Specialist, Financial Planning and Analysis

OverviewA little about Capital PowerCapital Power (TSX: CPX) is dedicated to Powering Change by Changing Power. This north star guides our ambitions, focus, and actions as we transform our energy system. We're a growth-oriented North American energy company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Our team safely delivers, builds, and creates balanced energy solutions for customers across North America.Our people are at the core of our journey to deliver reliable, affordable, and lower-carbon power solutions. We provide purpose-driven work in a safe and inclusive environment, and we live by our North Star. With us, your contributions matter – we want you to be empowered to innovate, collaborate, and ultimately drive results. We\'re here to partner with you so you can learn, grow, and forge a career that\'s meaningful to you. Join us in powering North AmericaYour OpportunityCapital Power Corporation (CPC) is currently seeking an innovative and results-driven individual to join our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team.The Financial Planning and Analysis team oversees Capital Power’s consolidated budget, forecasts, and long-term plan, providing critical guidance for managing the Company’s financial performance.Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, the Specialist will be the financial and operational data backbone for Capital Power’s FP&A team. The Specialist is responsible for managing and optimizing the financial planning systems to enhance efficiency and ensure reliable data accuracy. Key responsibilities include overseeing system operations, integrating data across platforms, and automating key reporting processes. This role ensures secure, and consistent financial data flows, maintains the integrity of the planning environment and delivers timely, reliable reports and dashboards to support consolidated budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning. Through strong system management and cross-functional collaboration, the Specialist enables timely, insightful analytics and drives continuous improvement in financial performance management.You will contribute to our team byOverseeing 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 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.What you will bring to the roleEducationPost-Secondary Diploma or Degree in Business, Finance or equivalent is preferred.Experience1-4 years in FP&A systems, EPM administration, financial systems, or BI/reporting.Technical SkillsAdvanced 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.Working ConditionsHybrid Office/Work from home position, with possible very minimal travel to meet business users at Capital Power facilities or other offices.Additional DetailsHours of Work: 8 hours a day, 40 hours a weekUnion: CSU52 (T2)Wage: $47.22Clearance of Credit check is required for this position.In order to be considered for this role you must be legally eligible to work in Canada.The successful candidate for this position will undergo an education verification, reference checks and criminal record check.Capital Power employees that refer a successful candidate for this position are eligible for a $5 00 Referral RewardWe believe that creating a culture that supports employee physical, mental, financial, and social wellbeing is critical to our success. That is why we provide flexible and affordable employee benefits, retirement savings, and paid time off programs. We also provide comprehensive onboarding, training, and programs supporting your career development.How To Apply and Next StepsCapital Power only accepts resumes via online application at www.capitalpower.com/careers. If you choose to submit your resume by any other means, we cannot guarantee that your application will be considered for vacancies.Applicants with disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation to complete their application can request accessible formats, communication support, or other accessibility assistance by contacting careers@capitalpower.com.Capital Power is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process. We recognize and embrace the value of diversity and hire employees with the appropriate skills, experience and knowledge for each position.Thank you for taking the time to apply and expressing interest in powering a sustainable future with Capital Power We wish that we could personally respond to everyone who applies; however, it is our practice to contact only those individuals selected for interviews. #J-18808-Ljbffr