Job Description

Position Specific Description

Florida Power and Light is seeking a Principal Financial Analyst to join their Finance team. The Principal Financial Analyst will conduct financial due diligence and analysis on strategic investments, focusing on bringing value to FPL’s customers and shareholders.

In this role, the employee will:

Master the use of the Economic Decision Making (EDM) model, an Excel-based tool used across various business units, to evaluate investments based on customer value
Work with minimal supervision to provide timely and accurate financial analyses
Assist managers/directors in the planning and coordinating of project assignments
Identify and analyze financial impacts of issues and specific decisions facing FPL
Communicate the key investment benefits and risks to senior management
Provide expertise and support to other FPL departments requiring financial consulting services or financial training

Successful candidates will have the ability to comprehend, analyze, frame and resolve complex analytical issues and distill them into simple to understand analysis for management decision making.

The ideal candidate will have:

-Bachelors in Accounting/Finance

-Masters in Accounting/Finance

-CFA & Utility experience is preferred but not required

Job Overview

Employees in this role supports Senior Management decision making via financial modeling, including but not limited to, revenue requirement and customer bill impacts, discounted cash flow analysis and financial statement modeling.  This position identifies and conducts complex analyses of financial impacts of issues and/or decisions facing the company and proposes strategies to maximize financial performance of company.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

•   Identifies, analyzes, and communicates to management the impact on the Company's financial structure, profitability, financial integrity, and competitive position utilizing relevant analytical methods and/or department’s forecasting models
•   Provides financial analysis support for various projects, calculating revenue requirements, net present value, customer bill impact, etc.
•   Provides expertise, support, and financial training for the company departments requiring these services
•   Performs financial analyses as required by management or regulatory bodies
•   Makes recommendations on financing decisions and executes long and/or short term financings
•   Prepares PowerPoint presentations to be provided to Senior and Executive Management 
•   Acts as a mentor to lower level employees
•   Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

•  High School Grad / GED
•  Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
•  Experience: 7+ years

Preferred Qualifications

•  Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance
•  Master's - Accounting / Finance