Green Mountain Power is seeking a Budget Analyst to be the foundation of our budgeting processes. This is a great opportunity to become an expert in how an electric utility operates financially!

In this role, you will:

• Work with Department managers to develop annual O&M budgets.
• Work with Capital managers to help them develop financial support for upcoming projects
• Be the primary administrator of the company's industry standard software used in the budgeting process.
• Work with GMP's parent company to ensure that budget reporting requirements are met.
• Assist with the monthly financial closing and variance analysis.
• Assist with the monthly rolling forecasts.
• Support the periodic regulatory work that GMP requires.

REQUIRED SKILLS FOR THIS ROLE

• Cultural fit - We look for attitude, aptitude, work ethic and self-awareness as key attributes in our candidates. We hire people who others want to be around, learn quickly, have the grit to work through the inevitable roadblocks and the capacity and desire to produce a lot of great results for our customers. Self-awareness is the trickiest and most important of these. It is key to understand what is unique about you where you will be excellent and where you will under-produce without support from elsewhere.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure in a dynamic organizational structure.
• Ability to steer and coordinate multiple operations while delivering high quality results.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes.
• Skillful in developing and building successful internal and external relationships.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate accounting concepts to those without accounting expertise.
• Strong technology aptitude to learn and leverage technology solutions for communication, analysis, and efficient workflows. Excel experience required. Aptitude to learn new applications required since this role involves operating GMP's utility financial software.
• Experience in financial accounting and 4 year accounting degree (regulated utility/public accounting experience a plus).

May work from our Rutland or Colchester offices.

About Green Mountain Power

Green Mountain Power serves approximately 270,000 residential and business customers in Vermont and is partnering with them to improve lives and transform communities. GMP is providing solutions to cut carbon and delivering electricity that is clean, affordable, and always on. GMP is the first utility in the world to get a B Corp certification, meeting rigorous social, environmental, accountability and transparency standards and committing to use business as a force for good. In 2022, GMP was named to TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential Companies. Fast Company named GMP one of the top five Most Innovative Companies in North America in 2022. GMP also earned a spot on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the World list in the energy sector four years in a row, the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) honored GMP as a nationwide leader in energy transformation.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At GMP we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Green Mountain Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer