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Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

The preferred location for this role is The Woodlands, TX. New Orleans, LA, Jackson, MS and Little Rock, AR will also be considered. This is a hybrid position working a 9/80 schedule.

This role will manage the SPO RFI support team and one of the Settlements support teams i.e., gas, power or Emissions Scope 2 reporting, dependent upon your experience.

Job Summary / Purpose

Lead a team responsible regulatory support and the fuel and power settlements for the five Entergy Operating Companies (e.g., Natural Gas, Coal, Oil, Power). Provides testimony, expert analysis, and support for regulatory filings, audits, and other related activities. Leads efforts to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of processes through ongoing continuous improvement efforts. The Manager, Settlements and Analysis leads team responsible for analytical research to determine cause of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and commodity settlement discrepancies. This role develops and implements procedures to support the market and commodity settlement processes.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure the timely and accurate settlement of natural gas, power, oil, and coal purchasing activities, and ensure that the appropriate controls are identified, documented and implemented for each settlement process. Also, manage all energy accounting activities for Entergy’s Operating companies.

• Responsible for overseeing the timely and accurate payment of the weekly MISO invoice on behalf of the Operating Companies and ensure the timely filing of MISO settlement disputes and oversee the MISO settlement dispute resolution process.

• Partner with Front-Office personnel to improve bidding and offer strategies to optimize fuel and power procurement for each Operating Company, and with Fuel Accounting to ensure timely and accurate accounting closes.

• Lead and oversee team that manages RFI processes for all SPO functions and provides strategic support on various regulatory cases and filings. Provide timely and accurate reporting and analysis to support requests for information from Operating Company, Regulatory, Compliance, and other entities requiring back-office settlement data. Prepare testimony and/ or provide subject matter expertise for fuel audits, litigation, and regulatory filings.

• Process Improvement/Continuous Improvement – Lead process improvement efforts inside System Planning Support Services and across System Planning and Operations (SPO). Respond to changes in the business and customer expectations to identify settlement processes improvements. Develop, enhance, and streamline processes/procedures for increased efficiency, accuracy and effectiveness, including updating process documentation and flow charts.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication - Work closely with various groups to analyze market results and support strategic initiatives that optimize business outcomes. Collaborate and communicate with staff and cross-functional groups to ensure clarity, clear objectives, accountabilities and priorities.

Minimum Requirements: Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or Business Administration (or related degree field).

Graduate degree preferred

Minimum Requirements: Experience

7+ years in energy industry, Settlements, Operations or a related field

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Interpersonal/leadership skills and ability to communicate internally/externally – at all levels of the organization.

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results orientation.

• Proficiency in PC Windows environment. Knowledge of ISOs, GAAP, FERC and regulatory accounting

• Strong leadership skills and ability to multi-task

• Operations knowledge

• Good strategic and problem-solving skills

Certifications / Licenses:

CFA or CPA preferred

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Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Mississippi : Jackson

Job Function : Professional

FLSA Status :Professional

Relocation Option: Level II

Union description/code : NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings : 1

Req ID: 116682

Travel Percentage :Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please clickhere (https://jobs.entergy.com/content/EEO/?locale=en_US) to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here (humanr@entergy.com?subject=Accessibility) and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/manual/fccm/2l-equal-opportunity-clauses-and-other-requirements/2l00-equal-opportunity) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov) (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test. The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and number of questions. Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests , Logon ID: entergy, password: practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

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