Manager Financial Planning
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections like About the role? The intro about Alliant Energy could be "About the role" or maybe "About Alliant Energy"? The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should map content accordingly.
We have:
- About the role: description of role, purpose, etc. Could be the introductory paragraphs: "Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! ..." plus "Join Alliant Energy as Manager, Financial Planning! In this highly visible leadership role..." plus "Job Summary". That could be About the role.
- Responsibilities: "What You Will Do" section.
- Requirements: Education Requirements, Preferred Certification, Required Experience, Preferred Experience, Other Requirements? Could be Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe combine Education Requirements etc. But we can have Requirements and Qualifications separate? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Education, Experience, Certifications into a "Requirements" section.
- Skills: "Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities" and "Key Skills". Could be a Skills section.
- Benefits: mention volunteer opportunities, safety, competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, total rewards package. Also Pay Range.
- Pay: we have Pay Range: $140,000-$160,000. Could be separate Pay section.
- Schedule: not mentioned, so omit.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, visa sponsorship, background check, disclaimer, accommodation, etc. Remove those.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like bullet points.
We need to format lists with
- . For prose, use
.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present).
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to ensure we include all substantive content.
Let's extract substantive content:
Intro paragraph: "Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off."
Then: "Join Alliant Energy as Manager, Financial Planning! In this highly visible leadership role, you’ll partner directly with senior executives and business leaders to shape strategic decisions across the enterprise. This is an office role, where you’ll lead a high-performing team that serves as trusted advisors to the business, delivering insights that influence operational, financial, and long-term planning outcomes. Beyond managing budgets and forecasts, you'll champion innovation, embrace emerging technologies such as AI, and drive continuous improvement in how financial insights are generated and used. This is an opportunity for a collaborative leader who can influence decisions, develop talent, and drive business results."
Then "Job Summary Manager Financial Planning manages financial planning, budgeting, regulatory finance, and financial modeling activities. This role also participates in and develops effective financial strategic solutions within the organization. This position communicates results and provides strategic financial recommendations driving positive financial results/changes across the organization. This role strives to enhance partnerships with customers and provides coaching and feedback to direct reports that is timely."
Then "What You Will Do" bullet list (actually paragraph with many duties). It's a long sentence with many duties separated by commas and semicolons. We need to turn into list items? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The "What You Will Do" is a list of duties, albeit in prose. We should split into separate
- items for each duty. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can break at commas/semicolons that separate distinct duties.
Let's parse "What You Will Do" text:
"Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct and modeling Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times. Oversees financial analysis, including financial forecasting, annual operating plan, strategic financial plans, project plans, project analysis, rate case filings, and financial operational planning. Runs the annual financial operating plan process including objective/target development, analysis, and approval by management. Analyzes, evaluates, and develops forecasting models. Continuously identifies and implements improvements in risk management and operational efficiency. Maintains working knowledge of company strategy, initiatives, and risk profile, applying strategic knowledge in making business recommendations. Partners and collaborates with key stakeholders to develop solutions for better financial or strategic outcomes that align with the company’s overall strategic plan. Ensures measures are in place to identify, assess, respond, and communicate risks and opportunities. May be responsible for helping implement legal and accounting requirements, including rate order. May be responsible for assisting in the defense of company positions, including rate case revenue requirements and business segment/jurisdictional cost allocations to include responding to data requests. Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities."
We need to split into list items. Each clause separated by commas within sentences may be separate duties but some are grouped. Safer to treat each sentence as a list item? But some sentences contain multiple duties separated by commas. However instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't require each atomic duty; we can keep the sentence as a list item. That would still be a list. So we can make each sentence a
- . That preserves info.
Thus we will have
with multiple - each sentence.
Now Education Requirements: "Bachelor's Degree Emphasis in accounting, economics, finance, or related area Preferred Master's or Advanced Degree Preferred Certification Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or other financial certification Preferred"
We need to format as list? Could be
- for each bullet. We'll make list items.
Required Experience: "5 years of related experience 3 years supervisory experience or equivalent. (Equivalent supervisory experiences may include project management, providing work direction, leadership experience through temporary assignments, roles in the community or external organizations, or other demonstrated progressively more leadership experience.)"
