Lead Financial Analyst

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package and a culture that values safety, innovation, and collaboration. We serve customers and build stronger communities, powering beyond today’s market challenges and into tomorrow’s energy future.

Lead Financial Analyst, working in a flexible hybrid FP&A team, shapes long‑term strategy, drives forecasting and planning, and provides strategic decision support across the enterprise.

• Independently drives highly complex financial and economic analyses to support business‑unit and enterprise‑level decision‑making.
• Designs, enhances, and interprets advanced financial models, long‑term forecasts, and scenario analyses across multiple work streams.
• Serves as a strategic financial advisor to internal customers, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and alternative courses of action.
• Shapes financial recommendations and supports implementation of approved decisions aligned to strategic priorities.
• Leads cross‑functional discussions and influences stakeholders through clear communication of complex financial insights, trade‑offs, and implications.
• Drives business planning, benchmarking, research, and risk assessment efforts with significant organizational impact.
• Leads or plays a significant role in the rate review process, including development of filings and communication with regulatory or external stakeholders, as applicable.
• Identifies and drives innovative improvements to financial processes, models, and analytical approaches.
• Serves as a financial subject‑matter expert, providing guidance and informal mentoring to strengthen analytical capabilities across the team.
• Engages in other duties as needed to support the company's values and purpose.

Performs work under the general supervision of a Manager or Director.

Master’s Degree or Advanced Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, or a related field (Preferred).

8 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Financial Planning, Strategic Planning, Accounting, or a related field (Required).

CMA, CPA, or CFA (Preferred).

• Advanced expertise in financial, economic, and business concepts with a business‑unit or enterprise perspective.
• Demonstrated ability to perform highly complex financial and economic analysis in ambiguous or novel situations.
• Advanced expertise in designing, enhancing, and interpreting complex financial models, long‑term forecasts, and scenario analyses.
• Ability to apply sound judgment and operate with high autonomy across multiple initiatives or work streams.
• Proven ability to shape recommendations by synthesizing complex information, risks, and trade‑offs.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills, including leading cross‑functional discussions without direct authority.

• Strategic Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Data Visualization
• Financial Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Corporate Financial Reporting
• Process Automation
• Financial Planning

Competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and a strong safety focus with volunteer opportunities.

$105,000–$125,000, negotiable within the range and dependent on experience and qualifications.

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Alliant Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicant qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment are required to complete a background check and a drug screen where applicable.

The above information indicates general job nature but is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications.

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