Manager - Financial Planning (Hybrid Work Schedule) (Birmingham, AL or Houston, TX) (Finance)

Position Description

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. For more than 25 years, we have continued to grow and now operate coast-to-coast with more than 11,000 employees with experience that spans more than 60 years. That knowledge gives us an edge, making us a leader in the midstream space. Over the years, we have understood that not only do our people contribute to our success, but that they should share in that success. Kinder Morgan provides all employees with a safe, honest, trustworthy, ethical, respectful, and professional work environment. We believe in supporting our employees with ongoing training, continued growth, and internal advancement. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k), a retirement contribution (pension plan), and more. The department currently participates in a hybrid work schedule (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in-office and Thursday, Friday remote).
Primary Purpose:
As a member of the Natural Gas Financial Planning organization, the successful candidate will be responsible for coordination, consolidation, and analysis of financial forecasts, budgets, and long-range outlooks for various assets in Kinder Morgan's Natural Gas East Region business unit. This crucial position includes responsibilities for all FP&A activities, including joint venture reporting, for several major pipelines and an LNG facility, which generates a significant portion of the company's earnings and represents a meaningful portion of the expansion project backlog.

*Position can be located in Houston, TX or Birmingham, AL.

Position Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
• MBA and/or CPA Preferred

Experience / Specific Knowledge:

• 5+ years of financial modeling and planning experience with an oil and gas company (midstream preferred)
• Must possess strong analysis, forecasting, planning and reporting skills
• Working knowledge of natural gas transportation and storage
• Proficiency with various technologies and the ability to quickly navigate, process, and succinctly report on large quantities of data spread across multiple systems

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with teammates to provide timely and meaningful analysis to Senior Management for use in the strategic and tactical decision-making process
• Develop wholly owned and joint venture reporting packages
• Prepare bi-weekly forecasts
• Construct and manage financial models
• Colloborate with Business Development to understand and include the financial impact of growth projects to company financial projections
• Coordinate activities for routine deliverables, PwC audit requests, and ad hoc requests
• Preparation of financial analysis for quarterly business reviews
• Investigate anomalies and prepare monthly actual vs. forecast and budget variance analysis
• Lead, guide, and mentor other team members
• Leverage PowerBI to enhance reporting and create meaningful dashboards
• Collaborate with Commercial and other groups to develop the annual budget
• Run pricing, operational, and volume sensitivities
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and review project economics to provide support to the Commercial and Business Development teams
• Develop financial analysis to support business decisions and capital expenditures
• Frequent communication with various business segments and corporate functions to stay abreast of operational impacts on financial information
• Improve financial models and processes while maintaining the integrity of all financial information
• Prepare special projects and perform research as requested by management
• Job level will commensurate with experience

Competencies, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including proficiency in VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, and SUMIF functions, expertise in creating and manipulating PivotTables, knowledge of Macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), proficiency in creating advanced charts and graphs, experience with data validation techniques, and the ability to handle large volumes of data efficiently
• Ability to solve complex problems and provide solutions-oriented analysis
• Exhibit a high degree of initiative and perform tasks with minimal supervision
• Must be adept at communicating forecast, budget, and actual results to management and accounting both in detail and at a high level, depending on audience
• Must be comfortable interfacing with all levels of management, and with those outside of the planning organization, in order to obtain data necessary to complete forecasting responsibilities
• Thorough knowledge of accounting policies, procedures, and processes
• Develop and maintain good, working relationships with Accounting, Commercial, and Operations teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Moderate overtime required throughout the year and significant overtime during budgeting process

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.