The AES Corporation FP&A team is seeking a FP&A Analyst with at least 3 years’ experience in financial modeling, preparing and coordinating forecasts/budgets, and producing timely, accurate reporting to keep management and stakeholders apprised of business performance against plan. The FP&A Analyst will be responsible for owning and coordinating various portions of the Company’s budgeting and forecast processes by working with various departments to obtain, analyze, and model information and assumptions. Under the direction of the Corporate FP&A Manager, the position will play a key role in the Company’s monthly reporting process. High emotional intelligence, ingenuity, collaborative problem solving, technology-forward, organizational skills and a proactive attitude will position the successful candidate to earn a rewarding opportunity with this fast-growing company.

Core Competencies:

Candidates need collaborative problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills, along with patience, a positive attitude and the ability to work in a demanding team environment. They should also possess the following competencies:

• Exceptional analytical and time management skills.

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to understand issues with a “big-picture” business perspective.

• Clear, concise communicator and good at telling a business story from numbers/data

• The ability to understand the business models of the organization and link to strategy

• Candidate is comfortable taking initiative and proposing, researching, and socializing solutions

• Candidates has high standards and takes pride in their work 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The FP&A Analyst’s duties will include the following (other duties may be assigned):

Forecasting & budgeting:

• Coordinate with strategic business units (SBUs) to receive timely and accurate inputs, explanations and analysis as needed for monthly and annual Corporate reporting process.

• Prepare the Company’s annual budget and monthly forecast process by consolidating and analyzing regional reports

• Deeply understand main performance drivers.

• Integrate analysis into monthly reporting process

• Provide analysis of expected forecast output for purposes of evaluating progress towards overall guidance expectations

• Investigate, explain, and present budget to actual variances to senior leadership

Investment Analysis:

• Prepare models for prospective investment opportunities, including business development projects and/or responses to customer requests for proposals.

• Analyze potential projects, including valuation and modelling to include NPV, IRR, ROE, capital requirements and annual cash and income contributions. This analysis often will require leading cross-functional efforts across AES in high-pressure environments.

• Provide input for presentations that will be sent to Investment Committee / Executive Leadership for purposes of driving investment and strategic decisions.

Other

• Prepare executive level reports and presentations of consolidated results and analysis

• Prepare presentations with business cases and sensitivities

• Be responsible for collaborating across the organization to develop and vet sound business assumptions

• Contribute to periodic and ad-hoc initiatives of the FP&A department

• Build relationships with various functional teams within AES

Requirement:

• 3+ years’ experience in FP&A or business valuation analysis

• Ability to work effectively with accounting systems

• Strong data analytics & business acumen

• Experience preparing and reviewing complex models in Excel

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Sound analytical, planning, and organizational skills

• Fluent in English

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred experience

• FP&A experience preferred

• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) including experience with financial reporting, forecasting and analysis across the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows.

• Strong understanding of data analytics, and technology including but not limited to dash-boarding, data visualization, automation, AI, etc)

• Renewable energy experience preferred

• Desired skills: proficiency in PowerBI, Anaplan, BPC, ThinkCell