OPEX & Financial Performance Lead

EDP Renewables North America LLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

EDP Renewables North America LLC in Houston is seeking a Financial Performance Expert to lead North American OPEX budgeting, cost monitoring, and estimation methodologies across operating assets.

You will partner with Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Operations, and FP&A to harmonize assumptions, analyze performance, and deliver actionable insights to senior management, with a focus on robust models for wind, solar, and energy-storage O&M.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–8 years experience in financial planning, budgeting, or asset management.
• Experience building budgets, forecasts, and cost models.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional processes across regions.
• Advanced Excel and BI dashboard experience (Power BI/Tableau).
• Strong understanding of P&L drivers, variance analyses.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual North American OPEX budgeting process by coordinating timelines, inputs, reviews, and submissions across departments.
• Develop forecasts and long-term plans in partnership with Asset Operations, Asset Management, Portfolio Management, and Finance.
• Coordinate global OPEX modelling and ensure consistent estimation methodologies across regions.
• Review OPEX estimation outputs, provide guidance, and support decision-making.
• Lead monthly site-level OPEX performance reviews with cross-functional teams; flag deviations and drive actions.
• Analyze financial performance drivers: budget variance, reforecasts, and forward-looking assessments.
• Consolidate and communicate performance conclusions, risks, opportunities to management.
• Support internal management reporting and investor-relation inputs.
• Develop and maintain models for wind, solar, and energy-storage O&M expenses.
• Provide day-to-day guidance and training to colleagues supporting OPEX estimation and budgeting.
• Build market knowledge to inform OPEX assumptions and budgeting methodologies.
• Drive improvements in Asset Management performance through standardization and best practices.
• Collaborate with Asset Management and other functions to strengthen processes, controls, and risk management.
• Ensure alignment with project owners and investors in planning decisions.
• Interface with Operations, Performance Management, Portfolio Management, Finance, and external providers.
• Participate in cross-functional teams addressing material issues affecting operating projects.
• Work with Asset Management and accounting to ensure accurate reporting on time.
• Escalate deviations and risks to stakeholders and support resolution.
• Assist local Asset Management on technical requirements analysis and contract reviews for RFPs.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

VBA

Job description

EDP Renewables North America LLC in Houston is seeking a Financial Performance Expert to lead North American OPEX budgeting, cost monitoring, and estimation methodologies across operating assets.

You will partner with Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Operations, and FP&A to harmonize assumptions, analyze performance, and deliver actionable insights to senior management, with a focus on robust models for wind, solar, and energy-storage O&M.