
Financial Forecast Coordination Lead
Columbus, OHJob$137–178K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Financial Forecast Coordination Lead oversees AEP’s consolidated enterprise forecasting process, coordinating assumptions, methodologies, timelines, and deliverables across operating companies and business units. The role evaluates financial risks and opportunities, analyzes performance and strategic alternatives, and presents forecasts and recommendations to executive management and the Board. It also partners across finance and operations, improves forecasting capabilities, and develops and manages staff.
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Job Posting End Date
11-07-2026
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
The Financial Forecast Coordination Lead will lead the coordination and management of enterprise-wide financial forecasts across the AEP system. This Senior role will provide leadership and oversight of the consolidated forecasting process, including development and tracking of key assumptions, evaluation of financial risks and opportunities, and coordination with operating companies and business units. Additional duties: analyze financial performance and strategic alternatives, provide recommendations to senior management, and develop/manage staff.
Job Description
What You'll Do:
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Lead the coordination and management of AEP's consolidated financial forecast, including coordination of forecast assumptions, methodologies, timelines and deliverables across operating companies and business segments. Formulate and track key financial assumptions in conjunction with business partners using corporate financial models, including identification of significant financial and strategic issues, risks and opportunities, and alternative and/or contingency plans.
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Provide leadership and governance over the enterprise forecasting process, ensuring consistency, alignment, and reasonableness of financial assumptions across business units and operating companies. Coordinate with key stakeholders to assess forecast changes and understand the consolidated impact on earnings, cash flow, balance sheet, credit metrics and other key financial measures.
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Prepare and present financial forecasts, outlooks, and related analyses to executive management and the Board of Directors, as assigned or required. Clearly communicate key forecast drivers, changes in outlook, significant assumptions, risks and opportunities, and potential management actions.
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Serve as a primary financial partner across the organization on matters affecting the consolidated forecast. Work extensively with corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, accounting and tax, commercial operations, generation and transmission, regulatory organizations, and operating companies to ensure significant financial developments are appropriately reflected in AEP's financial outlook.
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Identify and implement opportunities to enhance AEP's forecasting and financial planning capabilities, including improvements to financial models, processes, controls, reporting, automation and analytical tools. Drive greater efficiency, consistency and transparency in the development and communication of financial forecasts.
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Communicate clearly and confidently with senior management regarding AEP's financial outlook and matters that could materially affect forecast results. Exercise sound judgment in identifying issues requiring management attention and translating complex financial information into actionable insights.
What We're Looking For:
Education requirements are listed below:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or Engineering required
Work Experience requirement listed below:
- 10 or more years of work experience in the disciplines mentioned in the education requirement including managerial experience.
Other:
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Must be able to work effectively across functional and organizational boundaries to coordinate and manage AEP's consolidated financial forecasting process and maintain alignment of key financial assumptions across the organization.
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Solid understanding of financial forecasting, financial statements and key financial drivers required. Familiarity with AEP accounting, financial processes and organizational structure desired.
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A successful candidate will exhibit the following qualities/skills: Effective Leadership Skills; Strategic Thinking; Executive-Level Presentation and Communication Skills; Relationship Building and Cross-Functional Collaboration; Sound Business Judgment; Planning and Organizational Skills; and the ability to synthesize complex financial information and communicate key drivers, risks and opportunities clearly and concisely to all levels of the organization.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with UI Financial Model Programming, PeopleSoft, BusinessObjects, and other financial planning, modeling and reporting tools desired. Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements, automation and enhancements to financial forecasting and reporting processes is preferred.
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MBA, CPA, PMP, CMA, CIA, or other professional certification preferred.
What You’ll Get:
- In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do!
At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade:
SP20-010
Compensation Range:
$136,539.00 - $177,503.00
The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,144 open Financial Planning jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$137–178K/yr
- Ohio median$121–186K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$107–170K/yr753 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $157K, is close to the Ohio median midpoint ($154K) — in the middle half of Financial Planning salary ranges in Ohio.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Financial Planning jobs in Ohio and 1,144 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- PNC6 open
- American Electric Power (this employer)4 open
- JPMorgan Chase3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Financial Planning postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 972 postings).
- Education
- 594 of the 1,144 open Financial Planning jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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