Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.
Senior Financial Systems Analyst
Help shape how APS manages the financial operations behind one of the company's most critical technology investments.
As a Senior Financial Systems Analyst, you'll lead the development of the financial framework supporting APS's data center operations. This is a highly visible role responsible for designing pricing models, building financial controls, implementing reporting processes, and ensuring complex operational costs are accurately allocated across the business.
Working closely with Finance, Accounting, IT, Strategy, and executive leadership, you'll translate complex operational and financial data into meaningful insights that support investment decisions and long-term business planning. This role combines financial analysis, systems expertise, process design, and executive-level partnership to build scalable solutions that improve transparency, accountability, and decision-making across the organization.
What You'll Do:
Senior Financial Systems Analyst
Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
1) May coordinate, integrate financial data flow, analyze, prepare and ensure monthly operations reports covering gross margin, compare total sales and revenue to annual targets; oversee validation, analysis and reporting of direct access settlements; assist in the development of marketing strategies by providing consultation on financial impact of moving power into other States; oversee process of pass-through billing of direct access settlements to ISO and other entities through special contract billing arrangements; maintain acumen by reviewing legal findings, regulatory rules, pronouncements, contracts and operating agreements; interface with IS organization to ensure functionality of settlement validation and reporting system; develop settlement system specifications.
2) May ensure that the reconciliation of transactions recorded by the traders and marketers to system records occurs on a daily basis and that the formal daily check out process of positions with traders is accomplished in accordance with department guidelines; resolve disputes and support with proper documentation; ensure book positions are within parameters/limits defined in control documents, strategies used are within approved guidelines and that transaction classifications are proper.
3) May serve as technical resource to department analysts and other personnel on resolving interpreting contracts/agreements, settlement issues, and account booking of transactions. Develops solutions/alternatives to complex problems requiring evaluation of a broad range of factors and which involve trading strategies, the evaluation and risk management of futures, options, and other derivatives; Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in determining methods, techniques, and evaluating criteria for obtaining results; Serves as technical resource to other staff members in developing analysis and interpreting contract parameters/ agreements/ policies to ensure compliance with policies and government rules and regulations. May develop specification enhancements of database systems used to develop solutions to data integrity and reporting.
This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.
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In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.
Hybrid: Employees in hybrid roles work both in their home offices (virtually) and alongside their colleagues (in person).
In order for employees to build strong relationships and to promote meaningful in-person interactions, hybrid employees are expected to work about 40% of their time in-person at an APS or other (non-home office) location.
APS is Arizona’s largest and longest serving electric utility, providing power for nearly 1.2 million customers in 11 of the state’s 15 counties.
Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.
Our success derives from the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate our core values of accountability, safety, integrity, and trust and respect.
At APS, we focus every day on our vision: “Creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.” We will continue to meet the energy needs of our customers with a solid combination of price and service.
