*** This position may be filled in The Woodlands, TX or New Orleans, LA***
Job Summary/Description
Monitors, maintains and completes key financial functions, and participates in the reporting processes. As a member of Entergy's Finance Business Partners group assists with budget, financial forecasts, reporting of actual financial results and variance explanations, financial statement analysis, controls, as well as highlighting key issues and exposing items that may impact profitability. Supports Operational Finance Director (OFD) with key regulatory activities and on-off filings in order to achieve company's strategic goals. Participates in process improvement projects and special projects to support Operating Companies as well as functional customers. The successful candidate will be "forward thinking" with both a detail orientation and the ability to think strategically.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Creates financial models as needed to evaluate information and be able to explain the results.
- Queries data, creates analyses and manipulates data and provides analytical support as needed for analytical use in discussions, presentations and to respond to requests for information.
- Gains understanding of regulatory structure and regulatory filing processes.
- Creates testimony and regulatory workpapers and exhibits as needed.
- Suggests and implements process improvements to benefit greater team.
- Identifies and performs necessary updates to models and related systems. Processes documentation ensuring model output remains accurate.
- Communicates with other departments to gather information about Entergy's businesses and transactions.
- Communicates with subject matter experts across the company to better understand the risk of certain projects and / or investments.
- Works in collaboration with business units to assess industry/market trends, commodity pricing, regulatory strategies, and to prepare financial comparative data for use in decision making.
Minimum Requirements:
Minimum education and experience required of the position
- Financial Analyst III: 4 plus years of business experience in banking, finance, project development or related fields.
- Financial Analyst, Lead: 5 plus years of business experience in banking, finance, project development or related fields.
- Financial Analyst, Sr Lead: 6 plus years of business experience in banking, finance, project development or related fields.
- MBA is a plus.
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision or within a team environment.
- Ability to analyze problems and create solutions.
- Significant knowledge of financial theory and valuation.
- Ability to understand and solve complex financial transactions.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple time sensitive projects effectively.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills.
- Basic knowledge of financial theory and valuation.
Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position
- Desired: CPA, CFA, PE or similar certificates / licenses.
Req ID: 114934
Entergy Corporation
639 Loyola Ave
New Orleans
Louisiana United States
www.entergy.com
