Capital Investment Project Analyst

Responsibilities

Summary

The Capital Investment Project Analyst plays a key role in supporting OPPD's capital planning and asset management efforts. This position partners with business leaders across the organization to evaluate, plan, and monitor capital investments, ensuring projects are aligned with financial strategies and organizational priorities.

This role blends financial analysis, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration to support informed decision-making on critical infrastructure and investment initiatives.

Why this role matters

At OPPD, capital investments directly impact how we serve our customers and maintain reliable infrastructure. In this role, you will help guide how resources are allocated across projects, ensuring the right investments are made at the right time.

You will work closely with leaders and stakeholders to bring clarity to financial data, support long-term planning, and contribute to decisions that shape the future of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business units to develop and evaluate capital project business cases
• Analyze project performance, including cost vs. budget and variance tracking
• Support multi-year capital planning and forecasting efforts
• Facilitate and support capital planning and asset management meetings
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve financial performance and predictability
• Collaborate across teams to ensure alignment with financial standards and planning processes
• Support development and improvement of reporting tools and data processes
• Communicate complex financial information in a clear and actionable way
  
  

What Success Looks Like

• You can translate data into meaningful insights and recommendations
• You are comfortable working with multiple stakeholders across the organization
• You bring structure and clarity to complex or ambiguous situations
• You proactively identify issues and help drive solutions
• You build trust by balancing collaboration with the ability to challenge assumptions
  
  

Work Environment & Impact

This is a highly collaborative role that works across multiple business units and leadership levels. You will have visibility into key organizational initiatives and contribute to decisions that impact OPPD's long-term capital strategy.

This position also offers strong opportunities for growth within financial services and business partner roles.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, engineering or other business related area. Incumbent must periodically update his/her knowledge through formal training to assure current knowledge of relevant practices.
• Knowledge of accounting, finance and utility operations.
• Five years of work related experience.
• Knowledge of financial statements and the flow of financial/accounting data.
• Must possess excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work under time constraints, organize, and manage several projects simultaneously.
• Experience with financial and operational analysis methodologies and statistics.
• Willingness to work the necessary hours needed to ensure project deadlines are met.
• Requires thoroughness, accuracy, excellent documentation skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, self-motivation and management skills, effective presentation skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
• Intermediate knowledge of data management, including database and spreadsheet applications, with the ability to develop and use complex models or specialized computer applications.
  
  

Desired:

• Experience with information technology, engineering, asset management terminology and/or processes is beneficial.
• Master's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, engineering, or related field (MBA preferred).
  
  

Closing Statement

Salary Grade: S4

Min: $90,759

Mid: $113,449

At Omaha Public Power District , we're passionate about three things: power, the people who make it, and the people who rely on it.

WE ARE: Where the Light Starts. OPPD is the 12 th -largest public power utility in the U.S., serving over 850,000 people across 5,000 square miles and 13 counties.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO: Each other and the people we serve. This commitment drives us. We're dedicated to providing our communities with affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy services today, tomorrow, and well into the future.

OUR JOB: To provide power with a purpose. We have real impact - on people's lives, on the environment, and on the future of energy. We're always looking for bright, capable people who want an opportunity to lead from where you are, wherever you are, and know that your ideas will be heard. If you want to be a source of real, positive change for the community and the people who live in this region, then working for a company acknowledged for caring about these same things is likely a priority for you as well.

Org Marketing Statement

EOE: Protected Veterans/Disability

How To Apply

Apply online at www.oppd.com on or before 4/17/2026.

Recruiter: Scott Green - smgreen@oppd.com

• PLEASE NOTE** - Your application has not been submitted unless you have applied for a specific requisition. If you have not chosen a specific opening, your application will remain in 'DRAFT' form and will not be viewed by our Human Capital staff.