maintaining executive related reporting, strategic and business case support. As a team member, you are a financial and analytical athlete expected to:

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead consolidation of LT and ST Planning and Forecasting process for Quality Functional Team (i.e., Strategic Plan, Budget and quarterly forecasting, monthly pacing for income statement, cost categories, and headcount)
• Consolidate the financial plans into one flexible model that can be the basis for both internal and external reporting.
• Drive the preparation of materials and supporting schedules for the income statement for the business internal leadership reviews and presentations.
• Identify and track trends, metrics, and other business driver that drive business performance and deliver synthesized analytical insight to highlight key business performance risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Drive detailed variance analysis of actual results versus forecast and prior periods in coordination with controllership, including detailed analysis of revenue, cost of goods sold, SG&A and all key accounts, and be able to articulate key operating metrics and identify headwinds and tailwinds
• Lead the development of process improvements in collaboration with the larger finance and IT team, including tactical automation and dashboarding through Tableau
• Drive initiatives to improve processes and reduce workload for direct staff and finance managers within the value streams
• Drive the Income Statement Data Request required by Corporate and Energy Co for Monthly and Quarterly request
• Drive the closing and reporting process for income statement metrics and supplemental data collection
• Drive internal pacing files for the Nuclear business, coordinating with various Finance Managers to obtain inputs and troubleshoot disconnects
• Support Senior Income Statement Manager in ad-hoc data requests
• Drive improving efficiencies and performance as well as providing quality financial information to drive productivity and profitability
• Participate in simplification projects that will facilitate and increase capacity for value-added financial analysis

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Master Degree Preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of related finance experience
• Proficient English speaker.

• Energetic, enthusiastic, self-starter
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and ability to react to emerging priorities
• Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Ability to lead projects with moderate risks and resource requirements.
• Ability to explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
• Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
• Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact the function.
• Takes new perspective on existing solutions.
• Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft office, Visio, Tableau, Power BI