Preferred Experience: "Public accounting experience or utility, manufacturing, or related industry experience"
Other Requirements: "Support and foster a culture of belonging while demonstrating a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity."
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list of items: "Demonstrated effective leadership skills. Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting, forecasting, accounting and financial controls. Demonstrated ability to use technology (e.g., Microsoft applications, Peoplesoft, and forecasting software). Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with operations personnel. Demonstrated competency in financial and regulatory modeling, planning and analysis. Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment."
Key Skills: list: "Corporate Financial Reporting Data Analysis Data Management Data Visualization Financial Analysis Financial Modeling Financial Planning Process Automations Stakeholder Management Strategic Planning Leadership"
These are keywords separated by spaces; we could make each as
- .
Benefits: earlier: "We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off." Also later: "Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site."
Pay: "Pay Range: $140,000-$160,000 This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant."
We need to avoid filler like "competitive compensation" but it's substantive.
We must not include EEO etc.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have sections:
About the role
with paragraphs containing the intro and job summary and join statement.
We could combine intro + join + job summary into one or multiple . Use
for prose.
Then
Responsibilities
with - each sentence.
Then
Requirements
with - for education, experience, certifications, other requirements.
We could separate Education, Experience, Certifications, Other Requirements as separate
- but maybe better to group.
Then
Skills
with - for Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities and Key Skills.
Then
Benefits
with - for safety, volunteer opportunities, competitive pay, health retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, total rewards package.
Then
Pay
with for pay range and incentive program details.
We must not include Schedule.
Check that we haven't missed any substantive info: The statement "This is an office role" is in About the role. Good.
The statement "This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program." is in Pay.
The statement "Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site." is in Benefits.
The statement "We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off." is also Benefits.
We might duplicate competitive pay mention; but it's okay.
Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: EEO, visa sponsorship, background check, disclaimer, accommodation request, etc. Remove those.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
About the role: combine intro paragraph, join statement, job summary.
Paragraph 1: "Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off."
Paragraph
for prose. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections like About the role? The intro about Alliant Energy could be "About the role" or maybe "About Alliant Energy"? The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should map content accordingly. We have: - About the role: description of role, purpose, etc. Could be the introductory paragraphs: "Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! ..." plus "Join Alliant Energy as Manager, Financial Planning! In this highly visible leadership role..." plus "Job Summary". That could be About the role. - Responsibilities: "What You Will Do" section. - Requirements: Education Requirements, Preferred Certification, Required Experience, Preferred Experience, Other Requirements? Could be Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe combine Education Requirements etc. But we can have Requirements and Qualifications separate? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Education, Experience, Certifications into a "Requirements" section. - Skills: "Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities" and "Key Skills". Could be a Skills section. - Benefits: mention volunteer opportunities, safety, competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, total rewards package. Also Pay Range. - Pay: we have Pay Range: $140,000-$160,000. Could be separate Pay section. - Schedule: not mentioned, so omit. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, visa sponsorship, background check, disclaimer, accommodation, etc. Remove those. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like bullet points. We need to format lists with
- . For prose, use
. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present). We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to ensure we include all substantive content. Let's extract substantive content: Intro paragraph: "Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off." Then: "Join Alliant Energy as Manager, Financial Planning! In this highly visible leadership role, you’ll partner directly with senior executives and business leaders to shape strategic decisions across the enterprise. This is an office role, where you’ll lead a high-performing team that serves as trusted advisors to the business, delivering insights that influence operational, financial, and long-term planning outcomes. Beyond managing budgets and forecasts, you'll champion innovation, embrace emerging technologies such as AI, and drive continuous improvement in how financial insights are generated and used. This is an opportunity for a collaborative leader who can influence decisions, develop talent, and drive business results." Then "Job Summary Manager Financial Planning manages financial planning, budgeting, regulatory finance, and financial modeling activities. This role also participates in and develops effective financial strategic solutions within the organization. This position communicates results and provides strategic financial recommendations driving positive financial results/changes across the organization. This role strives to enhance partnerships with customers and provides coaching and feedback to direct reports that is timely." Then "What You Will Do" bullet list (actually paragraph with many duties). It's a long sentence with many duties separated by commas and semicolons. We need to turn into list items? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The "What You Will Do" is a list of duties, albeit in prose. We should split into separate
- items for each duty. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can break at commas/semicolons that separate distinct duties.
