Senior Property Services Financial Analyst​/Property Services Financial Analyst

Xcel Energy(NASDAQ:XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500company,dedicated toserving millions of electricity andnaturalgascustomersacross eight states:

Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota,New Mexicoand Texas.

We make energy work better forourcustomers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar-delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient,and sustainable energy.

Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

Perform and coordinate the development, tracking, reporting and analysis of financial information, including financial reporting, budget creation, and financial analysis for the Property Services organization. Provide proactive, clear, and actionable recommendations and alternatives to help drive business discussions and decisions. Standardize and document key processes and internal control points for data management and reporting functions.

• Assist in evaluating facility master plans and proposals to verify the need for budgetary requests using established guidelines. Scrutinize data and assumptions for reasonableness and push back when needed. Through collaboration with department leadership and the Corporate Finance department, oversee the development of 5-year financial plans and priorities lists. Review, approve, and process ongoing funding requests (including review of initial estimates, change orders, etc.).
• Lead month-end financial closing and reporting processes. Provide monthly actual versus budget variance analysis, support achievement of cost targets, and analyze and investigate opportunities for cost reductions within the capital and operating budgets. Partner with the Corporate Finance department to ensure financial reports are providing valuable insights. Assist with creation and implementation of additional reporting or dashboard views and work to continuously improve reporting solutions.
  
  Develop, report, and analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and metrics to align with departmental and company initiatives.
• Analyze performance of projects and budgetary initiatives; evaluate results regarding schedule, costs, client relationships and quality with the goal of maintaining a consistent level of performance. Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses, interviews, best practice research, and develop practical findings and recommendations for department leaders and decision‑makers to improve budgetary outcomes. Manage relationships with suppliers and internal business partners to investigate and identify process issues and potential improvements.
  
  Provide performance monitoring of all Property Services contracts and contractors.
• Ensure that standard operational guidelines are updated and created where necessary and maintained in a structured format. Train and provide guidance to Property Services resources, key business partners and suppliers on systems, processes, and established policies and guidelines. Serve as SME for sourcing and procurement tools, budget databases, and SAP system.
• Participate in or lead special projects as assigned.…