Senior Associate FP&A

Core Competencies:

Candidates need collaborative problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills, along with patience, a positive attitude and the ability to work in a demanding team environment. They should also possess the following competencies:

• Exceptional analytical and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to understand issues with a “big-picture” business perspective.
• Clear, concise communicator and good at telling a business story from numbers/data
• The ability to understand the business models of the organization and link to strategy
• Candidate is comfortable taking initiative and proposing, researching, and socializing solutions
• Candidates has high standards and takes pride in their work 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The FP&A Analyst’s duties will include the following (other duties may be assigned):

Forecasting & budgeting:

• Coordinate with strategic business units (SBUs) to receive timely and accurate inputs, explanations and analysis as needed for monthly and annual Corporate reporting process.
• Prepare the Company’s annual budget and monthly forecast process by consolidating and analyzing regional reports
• Deeply understand main performance drivers.
• Integrate analysis into monthly reporting process
• Provide analysis of expected forecast output for purposes of evaluating progress towards overall guidance expectations
• Investigate, explain, and present budget to actual variances to senior leadership

Investment Analysis:

• Prepare models for prospective investment opportunities, including business development projects and/or responses to customer requests for proposals.
• Analyze potential projects, including valuation and modelling to include NPV, IRR, ROE, capital requirements and annual cash and income contributions. This analysis often will require leading cross-functional efforts across AES in high-pressure environments.
• Provide input for presentations that will be sent to Investment Committee / Executive Leadership for purposes of driving investment and strategic decisions.

Other

• Prepare executive level reports and presentations of consolidated results and analysis
• Prepare presentations with business cases and sensitivities
• Be responsible for collaborating across the organization to develop and vet sound business assumptions
• Contribute to periodic and ad-hoc initiatives of the FP&A department
• Build relationships with various functional teams within AES

Requirement:

• 3+ years’ experience in FP&A or business valuation analysis
• Ability to work effectively with accounting systems
• Strong data analytics & business acumen
• Experience preparing and reviewing complex models in Excel
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Sound analytical, planning, and organizational skills
• Fluent in English
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred experience:

• FP&A experience preferred
• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) including experience with financial reporting, forecasting and analysis across the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
• Strong understanding of data analytics, and technology including but not limited to dash-boarding, data visualization, automation, AI, etc)
• Renewable energy experience preferred
• Desired skills: proficiency in PowerBI, Anaplan, BPC, ThinkCell