Let's parse "What You Will Do" text:
"Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct and modeling Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times. Oversees financial analysis, including financial forecasting, annual operating plan, strategic financial plans, project plans, project analysis, rate case filings, and financial operational planning. Runs the annual financial operating plan process including objective/target development, analysis, and approval by management. Analyzes, evaluates, and develops forecasting models. Continuously identifies and implements improvements in risk management and operational efficiency. Maintains working knowledge of company strategy, initiatives, and risk profile, applying strategic knowledge in making business recommendations. Partners and collaborates with key stakeholders to develop solutions for better financial or strategic outcomes that align with the company’s overall strategic plan. Ensures measures are in place to identify, assess, respond, and communicate risks and opportunities. May be responsible for helping implement legal and accounting requirements, including rate order. May be responsible for assisting in the defense of company positions, including rate case revenue requirements and business segment/jurisdictional cost allocations to include responding to data requests. Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities."
We need to split into list items. Each clause separated by commas within sentences may be separate duties but some are grouped. Safer to treat each sentence as a list item? But some sentences contain multiple duties separated by commas. However instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't require each atomic duty; we can keep the sentence as a list item. That would still be a list. So we can make each sentence a
- . That preserves info.
Thus we will have
- with multiple
- each sentence.
Now Education Requirements: "Bachelor's Degree Emphasis in accounting, economics, finance, or related area Preferred Master's or Advanced Degree Preferred Certification Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or other financial certification Preferred"
We need to format as list? Could be
- for each bullet. We'll make list items. Required Experience: "5 years of related experience 3 years supervisory experience or equivalent. (Equivalent supervisory experiences may include project management, providing work direction, leadership experience through temporary assignments, roles in the community or external organizations, or other demonstrated progressively more leadership experience.)" Preferred Experience: "Public accounting experience or utility, manufacturing, or related industry experience" Other Requirements: "Support and foster a culture of belonging while demonstrating a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity." Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list of items: "Demonstrated effective leadership skills. Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting, forecasting, accounting and financial controls. Demonstrated ability to use technology (e.g., Microsoft applications, Peoplesoft, and forecasting software). Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with operations personnel. Demonstrated competency in financial and regulatory modeling, planning and analysis. Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment." Key Skills: list: "Corporate Financial Reporting Data Analysis Data Management Data Visualization Financial Analysis Financial Modeling Financial Planning Process Automations Stakeholder Management Strategic Planning Leadership" These are keywords separated by spaces; we could make each as
- .
Benefits: earlier: "We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off." Also later: "Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site."
Pay: "Pay Range: $140,000-$160,000 This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant."
We need to avoid filler like "competitive compensation" but it's substantive.
We must not include EEO etc.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have sections:
About the role
with paragraphs containing the intro and job summary and join statement. We could combine intro + join + job summary into one or multiple. Use
for prose. Then
Responsibilities
with- each sentence.
Then
Requirements
with- for education, experience, certifications, other requirements. We could separate Education, Experience, Certifications, Other Requirements as separate
- but maybe better to group.
Then
Skills
with- for Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities and Key Skills.
Then
Benefits
with- for safety, volunteer opportunities, competitive pay, health retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, total rewards package.
Then
Pay
withfor pay range and incentive program details. We must not include Schedule. Check that we haven't missed any substantive info: The statement "This is an office role" is in About the role. Good. The statement "This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program." is in Pay. The statement "Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site." is in Benefits. The statement "We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off." is also Benefits. We might duplicate competitive pay mention; but it's okay. Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate: EEO, visa sponsorship, background check, disclaimer, accommodation request, etc. Remove those. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft. About the role: combine intro paragraph, join statement, job summary. Paragraph 1: "Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy! At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off." Paragraph
- for safety, volunteer opportunities, competitive pay, health retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, total rewards package.
Then
- for Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities and Key Skills.
Then
- each sentence.
Then
- each sentence.
Now Education Requirements: "Bachelor's Degree Emphasis in accounting, economics, finance, or related area Preferred Master's or Advanced Degree Preferred Certification Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or other financial certification Preferred"
We need to format as list? Could be