Job Description

EDF Trading North America, LLC is a major participant in wholesale energy markets and delivers customized energy solutions for our customers.

We operate in every market and provide coast to coast coverage of financial and physical products in power, natural gas and NGLs, environmental products and financial crude oil products.We provide our customers with products and services that deliver access to markets, optimize their energy portfolio, hedge risk and manage assets.Our Wholesale Business operates throughout the value chain in the North American wholesale power markets and we are one of the leading wholesale natural gas marketers. Additionally, we provide environmental, congestion management and value added derivative products.With extensive pipeline agreements, we can manage natural gas offtakes, deliveries, capacities and supply anywhere across the continent.

EDF Trading North America, LLC is part of the EDF Group, a global leader in low-carbon energies.

As a Principal Finance Business Analyst, you will provide strategic leadership and direction for initiatives across the finance function of our energy trading business. You will be accountable for driving the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of finance processes, systems, and data to enhance operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and decision-making capabilities. This role requires significant experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, with the ability to lead and optimize a range of connected platforms to support the overall organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand and monitor end-to-end finance and accounting processes.

• Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and automation opportunities across all finance-related processes and systems.

• Drive Workday break-fixes, integrations, improvements, and upgrades for the finance team.

• Develop short-term and long-term plans for Workday and related finance systems, including defining strong intake and governance practices.

• Advance the data platform and strategy across the enterprise with a focus on data governance.

• Drive and foster the adoption of AI‑powered tools across all finance functions.

• Lead change management efforts, including training, regular communications, and stakeholder management.

• Act as a liaison between finance users and technical teams to ensure business needs are met for all enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, information systems, or related field.

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in finance/accounting or adjacent roles, focusing on process improvement, systems optimization, or finance transformation.

• Previous experience supporting finance facing modules of an ERP system.

• Expertise with strategic IT implementation and transformation projects, including gathering business requirements and driving end-to-end delivery in a fast-paced, technically complex environment.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interact effectively with business users, IT teams, and senior management.

• Strong incident, problem, and change management experience.

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams.

• Experience with automation tools and analytics platforms.

• Familiarity with standard accounting practices.

• Project management certification or Agile/Scrum experience, highly preferred.

• Experience in energy trading or commodities markets, preferred.

• Experience with shared services or global business services models, preferred.

Note: EDF is an EEO employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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