Financial Analyst Staff

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship from AEP.

About the Role

Assist in preparation of financial forecasts, variance analyses, and regulatory filings.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, formulate, and develop assumptions for financial forecasts in conjunction with operating company/business segment personnel, using corporate financial models. Identify significant strategic issues and alternative and/or contingency plans.
• Perform monthly/quarterly variance reporting and analysis of budget vs. actual results and actual vs. prior year results on a consolidated or segment level to improve future forecasts. Aid operating companies in understanding their financial results and assist Financial Reporting in SEC reporting.
• Identify needed rate relief and make recommendations for the timing and amount. Develop and prepare pro forma rate case data and testimony. Assist witness in testimony preparation. Serve as witness in certain fuel or tracker proceedings, as required.
• Develop/manage staff where applicable and serve as an example/advisor/mentor to departmental analysts.
• Prepare and make reports to executive management and Board of Directors as assigned or required.
• Develop special strategic evaluations of corporate business opportunities, including evaluating acquisition and divestiture opportunities, and make recommendations based on the results.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement, cost savings, and revenue enhancement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering required.
• 8 or more years of work experience in the disciplines mentioned in the education requirement.
• Familiarity with AEP accounting desired.
• Extensive coordination with corporate finance, corporate planning & budgeting, accounting/tax, commercial operations, generation and transmission, and regulatory, requiring work across functional boundaries and operating companies.

Skills

• Effective Leadership Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, UI Financial Model Programming, PeopleSoft, and Business Objects
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and comfortably with all levels of the organization
• Strategic Thinking
• Relationship building
• Teamwork
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Customer Focus
• Planning/Organizing Skills

MBA, CPA, CMA, CIA, PE, CFP, or other professional certification preferred.

Benefits

AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

Pay

$116,255 – $186,010

Schedule

This position requires a sedentary physical demand level: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods.

Location

Tulsa, OK