Job Code: 107334
Job Summary
Leads team charged with developing capital plans, analysis and presentations. Manages the Columbia Gas capital program planning efforts that deliver measurable results in budgeting/forecasting, infrastructure/asset management, and capital allocation. Ensures collaboration with state leadership, engineering, gas operations planning, finance, regulated revenue organizations, and local operations. Capital Planning has a responsibility to optimize capital spending and infrastructure investment plans by driving a culture of continuous improvement and project management through common methodologies, tools, and training that promote consistent and predictable results. Establish joint accountability and shared metrics with these key business partners to ensure alignment between organizations. Close partnerships must be maintained between key organizations to drive successful outcomes. Provides strong and inclusive leadership in a manner that engages employees, establishes a culture of trust and accountability and creates a strong pipeline of talent.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Partners closely with key stakeholders to deliver financial plans that are aligned, maintain compliance, meet customer needs and drive overall business objectives.
- Facilitate annual capital planning process, monthly forecast processes by developing guidelines, establishing timelines, standardizing information requirements, and analyzing capital projections submitted by engineering
- Ensure that overall capital plans align infrastructure investments with risk reduction, stakeholder commitments, and financial targets
- Lead team by providing overall guidance in preparation and presentation of plans and deliverables that achieve: work and investment prioritization, asset maintenance and replacement strategies, flex up/down considerations, long and short term work plans, timely and accurate budget and performance metrics, capacity modeling, variance explanations, risk identification, clear recommendations, ensure accuracy and data integrity, tracks performance and other critical aspects of work plans.
- Collaborate with asset owners, finance, and engineering managers on the development, implementation, and maintenance of capital approval policies and practices
- Maintain an infrastructure portfolio detailing age/condition replacement needs and operational risks
- Standardize gas distribution infrastructure analyses to optimize capital investments.
- Challenge the "status-quo" of existing capital budgeting/allocation processes to ensure new processes are efficient and flexible to support ever-changing corporate requirements.
- Improve capital spending efficiency and return on invested capital
- Provide strong and inclusive leadership in a manner that provides engaged employees as well as a pipeline of leaders.
Required Qualifications for Position
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management or equivalent professional work experience
- 5+ years of experience in finance, financial or work planning, or scheduling
- Strong verbal/written communication skills
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Ability to interface with all levels of management
- Solid Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint skills
Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position
- 1+ years of management/supervision experience
- Experience in developing financial plans and strategies
- Experience in managing staff across multiple locations and lines of business
- Experience in facilitating change and building high-performance cultures
Nisource, Inc.
801 E 86th Ave
Merrillville
Indiana United States
www.nisource.com
