Analyst/Financial/EPMO

The Analyst/Financial/EPMO is an individual contributor within the Enterprise Project management Office (EPMO). The Analyst/Financial/EPMO has multiple responsibilities designed to assist the Director/Enterprise Project Management Office. These responsibilities include providing financial analysis of the enterprise project portfolio in support of the EPMO and portfolio governance committee goals and initiatives.

This position will assist in the development, tracking, and reporting of the budget and associated costs, burn rate, and total cost of ownership of the enterprise project portfolio. This position supports the EPMO in compiling and maintaining complex project budgets, analyze project expenditures to ensure appropriate allocation, navigating large quantities of data, and complying with accounting policies and procedures. This position may also aid with the preparation of project materials that are used in the advocacy of the Company’s regulatory positions.

# POSITION DIMENSIONS

This position is not responsible for personnel or budgets.

# QUALIFICATIONS

There are clear precedents and practices that the incumbent uses as guidelines to determine how this job is performed. This position requires a minimum of two years of relevant work experience plus a minimum of a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or similar field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential job responsibilities. Experience in project and portfolio management is preferred.

This position requires the demonstration of a high level of analytic problem solving, understanding of accounting concepts, advanced knowledge of spreadsheet software, and the ability to perform project forecasts and portfolio projections. The ability to think creatively and critically, multitask and take initiative is essential. In addition, this position requires the demonstration of an advanced level of technical writing ability. Experience with budget systems, PowerPlant, and/or PowerBI is a plus.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

- Coordinate and liaison with Corporate Financial and Strategic Planning, Accounting, Information Services, and/or Regulation Departments on all enterprise project financial related issues

- Assist in the development, tracking, and reporting of the budget and associated costs, burn rate, and total cost of ownership of the enterprise project portfolio

- Supports the EPMO in compiling and maintaining complex project budgets, analyze project expenditures to ensure appropriate allocation, navigating large quantities of data, and complying with accounting policies and procedures

- Assist in the preparation of project materials that are used in the advocacy of the Company’s regulatory positions

- Assist in developing, maintaining, and reporting on enterprise project portfolio projections to ensure costs are appropriately allocated and tracked

- Prepare and maintain EPMO operating and capital budgets and supporting information in compliance with prescribed policies and procedures

- Support responses to project financial data requests for internal and external parties

- Conduct complex financial analysis on portfolio financial projections and prepare reports

- Analyze and interpret budget variances

- Coordinate and liaison with Corporate Financial Planning Department on all budget related issues including system improvements and security, communications, troubleshooting, etc.

- Provide EPMO staff and/or project teams with training and support in project-related financial systems and reporting

- Assist in developing and implementing a quality control process to review costs recorded by project management and identify improvement opportunities to ensure accurate recording of costs

- Lead the development of department procedures and documentation to ensure they are appropriately updated and maintained

- Actively identify, implement and encourage potential enhancements to current processes that may streamline or increase efficiencies

- Conduct accounting and financial work assignments in compliance with all corporate standard practices as well as contractual and legal requirements (e.g., contract terms, tariff provisions, state laws, Internal Revenue Service regulations, Sarbanes Oxley requirements, U.S. Treasury, banking institutions, etc.)

- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

- Regular and predictable attendance is a condition of employment and is an essential function of the job

SALARY DETAILS

Las Vegas: $75,474.00 - $109,432.00

At Southwest Gas, attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. We use flexibility to develop competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to hire the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents the minimum and maximum of the pay range for the position. It is provided as a good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, as we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview and selection process.