Senior Financial Analyst, Technology FP&A

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Job Summary:

Responsible for handling accounting oversite, metrics, and budgeting processes to facilitate accurate financial and performance planning and reporting of Technology FP&A. While providing stewardship and governance over Technologies finances in adherence to NRG’s policies and procedures.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Prepare annual budgets and ongoing forecasts in the financial planning system for assigned Technology functions
• Provide exceptional finance support and governance to Technology Leadership and their teams. Including, timely monthly reporting, performance reviews, and dashboard updates
• Investigate and provide timely insights of variances between monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and reforecasts to recorded spend
• Perform timely budget uploads to FPR and SAP, during each planning cycle
• Maintain capital labor reporting, Pcard reconciliations, and team management of the Finance NRG Technology Sharepoint
• Month end close processes including accruals, reclasses, and other journal entries
• Report creation, Excel modeling on trends, business performance, risks, and opportunities
• Perform Ad hoc analytics and strategic projects to support key initiatives, process improvements, and finance process effectiveness and efficiency
• Build, maintain and leverage relationships with various business partners
• Provide backup support and team coverage while managing independent assignments
• Other Duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience within Finance (FP&A for Operating & Capital expenses preferred)
• Applied accounting experience is required
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business, or related discipline; or equivalent professional experience.

  Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modeling skills
• Experience with reporting, planning and analysis software tools (FPR, HFM, Adaptive, SAP, or Tableau)
• Familiarity with Sharepoint and Power BI
• Strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills, with the ability to identify trends in financial data and develop creative solutions to address negative trends
• Ability to ensure accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial information
• Diverse thinking, ability to work with ambiguity, create ad hoc analysis and manage multiple priorities
• Drive to improve and/or automate processes, with the desire to learn, improve and progress professionally
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with senior management
• Strong understanding of Accounting principles
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and managing multiple priorities
• We especially value candidates with:
• Proven track record of driving meaningful financial impact
• Mindset to challenge ideas, make data-driven decisions, and think like a consultant
• Openness to change.

Working Conditions :

• Hybrid work segmentation – 3 days in office (M,T,T), and 2 days remote (W,F) per week
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary, especially during critical issue resolution, year-end, and quarter-end to achieve budgeting milestones

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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