Senior Financial Analyst, Growth and Strategic Investments

AES • Dayton, OH

12d

About The Position

Senior Financial Analyst, Growth and Strategic Investments At AES, we raise the quality of life around the world by changing the way energy works. Everyone makes an impact every day on our small, global teams. Apply today to continue your extraordinary career at AES. The Senior Financial Analyst, Growth and Strategic Investments support the project management office (PMO) for the growth of investments at US Utilities. Under supervision from the PMO leadership, this role will provide financial oversight over the growth projects, including supporting the budget and forecast processes, tracking of spend to project completion, and monitoring operational processes relating to the project lifecycle and procure to pay. The Senior Financial Analyst, Growth and Strategic Investments will serve as a finance liaison for the PMO, with day-to-day coordination with teams in Controllership, FP&A, and Regulatory Affairs. In addition, this role will work cross functionally with supporting areas, such as the IT, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, and the AES Shared Services center. The Senior Financial Analyst, Growth and Strategic Investments will work with operations and other support functions to drive efficiencies and system adoption. This role will also support system implementations impacting the growth investments at the US Utilities and the PMO leadership with regulatory filings and the preparation of management reporting.

Requirements

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections
• Ability to deal with fast-paced, constantly changing environments with high levels of complexity and ambiguity
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner with business leaders and to balance priorities and achieve critical deadlines; capable of independent and critical, forward-looking and preemptive thought analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related field, required

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience with SAP and Power Plan (preferred)
• Power BI — dashboards, reports, and visualizations. (preferred)
• Understanding of fixed assets accounting
• Experience in Utility, Power or Energy industry, preferred

Responsibilities

• Under supervision, serves as the finance liaison for PMO and coordinates with supporting areas including IT, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, and the AES Shared Services center.
• Coordinate and manage digital access needs for contractors, including provisioning, modifying, and revoking accounts, permissions, and system access in a timely manner.
• Supports the tracking of projects spent for the PMO and regulatory reporting.
• Monitor end-to-end capital project lifecycle processes, from project creation to closure, purchase requisitions, and vendor payments, ensuring strong controls and operational excellence.
• Supports Digital Strategy and represents PMO for the implementation of Work Management system, Copperleaf system, and supports the implementation of Robotic Processing Automation and SAP enhancements for process efficiencies.
• Supports the PMO leadership with the preparation of regulatory filings, and presentations/reporting to the rest of the PMO and Senior Leaders.
• Supports the PMO leadership with ad hoc projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees