Budget Analyst & System Administrator - Maui

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Our employees are committed to the company's foundational values: integrity, excellence, teamwork, environmental stewardship, and community commitment. In turn, we invest in our employees, providing opportunities for challenge and advancement and offering a competitive compensation package.

Posting End Date: This position will remain open until filled. Early applications are encouraged.

BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:

The M AB BUDGET Department of the P SR VP CFO Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Professional)

JOB FUNCTION:

Responsible for the preparation, coordination and monitoring of Maui Electric Power Supply department’s annual operating and capital budget, including monthly updates and other financial and statistical reports to management.  Ensures proper accounting treatment and recordation of costs.  Supports regulatory filings.

Provides companywide support for the operation, maintenance, enhancement, and control of the budget system software.  Assures the integrity of the financial system’s database.  Provides instruction to system users in coordination with the budget process and timetable.  Coordinates and provides testing, documentation, user training, and helps users of the budget system to access and interpret information from the system.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for preparing, coordinating, analyzing, and monitoring Power Supply’s capital and operating budgets and updates.  Analyzes and meets financial and statistical information needs of various users through data obtained from the Company’s budget system, enterprise system, and other sources.  Monitors and updates weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and briefing materials as necessary, including PowerPoint presentations.  Provides technical and analytical support to the department.
• Maintains the financial system tables and options to ensure integrity of the database.  Works with Hawaiian Electric ISD and other system administrators to resolve problems encountered by users with respect to the financial system, and test software enhancements, new releases and upgrades.  Recommends changes to improve processing.  Responsible for testing and evaluation of software updates, documenting procedures, and ensuring that users are kept current with access to and use of latest versions of software.  Responsible for coordinating annual Company planning and budget processing schedule.
• Serves as an expert resource to management by providing financial work papers, exhibits and supporting documentation for special projects, regulatory proceedings, rate cases and special investigations.
• Responsible for financial accounting duties including maintaining detailed general ledger account reconciliations related to clearing and preliminary engineering accounts in accordance with GAAP, FERC, NARUC, and other accounting requirements.  Also prepares accounting journal entries periodically.
• Ensures compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 requirements.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities, as assigned, including any activities to prepare for such emergency response. Other duties as assigned.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, forecasting techniques, cost management and financial/statistical analysis normally acquired through a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent experience.
• Thorough knowledge of developing and monitoring operating budgets and forecasts.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, Power Point, business diagramming, process modeling, budgeting and forecasting software tools.

• Working knowledge of utility accounting, finance, and cost accounting and ratemaking principles. 
• Thorough knowledge of PUC application and reporting requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of SOX 404 application and reporting requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering, project management, and planning of power generating unit addition practices.

Skills Requirements

• Leadership and interpersonal skills, including excellent written, oral, and presentation skills to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

• Financial analysis and problem solving skills
• In-depth analytical, computational, organizational, conceptual, and administrative skills required for such tasks and preparing and analyzing forecasts, and carrying out department and company policies and procedures.
• Ability to handle difficult and/or sensitive issues while using tact, courtesy and discretion.
• Willingness and ability to provide training for continuous improvement of employee skills.
• Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to multiple assignments in rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to accomplish assignments with minimal direct supervision; produce meaningful presentation of data analysis.
• Ability to lead and provide direction to work teams. 

Experience Requirements

• Multiple (5-7) years of financial analysis and accounting experience performing advanced work in the financial planning field.
• Experience in utility accounting, preparing work papers and exhibits for regulatory agencies, desired.

Role: Professional 

Number of Vacancies: 1

Location: Kahului – Maui

Hiring Range: The hiring range for the Budget Analyst & System Administrator [Req ID 9913] position is $71,100.00 to $88,800.00. The person selected will be placed according to his/her skills and qualifications. 

About Hawaiian Electric Companies
Hawaiian Electric Companies provide electricity and services to 95 percent of the state's 1.4 million residents. The company is also one of the state's leading employers and a major contributor and supporter of community and educational programs.

The demand for power that has fueled the growth of the Hawaiian Islands has been met by Hawaiian Electric Companies for well over a century. And as the next millennium unfolds, the company is committed to providing quality service and seeking clean local energy sources to power generations of Hawaii families and businesses to come. Visit us at http://hawaiianelectric.com.

Interested individuals should apply online. The application must clearly indicate the demonstrated experience/knowledge/skills/abilities the candidate possesses which specifically qualifies him/her for the position.

Applicant Certification
By submitting an application for the position, candidates:
1. Authorize the Hawaiian Electric Companies to confirm all statements contained in the application and/or any materials submitted and made a part of the application as they relate to the position and to the extent permitted by law;
2. Authorize and consent to, without reservation, the Hawaiian Electric Companies sharing any and all information regarding previous or present employment, educational training or personal information from their records and from any other source with the hiring department or subsidiary company;
3. Release, discharge, and hold harmless, Hawaiian Electric Companies, from any and all liability for any damage which may be claimed as a result of furnishing such information to the hiring department or subsidiary company;
4. Authorizes release and transfer of all personnel records to be maintained by the hiring company in the event of an inter-company transfer; and
5. Authorize, direct, and consent to Hawaiian Electric Companies and/or its authorized agents to conduct investigations into candidates' background. These investigations may include, but are not limited to searches for information about applicants; record of criminal convictions to the extent permitted by law, education records, professional certifications, personal character references, and employment history.

EEO Statement
Hawaiian Electric Companies is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status. 

Hawaiian Electric Companies complies with all applicable laws, including Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any request for reasonable accommodation needed during the application process should be communicated by the candidate to the HR Service Center at (808) 543-4848.

Affiliate Disclaimer
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, and Hawaii Electric Light (“Company”) are Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) regulated companies. The disclosure relating to Affiliate Transaction Requirements that follows is made pursuant to the PUC’s Decision and Order No. 35962, issued on December 19, 2018, and subsequently modified by Order No. 36112, issued on January 24, 2019 in Docket No. 2018-0065.

By submitting your application, you understand and acknowledge that, if you are hired by the Company and subsequently transferred, assigned or otherwise employed by an Affiliate, said Affiliate will be required to make a one-time payment to the Company in an amount up to twenty-five percent (25%) of your base annual compensation.  

In addition, if you are hired by the Company and subsequently transferred, assigned or otherwise employed by an Affiliate or an Affiliate-Related Entity, for a period of one year, you cannot appear in negotiations or otherwise interact directly with the Company or work on the same matter that you worked on while with the Company. 

Affiliate is defined as “any person or entity that possesses an ‘affiliate interest’ in a utility as defined by section 269-19.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”), including a utility’s parent holding company, except as otherwise provided by HRS section 269-19.5(h).”

Affiliate-Related Entity is defined as “a third party that provides electricity-related services in a regulated utility’s service territory that has a material financial, operational, or ownership interest with an unregulated affiliate of the utility and of whom the utility has reasonable knowledge.” 

For a current list of all Affiliates and Affiliate-Related Entities, please see:
https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/about-us/key-performance-metrics/financial/affiliate-transactions

This list may be amended, updated or revised from time to time without notice.