Senior Operations Controlling Analyst — Renewable FP&A

RWE

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 105,000 - 141,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

RWE Americas, LLC is seeking a Sr Operations Controlling Associate to act as a trusted financial partner for Operations leadership. You will drive monthly/quarterly reporting and the full planning lifecycle for a 13 GW portfolio of wind, solar, and storage assets, explaining variances and identifying optimization opportunities.

The role requires strong Excel, SAP, Power BI skills and several years of FP&A experience in energy or related sectors.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Finance / Accounting / Economics / Business or equivalent professional experience.
CPA is preferred, but not required.
Minimum 4 years of relevant FP&A experience.
Experience in financial reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

Lead monthly and quarterly financial reporting activities for a portfolio of Onshore Wind, Solar, or Energy Storage operating assets and internal support teams, ensuring accuracy and completeness of actuals, commentary, and KPIs (OpEx, Ops CapEx, Inventory)
Manage the full plan and forecast lifecycle for a portfolio of operating assets—from collecting assumptions to inputting and analyzing data to review
Conduct deep-dive variance analyses to explain trends in operating costs, equipment maintenance, lost production, and asset underperformance
Coordinate with other Controlling subteams to ensure alignment on performance reporting standards, intercompany allocations, and consolidation of local and global KPIs
Present performance results and forecasts to Operations and Asset Management leadership, offering insights into asset performance and strategic recommendations
Track ongoing optimization efforts for operating assets to evaluate costsaving ideas, performance improvemet initiatives, and capital expenditures
Support initiatives to improve automation, reporting consistency, and data quality in SAP, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and other planning tools and systems
Act as a trusted financial partner to Site Operations and Asset Management leads helping translate operational plans into OpEx