Specialist, Financial Planning and Analysis

Capital Power is a growth-oriented North American energy company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. They are seeking a Specialist to join their Financial Planning and Analysis team, responsible for managing financial planning systems, overseeing data integrations, and delivering timely reports to support budgeting and forecasting processes.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing planning system administration, including environment management, metadata and CoA structures, security and user provisioning, and backup processes, as well as coordinating patches, upgrades, and user acceptance testing
• Delivers budget and forecast reports by coordinating, consolidating, and evaluating cost centers. Supports users by validating data input, executing data transfers, and reconciling results across systems and reports
• Work closely with Senior Specialists to improve forms, rules, and reports, and turn successful pilots into enterprise standard solutions
• Overseeing data integrations between systems, schedule and monitor data loads in coordination with IS, troubleshoot failures, and maintain reconciliation & checks
• Building and maintaining SmartView templates, input forms, calculation rules, mappings, and EPM Automate scripts to streamline budget/forecast/LTP cycles
• Providing user support and training, resolving service requests, maintaining documentation, and track issues and resolutions
• Streamlining and/or developing standard reports and dashboards to support monthly forecast/budget/LTP deliverables
• Collaborating with the Data Sciences team to bring dashboard and reporting enhancements to life, ensuring they meet stakeholder’s needs
• Implementing data quality controls, source‑to‑report reconciliations for audit evidence, and ensuring accuracy of data loads
• Managing the planning calendar, including data workflows, job schedule, stakeholder communications and “day‑1” readiness checks
• Assisting with scenario setup and streamlining data preparation for LTP and routine ad‑hoc analysis to enable faster and more accurate insights

Skills

• Post-Secondary Diploma or Degree in Business, Finance or equivalent is preferred
• 1-4 years in FP&A systems, EPM administration, financial systems, or BI/reporting
• Advanced competencies with Microsoft Excel
• Working knowledge of either Power BI, SQL, or EPM Automate
• Experience with Hyperion Planning, EPM or other comparable financial planning systems considered an asset
• Process mindset, attention to detail, and bias for automation/continuous improvement
• Clearance of Credit check is required for this position
• Legally eligible to work in Canada
• Successful candidate will undergo an education verification, reference checks and criminal record check

Benefits

• Flexible and affordable employee benefits
• Retirement savings
• Paid time off programs
• $500 Referral Reward

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