Financial Controller I

Requisition ID:

90093

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Position Specific Description

The NEER Finance group is seeking a Financial Controller to join the Forecasting Reporting & Analysis (FR&A) Team within the Project Analysis & Reporting (PAR) department. This role involves financial forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis tasks across the entire NEER renewable asset fleet.

Key Responsibilities

- Monthly Operating Reports: Prepare and deliver comprehensive monthly operating reports on the more complex portfolios for our investors and lenders, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all financial disclosures. Provide timely and accurate responses to inbound inquiries from our investors and lenders.

- Forecast Variance Analysis: Conduct in-depth variance analysis to evaluate project revenue, tax credits, and general administrative forecasts, identifying trends and areas for improvement

- Forecasting: Develop precise forecasts for revenue, land royalties, G&A (General & Administrative) Expense, and tax credits, supporting strategic business decisions.

- Living Pro Forma Support: Prepare and manage the living pro forma analysis, facilitating robust financial planning and execution.

- Annual Operating Budgets: Prepare annual operating budgets and coordinate the external Independent Engineers reports required under financing agreements.

- NEER/XPLR P&L Analytics: Perform detailed P&L analytics for NEER/XPLR, supporting strategic planning and financial performance reviews.

- Process Improvement: Proactively identify and pursue opportunities for enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within departmental processes and operations. This includes evaluating current workflows and recommending innovative solutions.

- Leveraging Enterprise Technology: Utilize enterprise technologies such as NEE.AI and Alteryx to streamline processes, reduce manual efforts, improve data analytics, and support informed decision-making. This includes understanding and using technology solutions to drive process improvement and innovation.

- In this role, the Financial Controller will work closely with teams within PAR, NEER Finance, XPLR, Business Management, FCOE, and Project Valuation to deliver integrated solutions that enhance strategic alignment and operational efficiency.

The successful candidate will have experience in financial analysis and forecasting in a complex environment, strong analytical capabilities, proficiency in variance analysis, and attention to detail, ensuring precision and reliability in financial reporting.

Job Overview

Employees in this role are responsible for performing key financial functions for an assigned portfolio of electric generating facilities, including internal and external reporting, budgeting and forecasting, business analytics and certain aspects of the monthly close process and treasury functions. Individuals provide effective, timely and actionable financial information and business analytics on the facilities in their portfolios including monthly, quarterly and annual reporting and analysis on the financial performance of the electric generating facilities, treasury management, as well as ad hoc reporting and analysis as required. Employees in this position apply strong analytical skills to identify and evaluate operational and business issues that impact financial performance and effectively communicate the results to various stakeholders, including business partners in other areas of finance as well as senior management and outside investors.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Prepares and analyzes monthly forecasts, including the evaluation of assumptions, to ensure effective, timely, and actionable financial information

- Prepares timely and accurate internal and external operating reports, and other discrete reporting as required by financing and partnership agreements

- Develops and maintains complex financial models for financings and partnerships, including due diligence support and pro forma development

- Provides high-quality analytics and valuable variance commentary on actual and forecasted financial information

- Prepares ad hoc financial analyses, reports and models as required (scenario/impact analysis on potential transactions and business decisions)

- Prepares presentations for third-party lenders/investors

- Participates in special projects such as software implementation initiatives and process improvement/Six Sigma projects

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance/ Business

- Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

- Master's - Accounting / Finance

- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

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Employee Group:

Exempt

Employee Type:

Full Time

Job Category:

Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics

Organization:

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

Relocation Provided:

No

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