Manager, Generation Support

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Job Summary

The primary function of this position is to support NRG's generation fleet. Responsibilities include:

• Budgeting, forecasting, and business planning,
• Spend analysis and variance reporting,
• PowerSAM support and project economic analysis,
• Maintaining Unit Characteristic (UC) Portal and facilitating updates,
• PowerGADS support, metric tracking, reporting, and analysis,
• Annual Incentive Program (AIP) tracking and reporting,
• Fleet financial and operational metrics benchmarking,
• Lost Margin Opportunity and Commercial Availability tracking and reporting,
• Scope 1 & 2 Sustainability reporting, and
• Summarizing and presenting financial and operational data to executive management.

This role requires a strong technical understanding of conventional power generation assets, excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Job responsibilities require cross-functional training in Operations Planning & Analysis and Business Management.

Operations Planning & Analysis

• Manage PowerSAM and fleetwide guidance in the creation of PowerSAM project economic analyses and risk ranking to ensure consistent project prioritization and decision analysis,
• Work closely with Engineering and Plant Operations to ensure that project benefit assumptions are accurate and reflect current plant operating parameters,
• Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance and 302 certifications for PowerSAM controls.
• Maintain the Unit Characteristic (UC) Portal and facilitate updates and approval workflow,
• Calculate, track, and report on Lost Margin Opportunity and Commercial Availability,
• Provide monthly PowerGADS support, event tracking, and metric reporting,
• Develop, implement, and maintain a methodology for tying key performance drivers to improvement or cost initiatives,
• Assemble, prepare, and submit annual plant benchmarking metrics for the fleet,
• Utilize multiple data sources to collect, consolidate, and analyze plant data and disseminate information to meaningful reports and/or presentations to executive management,
• Prepare training material and conduct training across the generation fleet on PowerSAM, Unit Characteristics, and PowerGADS.
• Support the M&A process for asset sales,
• Develop, manage, and track the plant AIP metric process,
• Summarize and present monthly, quarterly, and annual performance metric reporting,
• Utilize data sources for ad hoc reporting,
• Design and implement tools, develop dashboards and visualizations to facilitate the timely communication and reporting of data that leads to more effective and efficient decision-making,
• Support the Asset Integrity Process, Registry, Equipment Scorecard and Dashboard,
• Provide the required support for the filing of the 10Q and 10K reports, and
• Provide the required support for annual Scope 1 and Scope 2 Sustainability reporting.

Business Management

• Lead and drive the budgeting, forecasting, and business planning process across the generation fleet,
• Provide support and training to plant business analysts and managers,
• Provide the tools and templates required for budgeting, reforecasting, and various reporting,
• Assist in the preparation and review of financial results, forecasting activities, and variance reporting in coordination with FP&A (FPR, SAP, PowerSAM, Plant Characteristics, and Planned Outage Schedules),
• Accurately track, evaluate, and report on NRG's Labor, Base O&M, VOM, Major Maintenance, Maintenance Capex, and Environmental Capex,
• Work with plant business managers on monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, and full-year spend analysis and variance reporting,
• Develop and improve on business management processes, especially around data automation,
• Assist in ad hoc analysis that ensures the fleet and stations have an effective spending plan to achieve Major Maintenance and Capital Expenditures,
• Summarize and present monthly, quarterly, and annual performance financial reporting,
• Manage the Forecast Portal and Dashboards for reporting on FPR adjustments when outside of a forecast month,
• Prepare regional financial reports for the VPs of Operations,
• Effectively convert financial data to meaningful information for executive management, and
• Provide the required environmental capex support for the filing of the 10Q and 10K reports.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work environment located in Texas.
• Travel outside of a hybrid work environment will be common, however, weekend travel is not common.
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary, especially during critical issue resolution and to achieve project milestones.

Minimum Requirements

• Five to ten years of relevant, heavy industry or conventional power plant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics or related quantitative field.
• 10+ years of industry experience with at least 5 years or more directly related to plant operations or heavy industry required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the power industry including power and commodity markets, rules, and regulations and how these affect/impact plant operations.
• Strong operations background that includes asset optimization, investment, and project finance analysis.
• Demonstrated track record in delivering internal improvement projects in a large and diverse organization.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products such as Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint. PowerBI experience and dashboard development are a plus.
• Proficiency, or willingness to develop proficiency, in specialized NRG business applications such as PowerSAM, PowerGADS, FPR, UC portal, OSS, and SAP.
• Decision-making, problem-solving, analytical analysis, and critical thinking skills are required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required as well as the ability to work collaboratively across various functional groups This will be demonstrated across large and small groups of peers or superiors.
• Will be highly organized and able to prioritize deadlines in work-intensive environments.
• Will remain focused and calm in the face of distractions and changing priorities and will have the ability to influence others to do the same.

Physical Requirements

Statement

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability Level, Title, and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Human Resources.

Please Note: Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate's education and/or experience and consistent with the job location's market pay rate.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Official description on file with Talent.