Financial Analyst in Macon, Georgia at Macon Water Authority

Job Summary:

Determine the impact of Sales and Operating Expenses on Macon Water Authority residential & non-residential revenues, including creating forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans. Calculate financial projections and analyze monthly performance towards meeting revenue budgets/forecasts, focusing on revenue and expense drivers: rates, adjustments, customer volumes, and service mix (water & sewer). Acts as the organization's FP&A area head, including budget analyst, developer, and liaison with the department heads.

Responsibilities:

• Synthesizes large data sets to develop and enhance financial models and reports
• Prepares forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans to project revenues
• Conducts financial analysis against budget/forecast and identifies/communicates emerging financial trends to both departmental and financial leadership
• Calculates the impact of rate initiatives on revenues to ensure alignment with financial and operational goals
• Partners with department heads to provide forecast tools and reporting to manage revenues, expenses, and capital spending
• Partners with managers and analysts in other departments to develop assumptions used in financial models
• Responsible for three entities' budget development
• Works on long-range plans, budgets, forecasts, and proformas development
• Key responsibility in rate analysis and recommending rate structures, and setting
• Responsible for analyzing key performance indicators and making recommendations
• Uses complex financial modeling to help set the organizational financial strategy
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience required in a related field (i.e., Finance, Accounting, or Business); 3+ years of experience required if the candidate possesses a related advanced degree.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, preferably with experience in modeling revenue & expenses in a utility business
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Bachelor's degree in finance or another related field
• Experience in Microsoft Excel and Access
• GA Driver's License with a clean driving record

Physical Requirements:

• Occasional bending, stooping, crouching, climbing, or balancing
• Ability to lift to waist level, pull, and push up to 40 pounds.
• Use hands to grasp, write, draw, and operate office equipment.