Capital Budgets Consultant | Financial Planning & Project Support

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for driving financial success in engineering projects? We are seeking a Capital Budgets Consultant to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis for Generation engineering projects. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Project Managers and stakeholders to ensure financial accuracy, strategic allocation of resources, and seamless project execution.

What your day would be like:

You are responsible for:

• Financial Planning & Analysis: Conduct routine to advanced financial activities, including budgeting, variance analysis, and short- and long-term forecasting for capital projects.
• Project Budgeting & Reporting: Monitor project expenditures, track financial performance, and provide timely insights to Project Managers to ensure projects stay within scope and budget.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a financial advisor to engineering teams, ensuring financial best practices are followed and project funding is optimized.
• Process Improvement: Support the continuous improvement of financial planning methodologies, project management processes, and financial reporting tools.
• Project Closeout Support: Assist in finalizing project financials, reconciling budgets, and ensuring compliance with financial policies.

• Experienced in capital budgeting, financial forecasting, and variance analysis within a corporate or project-based environment.
• Proficient in financial modeling and reporting tools, with strong attention to detail.
• Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including finance, engineering, and project management.
• Able to analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations.
• Adaptable and solutions-oriented, with a drive to improve financial processes.

Capital Budgets Consultant | Financial Planning & Project Support

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or other job-related field from an accredited college or university
• PLUS seven (7) years of experience in financial analysis and/or accounting.
• In lieu of a bachelor's degree, combination of college coursework and/or experience in financial analysis and/or accounting equaling 11 years.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications

• Project management experience.
• Knowledge of Project Management Institute project controls principals.
• Knowledge of EPMS (Enterprise Project Management System).
• Knowledge of long-range forecast process.
• Experience using Microsoft applications (Excel, Word).

1) Creates current year decommissioning budget and manages to target.Creates and updates the ten-year decommissioning Long Range Forecast (LRF). Analyzes spend and makes appropriate recommendations to management.Tracks, identifies discrepancies and makes recommendations to adjust the current year decommissioning budget and LRF.

2) Monitors and tracks current year capital budget.Identifies overrun trends.Recommends opportunities to reduce overages.

3) Partners with Project Managers and Plant Managers to create and manage the list of projects that can be pushed out of current year or pulled into current year when asked by the company to increase or decrease spend quickly.

4) Tracks collector spending and forecasting.Provides accurate forecasting of project schedules by working closely with plant managers and personnel to understand changes in plant work schedules.

5) Manages EPMS actions for plant-led capital projects by partnering with plant personnel to update EPMS (e.g., cost information, stage gate approval, etc.) to close out projects.

6) Manages updates to Risk and Opportunity (R&O) and Outage Discovery Lists by partnering with plant managers to identify risk projects (break-in projects).Identify give-back opportunities that will impact capital budget.Maintain risks and opportunities on Generation R&O list.

7) Provides back up to project manager for like-kind replacement break-in projects.Performs project manager duties within EPMS to report cost, stage gate and closeout duties.

8) Creates material requests and purchase requests in coordination with project managers.Tracks through completion.

9) Provides backup to the supervisor for Four Corners E&O and Coordinating Committees by scheduling meetings, preparing meeting minutes and tracking action items.Coordinates information requests from and responses to committee members.

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

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