Financial Analyst I (Contract/Temp)

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepares forecasts and analysis of trends in finance and general business.
• Identifies trends and developments in competitive environments.
• Reconciles accounts.
• Collections and analyzes financial information.
• Tracks organizations progress against financial goals.
• Creates financial models.
• Assists with the annual compliance and financial reporting.
• Assists in the preparing the quarterly and annual filings.
• Assists with updates to the company’s tariffs.
• Ensures tariffs posted too internal and external websites.
• Assists in preparing rate cases.
• Provides general accounting assistance.
• Analyzes and forecasts timing and rate increases.
• Prepares answer to interrogatories, assists with revenue and billing analysis, provides support for witness litigation processes and interfaces with other departments to determine future rate case adjustments.
• Supports Manager of Rates and Planning and the Regional Controller on potential acquisition due diligence including: financial modeling, valuation analysis, finance and accounting due diligence, tariff and rate design, expense analysis, presentation preparation, application preparation and original cost study filings.
• Assists in the preparation, analysis and submission of the annual operating budget.
• Assists in the analysis of expenses, labor, capital expenditures, revenue and income taxes.
• Performs other assignments as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 1-2 years of related experience.

Office Technology Level: Competent to use Microsoft Office suite: Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Note: Essential Utilities, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Essential Utilities is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a condition that may prevent you from applying for a job online or need to request an accommodation during the interview process, please call (1-877-271-9012).