Manager, Financial Business Partners

Responsibilities

The Manager of Financial Services Business Partners leads OPPD's financial planning, analysis, budgeting, and capital investment strategy to ensure financial predictability and optimal resource allocation. This role serves as a strategic adviser to leadership, driving integrated financial planning, performance reporting, forecasting, and business case development. It also oversees capital investment prioritization, post‑investment review, and financial analysis, including overhead and cost methodologies.

The Manager is accountable for educating stakeholders on financial processes, delivering monthly reporting for executives and the Board, and continuously improving financial planning and investment practices to support OPPD's growth and transformation.

• Build and maintain a competent/capable team of staff in alignment with OPPD's Accountable Management System (AMS) guidelines.
• Effectively apply OPPD's Managerial Leadership Practices (MLPs) (i.e.:
  Management Accountabilities, Talent Inventory, Succession Planning, Organizational Performance Planning, Clarity Building, etc.) for assigned staff
• Provide leadership and training to assigned staff members to increase their knowledge, accountability and ability to contribute to the business unit and District
• Develop and implement Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for all direct reports targeting: specific performance gaps necessary to fulfill the work of the Role, any currently assigned Key Accountabilities (KAs), or any special assignments designed to enhance the effectiveness of Role, Department, Division, etc... (Completed Annually)
• Develop and maintain a set of staff performance metrics
• Accountable to develop and implement plans and programs (1-2 years in scope) to achieve OPPD/FSBU strategic objectives and to deliver desired outputs/assigned KAs of the Financial Services Business Partner Department.
• Lead the design, integration and ownership of all end‑to‑end processes, policies, and practices utilized within assigned scope of control
• Establish defined and systematic standards for the organization, retention and use of asset information to support management decisions
• Establish and execute an ongoing prioritization process for team consistent with OPPD's business objectives, policies, metrics, and strategies
• Engage with/Support assigned staff to influence decisions and outcomes in alignment with strategic direction. (As Needed/Required)
• Lead the development and ongoing management and improvement of the Financial Services Business Partner program. One to ten year financial planning, prioritization, forecasting, and analysis of OPPDs financial and headcount resource needs.
• Maintain and improve upon the existing annual planning processes including the Resource Optimization Session process and capital screening process that provides the organization a balanced and well‑coordinated allocation of O&M and capital funds that is aligned with OPPD's strategic plans and operational needs
• Mature OPPD's financial reporting to build a culture of transparent forecasts and open dialogue on financial risks and opportunities, balanced by key performance metrics for each Business Unit as well as the organization in total
• Analyze and provide advice on process efficiencies and technology the District may pursue in the interest of producing quality financial projections while saving administrative burden on the organization's business unit planners and planning process owners
• Partner with initiative owners, leadership, and business unit planners to build a reliable and efficient method for producing 5‑year O&M forecast for business unit needs and a 10‑year capital forecast that supports a portfolio approach to initiative planning and can align stakeholders on a multiple year budget commitment that has a direct connection to strategic prioritization
• Standardize and socialize the Asset Management decision making process to be inclusive of a prescribed and established quantitative approach to address cost, risk and performance through an asset's life cycle
• Maintain and continue to grow and improve the required process documentation to support a coherent and…