Finance Business Partner Sr Mgr at American Electric Power in Columbus, OH

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Job Posting End Date 11-07-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date. Job Summary The Finance Business Partner Senior Manager leads Finance Business Partnering for a major enterprise function, or complex portfolio. This position serves as a trusted financial advisor to operational and functional leaders. The role goes beyond surface-level financial analysis by developing a detailed understanding of how the supported business operates, including its products, platforms, operating processes, cost drivers, priorities, and risks. The role uses that knowledge to connect business decisions with enterprise financial objectives, translate planning assumptions into actionable guidance, challenge assumptions when appropriate, and bring operational insights back into forecasting and performance management processes. Additional duties include governance over significant plans, investments, and performance commitments to strengthen business partnering capability across Finance. Note: We are looking to hire 2 Finance Business Partner Senior Managers - one with primary support of IT & Security and one with primary support of Generation Services. Job Description What You'll Do: Lead finance business partnering for a major enterprise function or complex portfolio, establishing priorities, service expectations, and stakeholder routines. Advise business leaders on budgets, forecasts, cost drivers, resource tradeoffs, investment alternatives, and corrective actions; convert complex financial information into clear recommendations. Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the supported business, including its products, platforms, operations, cost structure, performance drivers, strategic priorities, and risks; apply this knowledge to financial analysis and decision support. Lead development and review of operating plans, forecasts, scenario analyses, and business cases, including capital and O&M impacts, cash flow implications, and key assumptions. Monitor financial and operational performance; investigate underlying business and cost drivers; explain monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, and year-over-year variances; identify emerging risks and opportunities; and coordinate responses with accountable leaders. Coordinate finance deliverables across Corporate FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Regulatory, Treasury, Data/Reporting/Systems, and other subject-matter experts to ensure consistent assumptions and reliable outputs. Serve as a senior SME and liaison to operating companies on complex financial matters. Advise on financial implications of regulatory and operating-company needs, including forecasted test-year scenarios, rate-case analyses as assigned. Maintain effective controls, documentation, and data-quality practices for planning, analysis, and reporting activities; escalate significant issues and recommend process improvements. Represent Finance in cross-functional forums and communicate recommendations, decisions, and financial implications to management. Build Finance Business Partnering capability by establishing portfolio standards, sharing leading practices, facilitating knowledge transfer, and improving consistency across processes and workstreams. What We're Looking For: Education requirements are listed below: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related field. Work Experience requirement listed below: Nine (9) years of relevant experience in FP&A, accounting, corporate finance, regulatory finance, business operations, or utility finance, including leadership of complex portfolios, major initiatives, processes, or cross-functional workstreams. Demonstrated experience advising senior leaders and leading financial planning, forecasting, scenario analysis, performance management, and investment evaluation. Other: Significant experience in, or strong familiarity with, the regulated utility industry, including capital planning, cost-recovery mechanisms, regul