Financial Analyst--Utility(GAS) Industry--Onsite Interview

About the role

This is a 6‑month contract position with potential to extend, located in downtown Houston, TX. Local candidates only are considered and must be able to attend an onsite interview. The role blends Finance/Accounting and Engineering/Gas Operations experience and requires strong SAP expertise. As an Engineering/Financial Business Analyst supporting the Regulated Operations business unit, you will analyze and project financial impacts of management decisions and business‑environment changes for use by other departments, senior management, and external agencies. You will aggregate data using SAP and financial records to support capital planning activities and create/coordinate financial records for Engineering functions and rate‑case requests.

Responsibilities

• Gather relevant and accurate financial information, interpret and discuss with engineering management to create actionable business intelligence that leads to improved and optimized decisions and performance.
• Use SAP, analytical, financial models, and spreadsheet skills to support capital planning and reporting, benchmarking for project estimating and resource planning, cost comparisons, productivity/efficiency studies, and variance analyses to communicate with other business‑unit requests as needed.
• Develop financial models (e.g., resource allocation, regulatory testimony support, rate‑case schedules, settlement negotiations, future financing, impact of accounting issues).
• Support planning and rate‑case filings by establishing accurate activity and/or unit costs through financial analysis of historical expense and/or capital expenditures and related activity/units as necessary.
• Prepare various types of financial analysis projects for review (e.g., risk analysis, internal rate of return, lease vs. purchase, discounted cash flows, revenue requirements, utility comparisons, budget evaluations).
• Provide management with assistance in developing and monitoring capital budgets relative to the capital plan, including meaningful capital planning and expenditures information and ad hoc reports such as metrics and invoice reconciliation.
• Liaise with and assist other departments (Operations, Gas Supply, Gas Measurement, etc.) on capital‑planning impacts to the Gas Operations capital plan.
• Liaise with the Finance department to ensure knowledge transfer and skill sets remain current and provide business input into system and process changes arising from Advanced Finance initiatives.
• Use a variety of software tools to (1) perform analyses, (2) support report preparation, and (3) extract needed information from SAP and other databases at the request of Gas Engineering leadership.
• Participate on or lead cross‑functional teams to provide business, accounting/financial expertise in support of Gas Engineering efforts for capital planning and Gas Engineering analyses.
• Maintain data integrity and financial tools or systems used to track capital projects and expenditures (SAP, MS Access, etc.), including planned material and engineering consultant capital expenditures.
• Compile and analyze cost data, prepare billing for reimbursable projects, and coordinate and prepare data requests and audit responses.
• Prepare, participate, and lead monthly budget review meetings with regional management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• 5+ years of experience in accounting, finance, engineering, or operations.
• Experience with SAP and current versions of Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to provide and maintain a valid driver’s license in the state of residence and maintain a safe driving record.
• Ability to plan, schedule, and track activities required for successful completion of ongoing and special project activities.

Skills

• SAP proficiency.
• Microsoft Office (current versions).
• Analytical and financial modeling.
• Spreadsheet expertise.
• Ability to extract information from SAP and other databases.
• Software tool usage for analyses, report preparation, and data extraction.
• Cross‑functional team participation and leadership.
• Data integrity maintenance in SAP/MS Access.
• Cost data compilation, billing preparation, and audit response coordination.
• Monthly budget meeting facilitation.