WGL - Sr. Project Financial Analyst, Utility

Job DescriptionWGL - Sr. Project Financial Analyst, UtilityReporting to the Lead, Portfolio Administrative, you will be a key team member in our efforts to mature our Plan, Build, Run delivery model into a highly effective product-oriented operating model. In the paradigm of Plan, Build & Run, while this role supports the "Build" portion of our team, while maintaining close alignment with our Plan and Run teams. The Sr Project Financial Analyst will have experience in coordinating, analyzing, developing, preparing, inputting, and supporting operating (expense) and capital budgets, financial forecasts and cost management activities for the Information Technology (IT) organization.You will serve as a trusted advisor and financial reporting expert, participating in transitioning the financial aspects of initiatives from our Strategy & Planning functions, through the Build phase, and into stable operations that can be well supported by our Run team. As a key member of our PMO team, you will help us transform our business by advancing a team culture that promotes accountability in our work, empowers team members to realize their full potential, and seeks to shorten the path to value-realization in everything we do.You will:You'll help our US Utilities businesses transform by leveraging technology to accelerate value delivery across the firm. As a transformational team member, you'll bring the energy necessary to build culture, develop talent and generate momentum necessary to sustain us on this journey.As a visible champion and promoter of our core values, you'll actively engage with our customers & employees, "rolling your sleeves up" to achieve results.You'll help build & mature our Portfolio Delivery Financial tracking and reporting capabilities that can scale to multiple projects and consolidated portfolio level; this includes helping to identify both the organizational structure and skills necessary to support, as well as maturing the processes and training required to ensure consistent, repeatable outcomesYou'll carefully manage monthly financial processes and deliverables for each initiative, ensuring we have consistency in place to deliver successful outcomesYou'll be a relentless driver of financial governance and discipline at both the project and portfolio level, ensuring that we are maintaining accurate financial tracking for each initiation, and that we're effectively tracking and forecasting costs throughout. This includes clearly understanding rules-of-the-road for allocation of CapEx vs. OpEx.You will work with Finance to request Work Orders for approved capital projects, maintain and improve project tracking worksheets, supply monthly actuals (overheads, labor, materials, expenses), facilitate UVL processing, conduct accuracy reviews against data sources and ensure monthly reporting at Portfolio and Finance determined levels.You'll partner closely with the Portfolio Delivery Managers for Utilities Operations, Customer Experience, Energy Services and Infrastructure to provide needed project and portfolio financial viewsYou will develop ad hoc andor complex reports of the budget in response to special requestsYou will investigate and recommend andor implement improvements andor cost saving ideas related to the budget process.You will identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and dashboardsYou'll be comfortable presenting executive level communications to Business & Digital leadership on your respective areas of the portfoliokey projects; you'll be equally as comfortable diving more deeply into the details or a key project with technical & project team staffYou'll be comfortable working with resources across complex, multi-vendormixed resource environments (employee, contractor, service-provider) and driving accountability necessary to achieve resultsYou'll possess a passion for lifelong learning and develop an environment for professional growth across the team.You have5+ Years experience working with Digital teams at scale, with specific experience leading in Financial Budgeting, Forecasting, Accruals processing and tracking of Actuals requiredDesire, passion, and energy to help build and drive a transformation mindset across the organizationSpecific experience working with Financial Systems - PeopleSoft and JDE a plusStrong fluency with Excel formulas and functions, SharePoint and PowerBI a plusPrior experience working with gas or electric utilities preferred; will consider related experience in other industrial domainsMust be able to effectively interact with and communicate with business partners at every level throughout the organizationMust be able to drive accountability across diverse stakeholder groupsProject management certifications a plusWillingness to travel (20%)Why work at AltaGas?AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington GasWGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions - from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers' homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.To learn more about our mission: Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.For U.S. hires: WGLSEMCOAltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical andor mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Created: 2025-02-06