Director - Business Analysis & Performance

Job Description

This position is responsible for directing the short-term forecasting processes for AVANGRID. Additionally, this role will support performance analysis and key performance reporting for AVANGRID and its affiliates, with strong interaction with the Avangrid Businesses and other areas outside of Control. This position will lead financial analysis and research projects regarding business issues to provide top management with financial data and business advice to support the key business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Directs the corporate financial planning process including coordinating, designing, and communicating financial data to senior management. That includes the Budgeting and Revision processes.
• Partner the CEO of Avangrid, Networks, and Power CEOs and Financial Controllers, Avangrid CFO and Controller, VP in other areas of Control organization, Avangrid CEO's office, Iberdrola Business Performance team to understand the key financial drivers behind Avangrid, Networks, and Power financial performance.
• Lead the expansion and build out of the business performance function both from an organizational design and talent acquisition perspective.
• Conducts assessments of corporate level performance as compared to corporate plans and goals. Guides plan changes and responds to plan inquiries from Business Financial Controllers (Networks, Power, & Corporate).
• Evaluate Avangrid's Risk and Opportunities around annual budgeting and forecasting processes by partnering with the business to understand financial and non-financial drivers impacting performance.
• Contributes to the development and revision of corporate accounting and reporting policies.
• Directs moderate and complex financial analysis, business analysis, profitability, and cost analysis projects to present to Management.
• Provides guidance regarding financial planning, financial information, and modeling to both regulated and non-regulated affiliates as needed.
• Communicates financial results performance to both internal management and senior management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Data Science; MBA or master's degree in Data Science a strong plus; 10 years prior related work experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel required.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP, BPC, or SAC.
• Stakeholder management and relationship building capabilities.
• Project management experience.
• Process transformation experience.
• Customer service mindset.
• High level of communication skills.
• High level of presentation skills.
• A passion for being curious, problem-solving, and making the difficult easy; drives to the root issue.
• High-level of detail-orientation.
• Able to be strategic and also able to jump in to drive team results where necessary.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Ability to work comfortably in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Utilities experience preferred but not required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) preferred.

AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC.

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee's management.