Liberty Looking for Analyst I, Finance at Londonderry, NH Full Time

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

Provides support to the East Region Executive team with monthly deliverables and ad hoc projects including management reporting, variance analyses and performance management using the Balanced Scorecard. The primary responsibility is to ensure that key business analytical programs necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the business are managed, executed and reported; providing the intelligence on which the leadership team can make data driven decisions.

Accountabilities

• Ensure that all metrics, data and documentation developed by the Business Intelligence Team is intuitive and produced in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Provide comprehensive analysis of results, explaining variances in actual results, to drive operational best practices and continuous improvement across the enterprise.
• Provides financial analysis and forecasting support for ad hoc projects
• Assist with the yearly budgeting process.
• Assist with all internal and external audits.
• Prepare and present written and oral reports.
• Recommend and implement improvements to organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Completes special projects as assigned by Senior Management.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in accounting or finance
• 0-2 years of related experience with a minimum of five years in a capacity that reflects increasing levels of responsibility and accomplishments.
• Must have experience working with financial applications. Experience with SAP desired.
• Possess proficient skills in internet and standard PC software applications (e.g., spreadsheets, word processing, databases, presentations, email, etc.). Advanced experience with Microsoft Office required.
• Prior utility background a plus.
• Experience with budgeting/forecasting, financial reporting and/or audit/internal audit.
• Be able to research and analyze business issues, implement, and/or recommend possible courses of action.
• Must have effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to express technical concepts clearly in non-technical terms and to explain plans and ideas to senior management. Be able to communicate in English with others, including internal and external customers, under normal and adverse conditions.
• Must have a high degree of accuracy.
• Be able to exercise independent judgment, discretion, professionalism, and tact in all areas of work including matters of a sensitive and/or confidential nature.
• Be able to work independently, be a self-starter, function in a team environment, and manage competing deadlines.
• Be able to work weekends, holidays, and extra time as required.
• Be able to travel for business.

Years of Experience

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.