**Job Posting End Date** 01-03-2025 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date **Job Summary** Supports the O&M and Capital budgeting process, reprojections, variance/other standard/ad-hoc reporting and analysis, and the improvement requisition process for a business unit(s), corporate group(s), operating company(ies) and/or for AEP Consolidated. Includes providing support of the related planning, budgeting and reporting applications and the billing/allocation processes. Note: A Sr. budget analyst will be required to support all activities and will typically support multiple groups. **Job Description** **This is a hybrid role reporting to the Travis Street address in Shreveport, LA** **BUDGET ANALYST SR** **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:** + Support the planning and budgeting activities for the O&M and Capital resource allocation process; including long-range forecasts, detail budgets, re-projections and contingency plans. + Prepare monthly/quarterly variance reports and provide meaningful analysis of drivers. + Prepare ad-hoc reports as needed to support analysis. + Support decisions affecting operation and maintenance activities, capital investment, customer service levels, and profitability objectives. + Assist in routing and approval process for Improvement Requisitions; ensuring that Authorization Policy and IR Procedures are followed. + Engage in developing and improving standardized processes surrounding budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and improvement requisitions. + Perform special studies, analysis, investigations, and assignments as may be required. + Provide assistance in regulatory proceedings related to financial matters including information for data requests, developing revenue requirements, special studies for Commissions, etc. + Supports Financial Model issues and works with Financial Forecasting and the opco's/bu's to resolve potential issues. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** : **Education requirements are listed below:** Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering. **Work Experience requirement listed below:** 4 or more years of relevant experience. **OTHER REQUIREMENTS:** Key Competencies: Communication, Teamwork, Initiative, Adaptability/Flexibility, Client Focus, Creativity, Planning/Organizing and Understanding the Business and Competition These are additional expectations for the job and could include specific work experience, license / certifications, preemployment testing, expectations about travel, shift work, etc. 1.Prior experience in a functional Business Unit (Generation, Transmission, or Distribution), and/or Corporate Finance and/or Operating Company finance, and/or engineering related field is preferred. Knowledge/utilization of UI Budgets, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Office, and Business Objects relational database reporting desired. 2.This position requires coordination with corporate finance, corporate planning & budgeting, accounting/tax, commercial operations, generation and transmission, regulatory, requiring the incumbent to work across functional boundaries. Familiarity with AEP accounting and use of Chartfields desired. **BUDGET ANALYST PRINCIPLE** **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:** + Serve as a primary support contact for planning and budgeting activities for the O&M and Capital resource allocation process; including long-range forecasts, detail budgets, re-projections and contingency plans. + Prepare monthly/quarterly variance reports and provide meaningful analysis of drivers and recommend mid-course correction opportunities. + Suggest and prepare ad-hoc reports as needed to support analysis and recommendations. + Participate and make recommendations regarding decisions affecting operation and maintenance activities, capital investment, customer service levels, and profitability objectives. + Assist in routing and approval process for Improvement Requisitions; ensuring that Authorization. + Policy and IR Procedures are followed. In addition, ensure IR's have meaningful business cases. + Lead efforts to improve standardized processes surrounding budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and improvement requisitions. + Perform special studies, analysis, investigations, and assignments as may be required. + Provide assistance in regulatory proceedings related to financial matters including information for data requests, developing revenue requirements, special studies for Commissions, etc. + Supports Financial Model issues and works with Financial Forecasting and the opco's/bu's to resolve potential issues. + Participate in rate case preparation as required. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:** **Education requirements are listed below:** Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering. **Work Experience requirement listed below** : 6 or more years of relevant experience. **OTHER REQUIREMENTS:** Physical demand level is Sedentary Key Competencies: Communication, Teamwork, Initiative, Adaptability/Flexibility, Client Focus, Creativity, Planning/Organizing and Understanding the Business and Competition These are additional expectations for the job and could include specific work experience, license / certifications, preemployment testing, expectations about travel, shift work, etc. Prior experience in a functional Business Unit (Generation, Transmission, or Distribution), and/or Corporate Finance and/or Operating Company finance, and/or engineering related field is preferred. Knowledge/utilization of UI Budgets, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Office, and Business Objects relational database reporting desired. This position requires coordination with corporate finance, corporate planning & budgeting, accounting/tax, commercial operations, generation and transmission, regulatory, requiring the incumbent to work across functional boundaries. Familiarity with AEP accounting and use of Chartfields desired. **Compensation Data** **Compensation Grade:** SP20-007 **Compensation Range:** $83,413.00-104,267.50 USD **Hear about it first!** Get job alerts by email. Log in to your Candidate Home Account today! If you don't have an account, you can create one. 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