What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst position at Aqua?
Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.
Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.
We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.
Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.
The Senior Financial Analyst Implements the development, maintenance, and consolidation of budgets, variance analysis, forecast, business plans, goals, investment / project analysis and strategic planning processes.
Job Duties
- Prepare financial budget / forecast (including IS, CF, BS schedules).
- Budget labor and benefit costs and forecast how those impact costing rates (capitalization, overhead and surcharge rates) and other measures of workforce productivity.
- Prepare the monthly budget review reports and analysis for management (reports, variance analysis, gathering forecast information).
- Collaborate with the business areas to develop and monitor business operating metrics (APIP / Scorecard, etc.)
- Complete analyses and prepares presentations in support of results to management and investment decisions.
- Prepare investment analysis in support of project development, revenue growth / M&A opportunities, special studies, and benchmarking analysis.
- Lead departments on O&M & Capital Budget Development, strategic planning and business plan development.
- Develop and maintain project management, material, bin stock, and other overhead surcharges.
- Lead competitor, industry trends, and economic trend analysis in support of strategic planning efforts.
- Support the development & monitoring of corporate strategy; perform financial and scenario analyses of strategic alternatives.
- Develop and lead the financial modeling and evaluation of growth projects; cash flow, balance sheet and labor analysis.
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Qualifications :
Essential Utilities, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics : race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
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