Vice President, Finance

American Electric Power

VP of Finance managing financial strategy and performance for AEP Texas. Leading financial planning, operations, and providing financial guidance to support decision making.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeCorpus Christi • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $221,489 - $287,934 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and direct AEP Texas's financial strategies and plans as measured by the operating company’s profitability, operating cash flow, forecast accuracy, capital plans, expenses and earnings, etc.
Lead preparation of the long-range business plan, quarterly forecast and annual operating plan
Partner closely with VP, Regulatory on financial strategy and impact of all regulatory filings.
Participate in regulatory hearings as required
Support the regulatory team in preparing necessary financial information for rate cases and other filings including actual and forecast data, regulatory adjustments and supporting schedules
Ensure rigorous business cases are developed for all investments
Oversee disciplined and robust cost management, identify areas of efficiency and work with key leaders to implement changes
Direct the O&M and Capital resource allocation in alignment with corporate strategy, financial targets and the regulatory plan
Provide operating company performance measurement reporting, including O&M and Capital variance analyses, identification of risks and opportunities and execute on necessary changes to deliver better financial performance.
Act as key commercial leader for all business development activities.
Negotiate and execute all major financial transactions and contracts.
Key business partner for the broader operating company organization on financial matters.
Support Operations teams on financial impact of decisions and provide support across the organization as business plans, forecasts and annual plans are developed.
Be comfortable challenging the business where necessary with a solution-oriented mindset to identify different courses of actions with greater operational and/or financial benefits.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, engineering, finance, management or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
8+ years of related work experience including 3+ years of management experience leading a team of finance professionals

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary
Annual bonus
Long-term incentive
401K match
AEP Pension
Comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial strategyprofitability analysisoperating cash flow managementforecast accuracycapital planningcost managementvariance analysisbusiness case developmentfinancial reportingfinancial transactions negotiation

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingsolution-oriented mindsetnegotiationcritical thinkingadaptabilityteam management

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMBA or advanced degree