Business Support Specialist

Atmos Energy Corporation; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Atmos Energy Corporation in Dallas seeks aFinance Analyst to help manage operating budgets, capital forecasts and related issues. You will enter, retrieve, and analyze data in financial systems and advise stakeholders on budgets, variances, and project statuses.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration, and strong Excel/Word/PowerPoint skills, plus solid communication abilities. Office-based with possible travel during busy periods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration; or equivalent.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint to create documents, reports, and graphics.
• Strong analytical and communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for operating budgets, capital forecasts and related issues.
• Enter, retrieve, and analyze data in financial/project management systems.
• Advise stakeholders on budgets, forecasts, variances, and project statuses.
• Communicate with internal and external partners such as operations, engineering, finance, contractors, and consultants.
• Monitor, investigate, and explain budget forecasts and variances; resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Data analysis

Budgeting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO LIST ALL OF THE DUTIES THAT ARE OR MAY BE PERFORMED IN THIS POSITION

Primary Duties

• 1. May serve as the primary region/department contact person for operating and maintenance budgets, capital project forecasts and related issues.
• 2. May enter, retrieve, and analyze data in financial/project management systems.
• 3. May answer questions, provide information, and advise business stakeholders regarding budgets, forecasts, variances, project statuses, and other requested data.
• 4. Communicates with internal and external partners such as operations, engineering, finance, contractors, and consultants.
• 5. Monitors, investigates, analyzes, and explains budget forecasts and variances as required. Resolves discrepancies between various data sources.
• 6. Identifies, evaluates, develops, and conducts training, as needed, to assure the consistent application of administrative and financial practices, policies, and procedures.
• 7. Assists in completing and maintaining accurate records and reports to comply with Company and regulatory requirements.
• 8. May be responsible for supporting various division initiatives or projects.
• 9. May be responsible for the day-to-day service center office operations, including meeting or event coordination, communication, invoice review/processing, and calendar management.
• 10. May organize and provide data for the annual budget cycle.

Minimum Requirements

• Educational/Experience Level: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration; or equivalent.
• Computer Skills: Requires ability to utilize the Company's database systems and available resources for data entry, reference and/or retrieval tasks. Requires working knowledge of various software applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point to create documents, reports, and/or graphics.
• Numeric Skills: Requires the ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.
• Communication Skills: Requires the ability to communicate with internal/external customers to obtain and/or provide explanations and/or information.
• Physical Demands: Requires performing activities including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, using office equipment, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning, and/or lifting.
• Work Conditions: Works in an office environment. May require travel to other offices, including possible overnight travel.

Atmos Energy Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Job Family: Financial Services Atmos Energy Corporation, a natural gas-only distributor, is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South. As part of our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, we are modernizing our business and infrastructure while continuing to invest in safety, innovation, environmental sustainability and our communities. Atmos Energy manages proprietary pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas.