Financial Analyst

Role overview

Essential duties

• Create, consolidate, compile, and analyze annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and monthly reporting packages for Market Operations Power.
• Assist with monthly analysis of actual results versus budget and latest forecasts, investigating anomalies.
• Use financial management reporting systems to upload and retrieve data.
• Prepare monthly and annual management presentations and create or update charts for financial and non-financial data.
• Build cross-department relationships and identify opportunities to improve processes.
• Gather, analyze, prepare, and summarize data for financial plans, future requirements, and operating forecasts.
• Improve reporting and analysis to provide insight and support growth; partner with the commercial team on financial performance reports.
• Monitor process effectiveness, analyze and recommend improvements, and coordinate implementation of system and process changes.
• Complete special projects assigned by management.

Work arrangement

• Hybrid schedule combining remote work from home with four days per week in the office.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Computer and Windows-based software proficiency, including knowledge of Excel.

Preferred qualifications

• One to two years of operations, finance, or accounting experience, including internships.
• Ability to assimilate data quickly for management decisions; quality commitment and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively; self-starting approach and willingness to take initiative.
• Power industry experience is a plus.

Additional skills

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and written and oral communication with a range of audiences.

About NRG

Interview and assessment guidance

• NRG permits AI tools for interview preparation but expects interview and assessment responses to reflect the candidate’s own thinking and experience. Real-time AI-generated answers or AI-completed assessments are not permitted.