Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst  
Location: Must be located in Southern California to be considered (LA County preferred)  

Ready to make a difference?  
Are you a Financial Analyst with a track record of supporting multi-project portfolios, forecasting, budget management, monthly reporting, audits, and reconciliations?  Do you possess strong communication and organization skills, enjoy analyzing performance metrics and optimizing processes, and have experience with or working knowledge of Energy Efficiency programs?  Do you enjoy working with a team of highly skilled, diverse, and passionate team members, collaborating with national subject matter experts, and bringing it all together to deliver results for your clients? If so, then you have found the perfect job.  
Come join our team to support our growing portfolio of work with utilities in Southern California. You will be responsible for budget management, supporting project reviews, and performance tracking. Working closely with the Director of Program Operations and our Program Managers, you’ll be an important part of our Southern California team bringing energy efficiency and bill savings to under-served communities, providing safer, more energy-efficient homes, and ensuring grid stability.  
The selected candidate will effectively function as LA County staff. The selected candidate will be required to report to the County of Los Angeles ISD facility periodically for meetings and events.
  
Why you will love working here  

• Quality of life:  Flexible workplace arrangements, work-life balance, employee wellbeing programs  
• Investment of the community: Donation matching, volunteer opportunities  
• Investment in you: Education Reimbursement, Retirement Planning, 401k matching, Mentorship Programs, Free access to professional development resources such LinkedIn Learning  
• Any many, many more (Ask your recruiter for more details! )

  
What you will be doing: 

• Manage budgets across multiple programs, analyze forecasted budget spend rates, develop and implement reports that provide critical budget details to program management teams. 
• Monitor the financial performance of programs and contracts: run rates, profitability analysis, budget variance; prepare monthly forecasts for large energy efficiency/DSM projects  
• Prepare and update client-facing forecasts, unbilled analysis, and variance reports on a regular basis  
• Meet with internal and external clients on a monthly and ad-hoc basis to review budgets, spending, forecasts, and variances  
• Coordination with program managers to develop and maintain portfolio-level performance forecasts and trend analysis  
• Tracking of contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and coordinating with program and portfolio managers on any necessary corrective action plans   

  
What we need you to have (Minimum Requirements): 

• Bachelor’s Degree; preferably in Finance/Accounting/Economics or related field (or applicants can substitute one year of related experience for one year of education)  
• 3+ years of experience developing, designing, or administering successful financial processes, reports, and/or tools; or experience managing financials for consulting projects for utilities, state energy offices, state/local governments, and/or regional non-profits or related experience
• Experience with business intelligence software such as Costpoint, Hyperion, Cognos, PowerBI, Alteryx, or similar 

What would be useful:   

• Experience working on investor-owned utility or Regional Energy Network programs in California that provide energy efficiency and demand response services. 
• Knowledge of the utility and energy efficiency, demand response, and distributed energy resource programs and markets in California. 

 
Professional skills you will use: 

• Advanced knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Excel (or similar spreadsheet software) including proficiency in basic formulas, equations, functions, and pivot tables  
• Proficiency in other Office applications (such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)  
• Advanced analytical skills and experience with Power BI (or similar data visualization tool)  
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information  
   

Working at ICF

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The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$73,403.00 - $124,784.00

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