Requisition ID: 87282

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

Position Specific Description

The CM Project Controls team plays a critical role in managing and coordinating financial, logistical, and vendor-related activities throughout fossil outages. This position ensures precise financial tracking, seamless communication with stakeholders and vendors, and comprehensive documentation. This team is essential to the financial planning, execution, and closure phases of outages, ensuring all aspects are handled efficiently, within budget, and in compliance with established standards. This role demands a high level of organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

Up to 50% travel is required for this position during the spring and fall outage seasons.

Pre-Outage Responsibilities:

Prepare accruals and cashflow projections.
Participate in pre-outage meetings to align with stakeholders.
Calculate and finalize labor estimates.
Verify material costs and overheads.
Initial communication with vendors to establish outage expectations.
Internal/external collaboration on contract terms and vendor approvals.

Outage Responsibilities:

Adjust and communicate errors on actuals.
Report cost status and manage accruals and cashflow.
Monitor internal labor spend and create POs/change orders as needed.
Review forecast versus budget and track material usage.
Evaluate scope changes and monitor milestones.
Approve invoices and ensure vendor summaries/timesheets are submitted.

Post-Outage Responsibilities:

Manage post-outage accruals and cashflow.
Report on MOPR values and variances.
Provide vendor reviews and gather planner feedback.
Ensure all scope changes are updated and remove remaining contingency funds.
Verify material check-out/return and labor actuals.
Complete invoicing and participate in cost negotiations.
Evaluate vendor performance, including scope changes, budget compliance, expectations, quality of work, communication, and issue resolution.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in project controls, vendor management, or a related role.
Strong understanding of financial principles and cost management.
Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Maximo, SAP).
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Experience with outage planning and execution is highly desirable.
Knowledge of procurement processes and vendor management best practices.

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Job Overview

This job assists in the execution of the Corporate and NextEra Power Generation business processes. With limited guidance, employees in this role are responsible for O & M and capital budget preparation and reporting, cash flow management, and financial analysis and reporting. Individuals plan, schedule, communicate, and coordinate the annual budgeting process, the monthly re-forecasts, and month-end close for the site, and ensure that all transactions are in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Employees in this position also focus on the continuous improvement of spending, risks and opportunities, and costing methods in accordance with corporate policy and business objectives.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Performs all cost accounting activities including variance analysis, standard cost development, activity-based costing, and inventory control
Provides financial leadership by supporting Operations leadership in decision-making and strategy development
Supports new lines of business and finds ways to reduce overhead costs per job
Provides reporting and analysis for all operations activity including productivity, capital and overhead spending, forecasting, budgeting, absorption, sales, and inventory and operations planning
Prepares and distributes financial reports and indicators and explains financial results to non-financial audiences
Communicates and explains operational performance through P & L
Collaborates effectively with colleagues from all departments
Leads and executes process improvement projects using Six Sigma principles
Manages internal controls processes and identifies and mitigates control weaknesses
Extracts, organizes, analyzes, and reports data in a manner that is useful and relevant for making business decisions
Develops broad technical and communication skills through self-study and internal and external training opportunities
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
Experience: 3+ years

Preferred Qualifications

None

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

NextEra Energy 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 contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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