Budget Analyst Sr - Budget Analyst Prin

$83,413 - $104,267/Yr

American Electric Power Company - Shreveport, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Shreveport, LA

Utilities

About the position

The Budget Analyst Sr supports the O&M and Capital budgeting process, reprojections, variance/other standard/ad-hoc reporting and analysis, and the improvement requisition process for a business unit(s), corporate group(s), operating company(ies) and/or for AEP Consolidated. This role includes providing support for the related planning, budgeting and reporting applications and the billing/allocation processes. A Sr. budget analyst will be required to support all activities and will typically support multiple groups. This is a hybrid role reporting to the Travis Street address in Shreveport, LA.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and budgeting activities for the O&M and Capital resource allocation process; including long-range forecasts, detail budgets, re-projections and contingency plans.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly variance reports and provide meaningful analysis of drivers.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports as needed to support analysis.
• Support decisions affecting operation and maintenance activities, capital investment, customer service levels, and profitability objectives.
• Assist in routing and approval process for Improvement Requisitions; ensuring that Authorization Policy and IR Procedures are followed.
• Engage in developing and improving standardized processes surrounding budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and improvement requisitions.
• Perform special studies, analysis, investigations, and assignments as may be required.
• Provide assistance in regulatory proceedings related to financial matters including information for data requests, developing revenue requirements, special studies for Commissions, etc.
• Support Financial Model issues and work with Financial Forecasting and the opco's/bu's to resolve potential issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering.
• 4 or more years of relevant experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience in a functional Business Unit (Generation, Transmission, or Distribution), and/or Corporate Finance and/or Operating Company finance, and/or engineering related field is preferred.
• Knowledge/utilization of UI Budgets, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Office, and Business Objects relational database reporting desired.
• Familiarity with AEP accounting and use of Chartfields desired.

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• life_insurance
• paid_holidays
• tuition_reimbursement
• professional_development