Regional Business Manager - East

Regional Business Manager - East

This position requires travel to the plants located on the North East. The primary function of this position is to support NRG's generation fleet. Responsibilities include : budgeting, forecasting and business planning; spend analysis and variance reporting; PowerSAM support and project economic analysis; validation of Annual Incentive Program (AIP) tracking and Budget Exception reporting; summarizing and presenting financial and operational data to executive management. This role requires a strong technical understanding of conventional power generation assets combined with excellent organizational and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups.

Job responsibilities include : leading and driving the budgeting, forecasting and business planning process across the generation fleet; providing support and training to plant business analysts and managers; providing the tools and templates required for budgeting, reforecasting, and various reporting; assisting in the preparation and review of financial results, forecasting activities and variance reporting in coordination with FP&A (FPR, SAP, PowerSAM, Plant Unit Characteristics, and Planned Outage Schedules); accurately tracking, evaluating, and reporting on NRG's Labor, Base O&M, VOM, Major Maintenance, Maintenance Capex and Environmental Capex; working with plant business analysts and managers on monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, and full year spend analysis and variance reporting; developing and improving on business management processes especially around data automation; assisting in ad hoc analysis that ensures the fleet and stations have an effective spend plan to achieve Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditures; summarizing and presenting monthly, quarterly, and annual performance financial reporting; managing the Forecast Portal and Dashboards for reporting on FPR adjustments when outside of a forecast month; preparing regional financial reports for the VPs of Operations; tracking and updating actual spend, budget and forecast related to deactivation, ARO and environmental liabilities; effectively converting financial data to meaningful information for executive management; and providing the required environmental capex support for the filing of the 10Q and 10K reports.

Hybrid work environment with office opportunities in either Houston, Pittsburgh, or Princeton. Travel outside of hybrid work environment will be common, however, weekend travel is not common. Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary especially during critical issue resolution and to achieve project milestones.

Minimum requirements include five to ten years relevant, heavy industry or conventional power plant experience. Preferred qualifications include a BS / BA degree in Business, Accounting, Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics or related quantitative field; 10+ years of industry experience with at least 5 years or more directly related to plant operations or heavy industry required; comprehensive knowledge of the power industry including power and commodity markets, rules, and regulations and how these affect / impact plant operations; strong operations background that includes asset optimization, investment, and project finance analysis; and demonstrated track record in delivering internal improvement projects in a large and diverse organization.

Additional knowledge, skills, and abilities include proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products such as Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint. PowerBI experience and dashboard development is a plus. Proficiency, or willing to develop proficiency, in specialized NRG business applications such as PowerSAM, PowerGADS, FPR, UC portal, OSS and SAP. Decision making, problem solving, analytical analysis and critical thinking skills required. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required as well as the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups. This will be demonstrated across large and small groups of peers or superiors. Will be highly organized and able to prioritize deadlines in work-intensive environments. Will remain focused and calm in the face of distractions and changing priorities and will have the ability to influence others to do the same.

If you reside in or intend to work remotely from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Washington D.C., Washington State or another state or locality with a pay transparency law, you may contact Careers@nrg.com for compensation information related to this position and other information as required by applicable law. Please include the job title in your request.

Physical requirements include required travel to plant sites to perform duties and responsibilities (25-30%) and required to follow and use all appropriate personal protective equipment if working in a plant environment (constantly).

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M / F / Vet / Disability. Level, Title and / or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent.