Sr Business Planning Analyst

Atmos Energy Corporation; Texas; On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Atmos Energy Corporation is seeking a Budget/Planning professional to maintain and enhance capital and depreciation models, forecast CapEx, and provide variance analyses to support annual budgets and multi-year plans.

The role collaborates with Regulatory Affairs, Tax, and Accounting to align forecasts with rate recovery requirements and governance. Requires Masters or CPA; experience in financial analysis and capital planning is essential.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration and four years professional experience in financial analysis; or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration and five years professional experience in financial analysis.
• Certified Public Accountant certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Researches, develops and maintains financial models and reporting systems.
• Presents comparative analyses based on company statistics and industry norms.
• Develops business plans and budgets with senior management input.
• Performs economic and business analyses on special projects and proposals.
• Coordinates gathering of operating and capital budget information.
• Plans modifications of planning and budgeting systems and implements new technologies.
• Provides financial analyses and due diligence for strategic opportunities.
• Forecasts long-term financial results to support financing and capital decisions.

Job description

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO LIST ALL OF THE DUTIES THAT ARE OR MAY BE PERFORMED IN THIS POSITION Ideal Candidate: Maintain and enhance monthly capital and depreciation models, incorporating actual results, forecast updates, project timing changes, and long-range planning assumptions. Develop depreciation, amortization, and fixed asset forecasts to support annual budgets and multi-year financial plans. Perform monthly and quarterly variance analysis of capital spending, updating rolling cash flow forecasts and identifying key drivers. Conduct investment, sensitivity, and scenario analyses to evaluate major capital projects, asset acquisitions, lease-versus-buy decisions, and capital allocation strategies. Support development, monitoring, and governance of annual CapEx budgets and long-term capital plans, that may include NPV, IRR, payback, and ROIC evaluations. Model, track, and forecast regulated rate base components, including net plant, ADIT, inventories, prepayments, deferred balances, and working capital requirements. Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Tax, and Accounting teams to align capital forecasts, rate case assumptions, fixed asset accounting, and regulatory recovery requirements. Prepare executive reporting, dashboards, and performance analyses to communicate capital investment, depreciation trends, and financial results to leadership.

Primary Duties

1. Researches, develops and maintains relevant business plan models and reporting systems, consistent with the Corporate strategy, and comprised of financial and business related information consistent with similar natural gas industry public companies.
2. Prepares comparative analysis based on Company statistics and industry norms for internal management purposes.
3. Develops, performs, analyzes and provides business plan model that supports the Business Unit's Five Year Business Plan. Acts as consultant to Business Unit Officers and Shared Service Unit heads in development of plans and detail budgets.
4. Performs economic and business analyses on special projects and proposals submitted from various Company departments. Interfaces with management as a strategic resource in determining the appropriate analytical approach, preparing statistical analyses and interpreting results.
5. Coordinates the gathering of Business Unit and Shared Service Unit detail operating and capital budget information.
6. Coordinates and plans modifications of existing planning and budgeting systems and leads in evaluation and implementation of new technologies in the planning and budget process.
7. Provides financial, business and securities analysis and due diligence studies to executive management regarding potential development opportunities. Develops economic models and forecasting scenarios in support of evaluating business decisions.
8. Forecasts long term financial results for the Company and corporate development opportunities in order to secure financing from banks and other lending institutions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Educational/Experience Level: Masters degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration and four years professional experience in financial analysis; or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration and five years professional experience in financial analysis; Communication Skills: Requires the ability to communicate, persuade and/or influence internal and/or external customers at a high level such as senior management on matters of a technical and/or complex nature. Numeric Skills: Requires the ability to perform to perform algebraic, trigonometric and geometric operations and/or moderately complex statistical and/or accounting methods. Computer Skills: Requires advanced knowledge of various software applications to create spreadsheet models, documents, reports and graphics. Physical Demands: Requires occasionally performing activities including, but not limited to, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting. Work Conditions: Works in an office environment. Additional Information: Certified Public Accountant certification preferred.

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: Budget/Planning 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.