Manager Financial Planning

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say  I am energy , it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy.

That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Join Alliant Energy as Manager, Financial Planning! In this highly visible leadership role, you’ll partner directly with senior executives and business leaders to shape strategic decisions across the enterprise. This is an office role, where you’ll lead a high-performing team that serves as trusted advisors to the business, delivering insights that influence operational, financial, and long-term planning outcomes.

Beyond managing budgets and forecasts, you'll champion innovation, embrace emerging technologies such as AI, and drive continuous improvement in how financial insights are generated and used. This is an opportunity for a collaborative leader who can influence decisions, develop talent, and drive business results.

Job Summary Manager Financial Planning manages financial planning, budgeting, regulatory finance, and financial modeling activities. This role also participates in and develops effective financial strategic solutions within the organization. This position communicates results and provides strategic financial recommendations driving positive financial results/changes across the organization. This role strives to enhance partnerships with customers and provides coaching and feedback to direct reports that is timely.

What you will do Performs all leadership duties including, but not limited to, hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct and modeling Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times.

Oversees financial analysis, including financial forecasting, annual operating plan, strategic financial plans, project plans, project analysis, rate case filings, and financial operational planning.

Runs the annual financial operating plan process including objective/target development, analysis, and approval by management.

Analyzes, evaluates, and develops forecasting models.

Continuously identifies and implements improvements in risk management and operational efficiency.

Maintains working knowledge of company strategy, initiatives, and risk profile, applying strategic knowledge in making business recommendations.

Partners and collaborates with key stakeholders to develop solutions for better financial or strategic outcomes that align with the company’s overall strategic plan.

Ensures measures are in place to identify, assess, respond, and communicate risks and opportunities.

May be responsible for helping implement legal and accounting requirements, including rate order.

May be responsible for assisting in the defense of company positions, including rate case revenue requirements and business segment/jurisdictional cost allocations to include responding to data requests.

Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers…