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Financial Analysis:
- Provide and supports the translation of 5-year operating plans to operating budgets, which will be used for multiple financial planning purposes including the General Rate Case (GRC) and Risk Assessment Mitigation Phase (RAMP)
- ests all fiscal and budget assumptions used by business partners in developing operating plans, including assumptions used in prioritization of work
- Calculates unit cost, labor cost, overhead allocations, and/or contract, services and material cost needed to develop budgets, and compare actual to budgeted costs to support variance analysis and forecasting without supervision
- Builds cost expertise and performs cost trend analysis using historical and external data and continuous cost improvement without supervision
- Applies existing or devises new, innovative models and methodologies; resolve need for analysis in response to changing business conditions and the appropriate modeling and formulas to apply
Decision Support:
- Highly influential on decision-making and may make final decisions consistent with organizational authorization levels having moderate impact on department or company
- Acts as a lead analyst to operational units or departments; plans all aspects of analyses, presentations, and implementation strategies for either a portion of, or a complete complex analysis; and usually responsible for implementation of selected recommendations
- Actively scopes financial analysis needed to facility OU decision-making
- Develops or reviews drafts of and assists or makes presentations to the senior executive management, department and division management and other interested parties
Continuous Improvement:
- Develops and completes opportunities to improve operational finance reports, analytical tools, and self-service capabilities to drive efficiency for operational finance and support operational decision-making
- Defines the direction for new processes and standards as well as determining methods and procedures on new assignments