Senior Financial Analyst en Grant PUD

Closing Date to Apply: Open Until Filled 

Salary: $97,323.20 to $156,707.20 

Typically, selected candidates are hired at a salary rate between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

Benefits: This link below will provide you with Grant PUD’s benefits that may be available if hired. Different employee types are eligible for different benefits. 

Grant PUD — Unified Insurance Program (uip-wa.org)

 Position Summary

Provides advanced financial forecasting, debt analysis, and scenario modeling that integrate O&M, capital, and revenues into comprehensive enterprise forecasts. This role serves as a bridge between transactional reporting and enterprise decision support, enabling leadership to evaluate risks, opportunities, and long term financial impacts.
Executes and manages analytical and modeling efforts, collaborating across departments to provide high quality, innovative resources consulting to leadership throughout the organization. This position also engages with employees, customers, stakeholders, and the PUD Commission to understand and balance long term resources interests.

Essential Functions

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinate Utility activities in the areas of planning, analyzing, and executing Utility debt, provides clear and concise economic analysis support across Utility projects and initiatives allowing decision making for future capital funding plans.
• Knowledge and ability to model public and private use provisions of debt and understand impacts from business operation decisions; familiar with various debt structuring options; management of Utility debt portfolio, which includes variable and fixed rate debt, and internal financing options. Works closely with Treasury Operations Manager on direction of financing activities.
• Refines and administers the Grant PUD’s cash flow and budget collaboration process; provides cohesion and problem solving for cash flow and debt analysis processes; coordinates with groups in Grant PUD to update cash flow.
• Manage large portfolios of debt and transactional volume requiring comprehensive knowledge of treasury accounting and related systems; engage with Utility decision makers and provide analysis of financial state. Support Treasury with debt amortization and issuance analysis integrated into forecasts.
• Solves financial forecast for outcomes on specific variables, run scenarios on multiple model inputs and analyze options to most efficiently achieve Grant PUD metric targets.
• Forecasts key metrics for Senior Management ensuring they can see the effects of their decisions; understands impact of work as management relies on output to drive strategy and decisions; coordinates with all Grant PUD initiative and process owners that control the metrics being measured to ensure accurate analysis and forecasting; builds and consistently updates monthly forecasting and budget to actuals, incorporates intra-year updates to enable more accurate year-end financial analysis and decision making for Senior Management.
• Extensively researches and builds reliable distributions around as many financial forecast variables as possible; operates stochastic forecasting through the financial forecast to deliver probabilistic forecasts for Senior Management; provides a definitive and powerful analysis and business planning tool to account for risks and opportunities within the model.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to junior analysts by reviewing their work, offering constructive feedback, and sharing best practices, while also leading and contributing to continuous process improvements that enhance forecasting accuracy, efficiency, and overall team effectiveness; additionally, play an active role in strengthening organizational financial literacy by helping colleagues and business units better understand financial results, drivers, and implications for decision-making.
• In this position, if needed to operate a GPUD vehicle for business purposes, please refer to the Vehicle/Asset Usage Policy, IS-TA-POL-001.
• Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD/IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence. The incumbent should be familiar with these organizational priorities and behave in a way that aligns with these expectations.
• Understand and adhere to compliance requirements for this position that may include laws, regulations, security guidelines, Grant PUD policies & procedures.
• Actively participate in all aspects of our safety program, including but not limited to:
  o Following all safety policies and procedures;
  o Alerting supervisors and coworkers to unsafe or hazardous working conditions;
  o Reporting any safety incidents or close calls within 24 hours to your supervisor; and
  o Accepting feedback from supervisors and coworkers regarding your own safety performance.

Required Qualifications: (Education and Experience, License, and/or Certification)

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field OR 2 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Five (5) years of experience in an analytical role in a utility setting or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications: (Education and Experience, License, and/or Certification)

• Master’s degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Science or related field.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, CTP

Other knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of: Federal and State rules and guidelines; cash flow analysis and forecasting; organizational policies and procedures; department policies and procedures; municipal bond knowledge and structuring.
• Skill in: Financial modeling, statistical analysis, and economics; cash flow analysis and forecasting; handling large amounts of data; balancing and accuracy in accounting; operating a personal computer and general office equipment; interpersonal and presentation skills including clear and concise communication both in writing and verbally.

Physical Requirements

• Position may be eligible for hybrid work arrangement: ☒Yes ☐No
• Majority of work is performed in a standard office setting.
  o Will perform work onsite at the locations of the assigned Business Units
• Typical shift of employees in this position: ☒8 hours ☐9 hours ☐10 hours ☐12 hours

For a full list of requirements, the applicant/incumbent should refer to the Physical Capacity Evaluation (PCE).

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.  Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas.