Principal Analyst, FP&A

Cameron LNG; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cameron LNG in Houston, TX is seeking an FP&A Principal Analyst to provide analysis and insight that informs critical decision making across the organization.

Key duties include supporting budget development, maintaining cost models, delivering timely analyses, and updating forecasts and business plans with stakeholders. This role will be located in Houston with occasional travel to the plant in Hackberry.

Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited university in accounting, finance, economics or another business discipline.
• 10+ years of financial experience and 6+ years of financial planning and analysis experience.
• Thorough knowledge of financial reporting, financial modeling, and accounting.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP and SAP BPC.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with budget holders to understand and financially reflect the underlying business activities
• Supporting budget holders in structured and ad-hoc analysis, including variance analysis
• Contributing to the budget, forecast and business planning exercises
• Maintaining key models and calculations
• Coordinating team activities as it relates to external engagements, e.g. audits, benchmarking exercises
• Providing economic analysis to support capital project evaluation
• Consolidating KPIs reports
• Maintaining focus on continuous improvement and cost optimization
• Performing other tasks as assigned

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Variance analysis

Communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking / prioritization

Teamwork

Education

Master's degree in accounting/finance/economics

Tools

SAP

SAP BPC

Excel

Excel VBA

PowerPoint

PowerBI

Job description

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Houston, TX, US

Purpose:

FP&A Principal Analyst is primarily responsible for supporting the business by providing analysis and insight useful for critical decision making across the organization.

Key responsibilities include ensuring budget development and compliance to support budget holders, maintaining and improving underlying cost structure and modeling, providing timely and meaningful analysis, and working with key stakeholders across the organization to update forecasts and business plans.

This position will be located Houston, TX, with occasional travel to the plant in Hackberry.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Working closely with budget holders to understand and financially reflect the underlying business activities
• Supporting budget holders in structured and ad-hoc analysis, including variance analysis
• Contributing to the budget, forecast and business planning exercises
• Maintainingkeymodels andcalculations
• Coordinating team activities as it relates to external engagements, e.g. audits, benchmarking exercises etc.
• Providing economic analysis to support capital project evaluation
• Consolidating KPIs reports
• Maintaining focus on continuous improvement and cost optimization
• Performing other tasks as assigned

Qualifications:

Education:

• Master's degree from an accredited university in accounting, finance, economics or another business discipline
• CFA, CMA, or CPAdesirable

Experience:

• 10+ year of financial experience and 6+ years of financial planning and analysis experience.

Skills/ Knowledge/ Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of financial reporting, financial modeling, and accounting
• Advanced knowledge of SAP and SAP BPC
• Advanced skills in Excel (Excel VBA knowledge is a plus), PowerPoint, and PowerBI
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
• Team oriented and comfortable adapting to change
• High attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and communication skills

Physical Requirements:

• This position requires minimal physical effort.
• Must be able to endure prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day

*Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions as defined per Company policy.