Lead, Business Functions

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

The position is responsible for the management of the Powerplan application and its users ensuring the system operates efficiently and effectively. The incumbent will leverage strong troubleshooting skills to support end users of varying levels of technical knowledge. The incumbent must have the ability to thrive in team-orientated environments and ensure a high degree of accountability, visibility, and understanding as it relates to systems and accounting, reporting and operational performance of the organization. The position requires strong communication skills and will interact with key members of Property Accounting and Leadership. This position will report to the Director, Fixed Asset Lifecycle.

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Accountabilities

- Ensure the seamless operation of the PowerPlan application while optimizing the system’s functionality to enhance efficiency in fixed asset lifecycle

- Continuously monitor system performance to identify and mitigate potential issues, ensuring uninterrupted service and minimizing operational risks.

- Supporting in optimizing the compatibility between SAP S4/Hana and PowerPlan

- Lead the troubleshooting, analysis, and root cause identification of incidents, implementing solutions to improve system reliability and proactively enhance operational performance.

- Responding to alerts and taking appropriate action

- Performing system maintenance by reviewing error logs

- Maintains various test and training system environments, including refreshes

- System outage coordination

- Coordinate system security reviews

- Demonstrates Company values through decisions and actions

- Promotes the Company's safety culture to ensure a safe work environment

- Develop and deliver targeted training programs, empowering users with the knowledge and skills to maximize the effective use of the PowerPlan application.

- Maintain comprehensive, user-centric documentation, manuals, and instructional materials to ensure ongoing accessibility and clarity, facilitating a self-sufficient user experience and fostering continuous learning.

- Lead the analysis of system data and performance metrics to derive actionable insights, informing strategic decisions and optimizing operational efficiency.

- Identify performance gaps and system deficiencies, spearheading the development and implementation of targeted solutions that drive continuous improvement and align with organizational objectives.

- Facilitate Month End Coordination and perform PowerPlan Application Closing tasks

Education and Experience

- University - Bachelor degree or equivalent

- 4-5 years PowerPlan Cloud application experience is a must

- SAP S4 Hana PPM, PS and/or CO experience is desired

- Fixed Assets and Depreciation Accounting concepts

- Regulated Utility Accounting concepts: FERC, NARUC

- Effective writing and communication skills

- Strong problem solving and analytical Skills

- Adaptability and Continuous learning

- Capability to work under pressure and mitigate challenges

- Advanced excel capabilities

- SQL knowledge

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What we offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.