Strategic Financial Analyst, Corporate Analytics

Cleco; Pineville (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleco is seeking a Financial Analyst II - Corporate Analytics to advance financial strategies across regulated and unregulated utility businesses. This role focuses on modeling, market analyses, and decision-support across ISO market participation and corporate strategy.

You will work with the Corporate Analytics team to deliver insights and drive performance. The role requires a strong foundation in finance, 3+ years of experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
• 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience with Microsoft tools and applications required.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities.
• Willingness to learn new technologies on the job.

Responsibilities

• Create financial models for decision support and in-depth analysis with Cost of Service theory, revenue requirements fundamentals, market fundamentals, and corporate finance.
• Provide direct support to high priority strategic projects, collaborating with the lead analyst or advisor for thought-provocation, implementation, and execution.
• Contribute to production cost modeling analyses and support modeling efforts for recurring and ad hoc specialized projects.
• Proactively assist with communication efforts with teams across the organization to inform, educate, and implement strategies as market insight dictates.
• Assist with development, calibration, and maintenance of ISO market models, and support the organization’s MISO reporting functions.
• Prepare presentation materials incorporating results of the analysis and ensuring materials are shown and explained in a manner tailored to the audience.
• Collaborate with other functions within Corporate Analytics as a support and cross-training function.
• Develop relationships to be an effective business partner with assigned business functions or subject matter professionals to support Corporate Analytics business objectives.
• Actively engage in process improvement initiatives to enhance Corporate Analytics service delivery and processes; identify areas for automation to reduce routine manual tasks.
• Stay up to date with all department software with a continued focus on utilizing tools to improve accuracy and efficiency of Corporate Analytics; participate in the integration of current systems (e.g., SAP) and analytical techniques to enhance/streamline current operations.
• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, sense of belonging, customer service, and operational excellence

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cleco is seeking a Financial Analyst II - Corporate Analytics to advance financial strategies across regulated and unregulated utility businesses. This role focuses on modeling, market analyses, and decision-support across ISO market participation and corporate strategy.

You will work with the Corporate Analytics team to deliver insights and drive performance. The role requires a strong foundation in finance, 3+ years of experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.