American Electric Power Looking for Finance Technologist at Columbus, OH Full Time

36333BR

Title:

Finance Technologist

Job Description:

2 roles are expected to be filled.

Columbus, OH #LI-HYBRID

Position Summary

Are you a critical thinker who is willing to dive into legacy processes and challenge existing ways of work? Are you a self-starter who is passionate about learning new and emerging technologies to drive meaningful change in the workplace? If so, join a team of motivated individuals dedicated to transforming Finance reporting and processes at AEP through process redesign, automatization and digitization. You will help drive and design transformative solutions for the Finance organization while working on project teams and collaborating with AEP business partners. Duties include utilizing Finance recommended technologies to scope, develop, and implement solutions for Finance in line with a vision of creating an integrated Finance community.

Principal Accountabilities

• Work on a project team to define requirements and scope Finance transformation opportunities, including process improvement, rationalization, data strategy, reporting strategy, and key financial metrics.

• Develop solutions and scale accordingly using Finance preferred technologies like Workiva, Power BI or Alteryx.

• Deploy solutions to business partners and assist in training and transition to future-state citizen lead development.

• Challenge existing processes to drive change in the organization.

• Optimize finance data models and coordinate data architecture with AEP IT.

• Identify process improvements and/or automation opportunities to support future state of work.

• Willingness to learn and develop expertise with Finance technologies.

Auto req ID:

36333BR

Relocation:

No

Location:

Columbus, OH

Job Type:

Full-Time

Job Category:

Accounting/Auditing/Tax

Annual Salary To (Mid):

100219.00

Minimum Requirements:

Education

Bachelor Degree in Business/Finance or technology-focused degree such as Computer Science.

Experience

Minimum of 3 years post-grad experience in technology or finance/business workforce. Experience should heavily focus on use of technology that reduces or replaces manual processing and/or provides additional insight and analysis opportunities to business units.

Additional Information

The successful candidate is/has:

• Licenses/Certifications: Currently pursuing or planning to attain CPA License, PMP, PSM, CAPM, or similar certifications a plus

• Familiarity with Workiva, Power BI, Alteryx a plus

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to establish and maintain collaborative work relationships at all levels within the Company and with external business partners.

• Motivated, self-starter

Annual Salary From (Min):

80174.00

Work Designation:

Hybrid

Geographic Proximity:

Columbus, OH Metro Area

Equal Opportunity Employer | Minorities/Females/Disability/Vets