Financial Planning Analyst; Hybrid; Birmingham, AL

Overview

What We Are Looking For As a member of the Natural Gas Financial Planning organization, the successful candidate will be responsible for coordination, consolidation, and analysis of financial forecasts, budgets, and long-range outlooks for various assets in Kinder Morgan’s Natural Gas East Region business unit. This position includes FP&A activities for several major pipelines that generate a significant portion of the company’s earnings and expansion project backlog.

• Collaborate with teammates to provide timely and meaningful analysis to Senior Management for use in strategic and tactical decision-making
• Develop reporting packages
• Prepare bi-weekly forecasts
• Construct and manage financial models
• Collaborate with Business Development to understand and include the financial impact of growth projects in company financial projections
• Coordinate activities for routine deliverables, PwC audit requests, and ad hoc requests
• Prepare financial analysis for quarterly business reviews
• Investigate anomalies and prepare monthly actual vs. forecast and budget variance analysis
• Lead, guide, and mentor other team members
• Leverage PowerBI to enhance reporting
• Collaborate with Commercial and other groups to develop the annual budget
• Run pricing, operational, and volume sensitivities
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and review project economics to support the Commercial and Business Development teams
• Develop financial analyses to support business decisions and capital expenditures
• Maintain frequent communication with various business segments and corporate functions to stay abreast of operational impacts on financial information
• Improve financial models and processes while maintaining the integrity of all financial information
• Prepare special projects and perform research as requested by management
• Job level will be determined based on the candidate’s skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• MBA and/or CPA Preferred
• Must possess strong analysis, forecasting, planning and reporting skills
• Proficiency with technologies and the ability to navigate, process, and report on large data sets across multiple systems
• Financial modeling and planning experience (midstream or oil and gas preferred)
• Working knowledge of natural gas transportation and storage preferred

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, SUMIF; Pivot Tables; Macros and VBA; advanced charts/graphs; data validation; handling large data sets)
• Ability to solve complex problems and provide solutions-oriented analysis
• Initiative and ability to perform tasks with minimal supervision
• Effective communication of forecast, budget, and actual results to management and accounting at varying levels of detail
• Ability to interface with all levels of management and external partners to obtain data for forecasting
• Strong knowledge of accounting policies, procedures, and processes
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with Accounting, Commercial, and Operations teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Some overtime required as typical with FP&A positions

Kinder Morgan is a large energy infrastructure company operating in North America. Access to reliable, affordable energy is a critical component for improving lives around the world. We are committed to providing energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner for the benefit of the people, communities, and businesses we serve.

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