NM Operations Analyst

Department: NM Business Operations Support

JOB DESCRIPTION

Salary Grade: G07
Minimum Midpoint Maximum
$73,060- $96,804- $120,548

Collaborates with Legal and Regulatory, including preparing and editing testimony. Works closely with Corporate Finance and manages the monthly budget for the department, individual projects, and contracts. Coordinates and manages stakeholder meetings.

• Manages monthly budget process for department, projects, and/or services contracts
• Plays key leadership role in developing, analyzing, reporting on and managing NM T&D
  ¿ s O&M ($35m to $40M annually) and Capital ($100M to $150M annually) budgets
• Individually or as a member of a team, manages monthly variance analyses, quarterly reforecasts, and annual AOP processes across 20+ budget home centers.
• Develops schedules and timelines and drives achievement of budget deadlines with NM T&D leaders of all levels (supervisor through vice president)
• Serves as expert resource and partner with Corporate Finance analysts and managers on budget processes
• Performs testing and provides input and recommendations on corporate budget systems as requested
• Analyzes, reviews, tracks and reconciles costs/invoices
• Prepares and presents budget reports to appropriate governance bodies and/or leadership
• Prepares and adjusts budgets and performs year end closing
• Manages profession services contracts and consultant work agreements
• Reviews contracts and invoices to validate transactions prior to settlement
• Ensures invoicing is executed by authorized personnel with appropriate disbursement authorization
• Administers current services contracts and leases assuring they are current and in compliance
• Assists with mitigating risks of expiration and or compliance issues of current services contracts and leases
• Coordinates with owners, suppliers, and stakeholders responsible for these services contracts and leases to assure future use of the asset
• Summarizes, interprets, and analyzes current and projected pricing for financial modeling use
• Prepares and presents contract reports to appropriate governance bodies and/or leadership
• Supports the development and negotiation of contract amendments, extensions, and new contracts
• Builds business cases, prepares recommendations and presents new project and initiative ideas
• Develops and manages scope, budget, and milestones of assigned projects
• Assists with garnering approval of final project from appropriate leaders and stakeholders
• Executes project and conducts periodic progress and tracking reviews using standard project management methods and tools, such as a Gantt chart
• Provides support for legal and regulatory matters related to transmission and distribution projects
• Prepares and edits testimony and/or interrogatory responses for any legal or regulatory matters related to transmission and distribution projects
• Collaborates with the Legal and Regulatory groups on any transmission and distribution projects related regulatory matters
• Coordinates, and manages stakeholder meetings, including issuing minutes and action items from these meetings
• Closes on assigned action items
• Manages relationships with stakeholders
• Documents work processes and standard work instructions
• Understands industry best practices and implements into daily work
• Performs benchmarking as a method to understand current performance and act upon results
• Prepares and presents benchmarking reports to appropriate governance bodies
• Assists with developing asset plans and roadmaps

• In depth knowledge of PNM
  ¿ s financial systems and processes
• Ability to understand and apply business, legal, and regulatory concepts to assigned projects
• Ability to work on long-term issues and projects
• Extensive knowledge of budgeting systems and budget variance reporting
• Extensive knowledge of utility accounting, finance, rate making and economic principles and theories
• Ability to design, organize, prioritize, and schedule work assignments
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Ability to pay attention to detail and maintain accuracy
• Strong oral communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Effective time management skills with ability to schedule and track several projects at once
• Ability to cross train with peers
• Ability to think and act independently and proactively
• Ability to think creatively and adapt to change
• Highly motivated team player with leadership skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies and…