Senior Planning Lead Analyst

About the role

This position will be responsible for coordination of financial planning and analysis for generation support organizations and assisting financial planning and analysis for operating sites as needed.

We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication.

Job Family: Finance. Company: Vistra Corporate Services. Locations: Davis-Besse, Ohio.

Responsibilities

• Leads the financial projection, analysis, long-range planning and ad hoc financial and operational reporting processes for support organizations including generation services, environmental and safety, supply chain, generation leadership and operating sites
• Leads the development / utilization of planning tools and processes to coordinate capital, O&M cost tracking and reporting
• Works closely with the operation team, development team and other members with FP&A to understand variance in costs; Actively monitors actual results compared to plan, projection, and prior year for their region to ensure targets are met or exceeded
• Works closely with leaders from each function group supported to summarize financial results, provide corrective action as needed and support ad-hoc & strategic analysis, including quarterly business reviews for regional managers and/or other periodic performance updates as needed
• Pay invoices not managed by Accounts Payable
• Ensure monthly projections are done timely and accurately
• Ensure monthly attribution is done timely and accurately
• Respond to ad hoc requests on a timely manner

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics or other related analytical discipline
• 5+ years finance work experience in a dynamic and analytical environment
• 2+ years experience in analytics or finance within the generation business (fossil, mining, solar, battery, wind)

Skills

• Strong ability to analyze large data sets, summarize and communicate/present effectively
• Strong communication skills