Renewable Ops Finance Partner - Forecasting & Performance

RWE Gruppe; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

RWE Americas, LLC is seeking a Sr Operations Controlling Associate to serve as a trusted financial partner for Operations leadership, delivering on financial targets for a 13 GW portfolio including wind, solar and storage assets.

You will drive monthly/quarterly reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, while collaborating with asset managers and technical teams to improve efficiency, data quality, and automation across planning tools including SAP and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business or equivalent experience.
• CPA is preferred but not required.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• FP&A experience and/or renewables sector preferred but not required.
• Strong proficiency in forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly and quarterly financial reporting for a portfolio of operating assets including OpEx, OpEx, and KPIs.
• Manage the full plan and forecast lifecycle from assumptions to analysis.
• Conduct deep-dive variance analyses to explain cost trends and asset performance.
• Coordinate with Controlling subteams to align reporting standards and intercompany allocations.
• Present performance results and forecasts to leadership with actionable insights.
• Track optimization efforts and evaluate cost-saving ideas and capex initiatives.
• Support automation and data quality improvements in SAP, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and other tools.
• Translate operational plans into OpEx with finance partnership across sites.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder communication

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

CPA (preferred)

Tools

Excel

SAP

Power BI

SAC

Tableau

Job description

RWE Americas, LLC is seeking a Sr Operations Controlling Associate to serve as a trusted financial partner for Operations leadership, delivering on financial targets for a 13 GW portfolio including wind, solar and storage assets.

You will drive monthly/quarterly reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, while collaborating with asset managers and technical teams to improve efficiency, data quality, and automation across planning tools including SAP and Power BI.