Lead Analyst, Corporate FPA

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility. AQN is committed to providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective energy and water solutions through our portfolio of utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada.

At Algonquin, our vision is to be the most trusted utility service provider in North America – a premium regulated utility, known for our customer focus, commitment to sustainability, and strong community partnerships. Our employees are at the heart of that vision. We believe that when people are empowered to learn, grow, and contribute their ideas, we can achieve remarkable results together.

We are building a culture that values integrity, inclusivity, and innovation. By joining Algonquin, you’ll be part of a team that is shaping the future of energy and water, while creating long-term value for our customers, communities, employees, and shareholders.

Purpose

Reporting to the Director, FP&A, the Lead Analyst, Corporate FPA plays a critical enterprise-level role in shaping the company’s consolidated financial outlook. This position operates at the center of enterprise financial coordination across all commodities and corporate service functions. This role synthesizes cross-commodity and corporate services financial information into a cohesive enterprise forecast and executive-ready narrative. The Director relies on this individual as a highly independent analytical partner cabable of complex modeling, challenging assumptions, and elevating the rigor of enterprise planning and reporting. This is a high-visibility role with exposure to leadership.

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Accountabilities

• Drive the consolidation and critical evaluation of monthly and quarterly forecasts across all commodity and corporate service FP&A teams.
• Assess financial drivers, trends, and cross-commodity/corporate service performance dynamics.
• Independently challenge assumptions and identify key risks, sensitivities, and opportunities.
• Synthesize complex cross-FP&A inputs into a structured, executive-ready financial narrative supported by clear visuals and decision frameworks.
• Play a central role in managing the annual budgeting and multi-year planning processes.
• Coordinate enterprise timelines and version control across stakeholders.
• Align planning assumptions across FP&A, Regulatory, Treasury, and Tax.
• Translate diverse inputs into an integrated enterprise narrative.
• Drive the development of monthly and quarterly enterprise reporting packages.
• Analyze variances and articulate forward-looking implications.
• Support preparation of executive and Board-level materials.
• Elevate reporting from descriptive to insight-driven and decision-oriented.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, concise, and visually compelling executive presentations.
• Distill large data sets into key messages, framing financial results in a way that supports strategic decision-making.
• Anticipate executive questions and ensure materials are structured to withstand senior-level scrutiny.
• Develop and maintain robust, driver-based financial models supporting enterprise forecasting.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate financial impacts of evolving assumptions.
• Strengthen modeling transparency, governance, and consistency.
• Establish best practices in analytical frameworks across Corporate FP&A.
• Serve as a central integration point across FP&A teams and corporate finance functions.
• Manage complex workstreams involving multiple stakeholders.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy and minimal oversight.
• Proactively identify analytical gaps and recommend improvements.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• 5-8+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, strategic FP&A, investment banking, equity research, transaction advisory, or other highly analytical environments.
• CPA, CFA, or MBA required.
• Prior experience in analytical roles such as corporate development, equity research, corporate finance, FP&A, and transaction services.
• Experience managing multiple initiatives in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including developing/ understanding driver-based three-statement models.
• Comfort with or willingness to learn financial systems
• Willingness to roll up sleeves and problem- solve.
• High attention to detail
• Willingness to work long hours during peak periods
• Comfort with ambiguity and an approach to problems based on first principles.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

What we offer

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Group Benefit Plan

Variety of Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.