Sr IS Analyst

Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 76 power plants in operation and one under construction represents nearly 26,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states, Canada and Mexico. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.

The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.

Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)

Will be an integral part of Calpine Corporation's corporate applications teams. Reporting to the Director, the Senior IS Analyst will support PeopleSoft applications through the design and development of FSCM-based solutions for Calpine's Finance, Accounting and Tax teams.

Job Responsibilities

Senior IS Analyst on a day-to-day basis, the analyst will be responsible for the following for essential duties and responsibilities:

• Design and develop major/minor enhancements in support of the business team and any third party customers where appropriate.
• Collaborate with relevant peers on critical project and end-user issues, keeping necessary stakeholders apprised of status of ongoing projects, and work effectively towards department and corporate goals.
• Collaborate with extended applications team to validate, develop, test and deploy proposed solutions.
• Ensure that solutions and services provided are based on best practices for the business domain and technology.
• Provide second level technical support for internal customers to meet pre-defined application SLAs.
• Assist in communicating major/minor enhancements, bug-fixes and coordinating with other support personnel to ensure seamless rollout of new functionality to internal and third party customers.
• Ensure that services are proactive and/or highly responsive, and that one is trained in appropriate technology disciplines and current with new releases and upgrades.
• Develop individual goals, objectives, and performance success criteria.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Job Requirements

The minimum requirements for the position of Senior IS Analyst are a Bachelor's degree, or foreign degree equivalent, in Management Information Systems (MIS), Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a related technical degree, and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience developing IT solutions for Finance, Accounting and Tax business areas.

Experience should include:

• Proficiency in the Accounting, Finance and Supply Chain modules of an ERP system, preferably PeopleSoft.
• The ability to effectively express technical concepts to non-technical personnel.
• The ability to independently work with business teams to gather and document requirements, develop viable solutions, and work with the extended IT team to implement solutions.
• The ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients, supervisors, co-workers, staff, vendors, executive management and other constituents.
• Experience supporting GL processes - Accounting reports, close processes, Equitization, Consolidation and similar.
• Experience preparing and conducting end user training.
• Project management skills and experience a plus.

Additional Calpine Information:

• Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
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