Job Title: Business Operations Coordinator (Finance experience required)
Location: Baton Rouge
Reports to: General Manager
Job Type: On-site
Location: 303 S. Stadium Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Contract: Full Time, Permeant
Overview
The Company is a fully integrated, sustainable energy services provider to higher education & healthcare campuses, cities, and communities, with utility infrastructures serving more than 130 million square feet of space and operations in several cities across the United States and growing. In each community, the company operates highly efficient and innovative utility infrastructures that produce and distribute electricity, steam, hot water and / or chilled water to customer buildings and campuses. Customers connected to these systems enjoy multiple benefits including reduced operating costs, lower emissions, and unmatched reliability. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global Infrastructure Investment Consortium with unmatched financial wherewithal and manages a portfolio of long-life, high quality infrastructure assets with high barriers to entry that generate stable and growing cash flows.
There are many good reasons to work at CenTrio
- Paid parking
- 401k plan with 5% match
- Bonus
- Company paid High Deductible Healthcare Benefit Plan
- Employee Assistance program
- Training Opportunities
- Dynamic and friendly work environment in a constantly growing industry;
- Growing company with a national presence;
- Corporate discounts (Travel, Entertainment, Home, Auto, Apparel, Health and Wellbeing, and other various retail options
Job Summary
The Finance and Operations Coordinator will be a key member of the Baton Rouge team, reporting directly to the General Manager. We have a partnership through concession with Louisiana State University in heating and cooling their infrastructure. The group operates under a flat structure, and the successful candidate will have regular visibility and direct access to the Baton Rouge team, Finance team, and Procurement Manager.
The successful candidate will possess a background in not only operations experience but also with front end accounting; budgeting, tracking various financial statements, financial project reporting, ect. They are a self-starter that enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, strong commitment to deadlines and team, process oriented with a high sense of ownership in their work, possess a high degree of intellectual curiosity, and has excellent excel skills and time keeping foundation. Organization and attention to detail skills are a must.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for analyzing the current financial processes at the Steam Station, make recommendations to the General Manager for improvement, implement approved processes, and develop reporting.
- Provide direct support to General Manager that will require interaction with various University Departments and will be expected to represent the unit in a professional manner.
- Assist in creating and maintaining O&M budget, report monthly finals to operations staff, along with performing necessary GL reconciliations and accruals.
- Create and maintain key monthly operational reports for submission to University officials.
- Create and track projects, project budgets, and project actuals in D365.
- Assist the Procurement Manager in creating and maintaining contracts and relationships with Key Vendors and the new vendor input process in D365.
- Process, verify and pay all utility bills received by the University including but not limited to electricity, natural gas, steam, chilled water, domestic water, sewer and fire service water utilizing D365. Track and analyze usage and costs.
- Track and maintain utility steam sales to customers. Create/maintain reports to analyze usage and costs across campus, and report out any variances.
- Work with finance team to track and maintain AP and AR. Enter, process, and track purchase orders, along with processing incoming invoices.
- Process all Credit cards for Operations and Management staff utilizing Certify
- Assisting the accounting department in daily, monthly and annual activities.
- Assist in research and submission of available energy grant opportunities.
Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
The Business has a consistent and dedicated focus on a proactive safety culture. HSE is the responsibility of everyone in the organization. Your accountability for HSE also includes:
- Promote, ensure, and maintain a safe and healthy environment for your fellow workers and yourself so that everyone goes home injury-free,
- Work in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Industrial Regulations, Environmental Protection Act and Regulations and HSE policies, programs, and procedures,
- Responsible for identifying and reporting workplace HSE hazards and concerns to your supervisor immediately and providing solutions (if aware of any) to address these concerns as requested, and
- Immediate reporting of all work-related injuries/illness to your supervisor
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, accounting or related field and 2 years’ experience
- Understanding of basic accounting principles and current financial legislation
- Experience with Financial Modeling, Financials, Accounting, maintaining Procurement Policy & Contracts, and Capital Spend Tracking
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
- Highly analytical with great attention to detail
- Self-motivated and proactive, able to work alone with minimal guidance and supervision
- Ability to lead by example and create a harmonious working environment working with various individuals
- Ability to work in a dynamic, complex, fast-paced environment, to adapt quickly and to manage changing priorities
- Ability to function in both an industrial plant and office environment
- Previous experience with concession agreements considered a plus
- Experience working with Dynamics 365 (D365) is considered a plus
- Experience with Certify is considered a plus
- Knowledge of District Energy/Utilities/Sustainable Energy Industries considered a plus
Conditions of Employment:
- Valid X State Driver’s License
- Successful completion of Criminal Background Check and Drug Test
DISCLAIMER
The preceding position description is intended to provide the general nature and level of work to be performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to be a detailed description of the position or be interpreted as a comprehensive listing of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required for this position.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team. CenTrio is committed to the creation and nurturing of a diverse community of individuals through inclusive excellence. Diversity involves recognizing the value of differences and the inclusion of all members of the community including those that experience discrimination or under representation. This is a core value of the organization as we strive for a culturally diverse work force that reflect the multicultural nature of the nation and our world and bring unique strengths and abilities which contribute to CenTrio.
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