Hiring: Budget Analyst Sr - Budget Analyst Staff Company: American Electric Power Location: Shreveport, LA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 14:36:12 Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Office About the job Experience: •4 years of relevant experience. Or •6 years or relevant experience. Required Skills: •Actively facilitate and support planning and budgeting activities for the O&M and Capital resource allocation process; including long-range forecasts, detail budgets, re-projections and contingency plans. •Prepare monthly/quarterly variance reports and provide meaningful analysis of drivers. •Prepare ad-hoc reports as needed to support analysis. •Support decisions affecting operation and maintenance activities, capital investment, customer service levels, and profitability objectives. •Assist in routing and approval process for Improvement Requisitions; ensuring that Authorization Policy and IR Procedures are followed. •Engage in developing and improving standardized processes surrounding budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and improvement requisitions. •Perform special studies, analysis, investigations, and assignments as may be required. •Provide assistance in regulatory proceedings related to financial matters including information for data requests, developing revenue requirements, special studies for Commissions, etc. Qualifications: •Prior experience in a functional Business Unit (Generation, Transmission, or Distribution), and/or Corporate Finance and/or Operating Company finance, and/or engineering related field is preferred. Knowledge/utilization of UI Budgets, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Office, and Business Objects relational database reporting desired. •This position requires coordination with corporate finance, corporate planning & budgeting, accounting/tax, commercial operations, generation and transmission, regulatory, requiring the incumbent to work across functional boundaries. Familiarity with AEP accounting and use of Chartfields desired. •In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees. •Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do Compensation: •$87,633 - $151,132 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!