Business Analyst, Operations Planning

Job Description

AltaGas - Business Analyst, Operations Planning & Analysis

Reporting to the Senior Director, Operations Planning and Analysis, the Business Analyst will support the efficiency and productivity of AltaGas' Midstream Operations spending. You will collaborate with the Midstream Finance, Engineering, and Operations teams to optimize business processes and aid in investment and capital planning. Key objectives include enhancing visibility and accuracy of the Midstream Maintenance Capital portfolio, maintaining a spend database, preparing documentation for expenditure authorization, tracking KPIs, and ensuring accurate cost information. Additionally, you will collaborate on G&A planning and reporting, including labor allocations, identify opportunities for process improvements and cost savings, and assess key performance metrics to enhance operational efficiency.

You will:

- Coordinate capital portfolio governance framework through maintaining an internal database of actual and forecast spend and collaborating with Midstream Operations and Engineering teams.
- Analyze data from many sources (JD Edwards, Workday, and other internal sources) to create storylines.
- Support the Operations Planning & Analysis team with preparing, collecting, and organizing documentation.
- Track KPIs, prepare, and distribute reports on operating costs and G&A.
- Ensure accuracy in processes for communicating, evaluating, and storing operations cost information.
- Monitor operational performance metrics, identify trends, and provide actionable insights for continuous improvement.
- Assist in the implementation of an Integrated Business Planning tool at AltaGas.

You have:

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
- Analytical, curious, and a self-starter.
- Proficient in Excel and data analysis; proficiency in statistical and financial modeling is an asset.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
- Understanding of operations, including rail, freight management, carrier selection, and routing optimization is an asset.
- Experience with Midstream operations, PowerBI, and JD Edwards is an asset.

Why work at AltaGas?

AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company focused on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions - from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States.

For Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- For U.S. hires: WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.