Analyst - Budget & Billing

Job Title: Analyst - Budget & Billing

In office Location: Kirkwood, NY, Rochester, NY, Binghamton, NY, & Orange, CT

Reports to: Sr Manager, Program Mgmt Office

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $70,992 - $88,740

Job Summary:

• Facilitate and coordinate efforts related to gathering, analyzing and reporting the results of areas financial goals and objectives, for both Capital and Operational Expenses.

• Assume a lead role in all activities related to producing metrics and preparing reports.

• Requires in depth knowledge and experience in the SAP software application and works independently with minimal guidance.

• Provides support and guidance to others in the organization with less experience and drives effective work flows and process improvements.

• Responsibilities include Purchasing/ Procurement, and Budget Analysis for the area by producing reports, including general ledger, financial statements, regulatory and management reports for Control & Automation Systems and other Process and Technology business areas upon request.

• Prepares, records, analyzes and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles

• Pays vendor invoices, and processes goods receipts on a timely basis

• Maintains and reconciles accounts payable/receivable ledger accounts, financial statements and reports

• Compiles and reviews the budgets for C&AS departments, taking into consideration actual performance, previous expenditures, and estimated expenses and income

• Maintains accurate spending records and establishes measures for budgetary control Key Skills:

• Provides financial support including forecasting, budgeting, and analyzing variations from budget

• Analyzes and prepares financial statements and reports to all Managers and Director

• Prepares consolidation journal entries, on a timely and accurate basis for financial statements

• Prepares, records, verifies, analyzes and reports accounts payable/receivable transactions

• Creation of purchase orders for C&AS related projects and ongoing renewals.

• Computer capabilities with Microsoft Office and experienced with Excel

• Extensive knowledge with SAP and tools for budget control/availability, invoice investigation, purchase requisition and processing.

• Organizationally sound

• Communication (both written and oral) capabilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing, monitoring and reporting critical operational, productivity & efficiency metrics. Report results across the C&AS area and others as required. Responsible for identifying and analyzing performance gaps from established goals and work with Director, Managers and Supervisors to close gaps, recommend and implement repeatable quantifiable improvements to achieve target goals.

• Performs complex business process analysis and design for the C&AS area. Provides input and support business process related purchasing and budgeting activities for the C&AS area. Identifies processes improvement, documents existing processes, identifies and analyzes gaps between current processes and the desired state, designs new processes, develops process performance measures and plans the transition to a new process. Maintain scorecards specifically measuring gains through process improvement.

• Develop and publish purchase and budget related performance dashboards for use by Management.

• Participate on project teams for purchasing and budget related items, and assist with continuous improvement efforts.

• Perform emergency/Storm Role and support restoration efforts as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Education and Experience Requirements:

  Meet at least one of the following:

  5+ years of related (financial/ purchasing/ budget) experience AS Degree plus 2+ years of related (financial/ purchasing/ budget) experience BS Degree

  Preferred Education and Experience:

  • Experience using, managing, and actioning invoices and purchase orders via the SAP financial module.

  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements such as NERC/CIP, SOX, etc.

  • Utility Industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Delivering for the Business:

  • Global view of the Business - Competent level

  • Achieving Results and Continuous Improvements - Competent level

  • Initiative - Competent level

  • Innovation & Creativity - Competent level

• Global Relationships:

  • Flexibility & Globalization - Competent level

  • Customer Focus - Competent level

  • Communication & Influencing - Competent level

  • Team Work - Competent level

• Global Leadership:

  • Team Management - Initial level

  • Developing Others - Initial level

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement

• Initiative & Change

• Focused on Results

• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Disclaimer

AVANGRID is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. AVANGRID is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, gender, gender identification, gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, genetic information, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other characteristics or conditions protected by law.

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Company:

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP

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Job Posting End Date:

May-8-2025