Business Analyst - FP&A

Description

Fermi America is seeking an FP&A Analyst to support both capital project-level financial analysis and operating financial planning across its power plant and data center development portfolio. This role is responsible for both capital project finance and operating financial planning FP&A, requiring strong technical modeling skills as well as the ability to partner with senior leadership on company-wide planning, forecasting, and performance management. The FP&A Analyst will operate with a high degree of independence and partner closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

Capital Project Finance
- Build and maintain complex project finance models including sources & uses, cash flow waterfalls, and return metrics
- Partner with Project Managers to understand project requirements
- Analyze project finances across development, construction, and operating phases
- Monitor and explain variances between project budgets, forecasts, and actuals to both Project Managers and Finance Leadership
- Support due diligence, transaction execution, and ongoing asset performance analysis

Operating Financial Planning
- Play a key role in annual budgeting and forecast processes for operating expenses
- Maintain and improve corporate financial models, forecasts, and liquidity projections
- Prepare management and board-level reporting
- Analyze corporate overhead, headcount, and key performance indicators
- Support long-range planning and strategic initiatives

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 2–5 years of experience in project finance, FP&A, investment banking, or consulting
- Advanced financial modeling skills with the ability to independently build financial models

- Experience with Oracle Fusion
- Strong understanding of financial statements and cash flow analysis
- Proven ability to communicate financial insights to various stakeholders

- Experience in energy, REITs, or other capital-intensive industries preferred
- CPA, CFA, or MBA (or progress toward) strongly preferred

Requirements

 Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

- 2–5 years of experience in project finance, FP&A, investment banking, or consulting

- Advanced financial modeling skills with the ability to independently build financial models

- Experience with Oracle Fusion

- Strong understanding of financial statements and cash flow analysis 

- Proven ability to communicate financial insights to various stakeholders

- Experience in energy, REITs, or other capital-intensive industries preferred

- CPA, CFA, or MBA (or progress toward) strongly preferred