Full-Time
Strategic Workforce Planning Analyst
Posted on 9/3/2026
Southern Company
10,001+ employees
Regulated utility delivering electricity and gas.
No salary listed
Birmingham, AL, USA + 1 more
More locations: Atlanta, GA, USA
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- A bachelor's degree in Analytics, Business, HR, Economics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in people or workforce analytics, Financial Planning & Analysis analytics, consulting, or related analytical roles.
- The ability to convert data into executive-ready insights and narratives rather than only reporting results.
- Proficiency with business intelligence and analysis tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and Excel.
- Working knowledge of workforce metrics including headcount or full-time equivalent, vacancies, attrition or movement, hiring pipeline indicators, and workforce segments.
- The ability to align Human Resources, Finance, and business partners around shared stories and definitions.
- The ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, create structure where none exists, challenge assumptions, and translate complex workforce issues into actionable business recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Serve as the workforce planning analytics and insights partner for an assigned region by interpreting local workforce trends, risks, and business context, while collaborating across regions to support enterprise summaries, shared standards, and consistent workforce narratives.
- Co-own workforce planning deliverables, including enterprise, Operating Company, and Business Unit summaries, key themes, commentary, and frequently asked questions aligned to a common narrative structure.
- Identify key workforce signals, connect them to business impact, and develop recommendations to support action, follow-through, and progress tracking.
- Partner with the Reporting and Analytics team to develop and refine workforce trends dashboards, including segmentation and what-changed views.
- Apply common workforce planning frameworks while incorporating local business context to support enterprise rollup, calibration, and alignment of risks, themes, and recommendations.
- Reconcile differences across Human Resources baseline data, staffing plans, and approved budget projections, documenting drivers, assumptions, and limitations transparently.
- Support strategic workforce planning data, tools, and implementation efforts by identifying gaps, improvement opportunities, reusable materials, and training needs informed by partner feedback.
- Collaborate with Strategic Initiatives Consultants and other Human Resources partners to translate insights into practical actions and follow-through.
- Hands-on experience supporting workforce planning processes, tools, or planning cycles, including stakeholder engagement, adoption support, and translating insights into measurable value.
- Familiarity with data governance practices, including definitions, lineage, access controls, and change control.
- Experience with scenario-based thinking and workforce risk frameworks.
- Experience working with Human Resources information system or Oracle HCM data.
Southern Company provides electricity and natural gas to customers in the southeastern United States. It runs diverse power plants—coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable sources like solar and wind—and manages generation, transmission, and distribution to deliver energy. It earns money mainly by selling energy in a regulated market that supports stable returns, and it offers an investor-direct purchase option. The company's goal is to provide reliable energy while expanding cleaner energy and maintaining its infrastructure for the future.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
1912
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Second-quarter 2026 earnings rose 33% to $1.2 billion on regulated utility investment.
- Southern's five-year capital plan reached $81 billion, targeting generation and transmission buildout.
- Data-center electricity sales jumped 55% year over year, expanding through 2030.
What critics are saying
- Southern's Vogtle nuclear expansion ran seven years late and $17 billion over budget.
- NRDC is urging Georgia PSC to reject OpenAI contract protections before August 14, 2026.
- Convertible note refinancing adds dilution risk if shares rally above conversion prices.
What makes Southern Company unique
- Southern Company controls regulated Southeast utilities and stable rate-base returns.
- Georgia Power now has 17 gigawatts of contracted large-load demand.
- OpenAI signed a 25-year Georgia Power deal with 1,000 megawatts demand response.
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Southern Company reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $1.2 billion, a 33% increase from $0.9 billion in the same period last year. Year-to-date earnings reached $2.5 billion through June 30, up 14% from $2.2 billion in 2025. The earnings growth was driven by investment in state-regulated utilities, customer usage and growth, higher earnings from equity method investments and lower income taxes, partially offset by higher interest expense. Operating revenues for the second quarter reached $6.98 billion, whilst year-to-date revenues totalled $15.4 billion, up 4.2% from $14.7 billion in 2025. Southern Company serves 9 million customers across the Southeast through its family of companies, including Alabama Power.
Southern Company reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $1.2 billion, or $1.03 per share, compared with $0.9 billion, or $0.80 per share, in the same period of 2025. For the six months ended 30 June 2026, the company earned $2.5 billion, or $2.24 per share, versus $2.2 billion, or $2.01 per share, in 2025. Excluding certain items, Southern Company earned $1.3 billion, or $1.13 per share, in the second quarter, up from $1.0 billion, or $0.92 per share, a year earlier. Operating revenues for the quarter were $6.98 billion. Chairman and CEO Chris Womack attributed the performance to the company's customer-focused approach and strong economic development across the Southeast, particularly driven by data centres.
Southern Company announces $1.2 billion profit in second quarter of 2026. Southern Company reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday of $1.2 billion in 2026. Southern Company has nine million customers across multiple states in the Southeast, including Alabama. Alabama Power is a subsidiary of Southern Company. The total was an increase in comparison to earnings of $.9 billion in the second quarter of 2025. For the first six months of 2026, Southern Company reported earnings of $2.5 billion, compared with $2.2 billion for the same period in 2025. According to Southern Company, adjusted earnings drivers for the second quarter of 2026, as compared with the same period in 2025, were investment in state-regulated utilities, customer usage and growth, higher earnings from equity method investments and lower income taxes, partially offset by higher interest expense. Second-quarter 2026 operating revenues were $6.98 billion, compared with $6.97 billion for the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 0.1%. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, operating revenues were $15.4 billion, compared with $14.7 billion for the corresponding period in 2025, an increase of 4.2%. "Southern Company's strong performance reflects the strength of our customer-focused approach to serving growth," Chris Womack, chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company, said. "Across the Southeast, extraordinary economic development momentum and demand for power continue to create meaningful opportunities for the customers and communities we are privileged to serve. We are investing responsibly and planning for the long term to serve new and existing customers while keeping reliability and rate stability at the center of our work. Our approach is designed to protect customers today, create lasting value for the people and places we serve and ensure that when growth is done right, everyone benefits." Southern Company's second-quarter earnings slides with supplemental financial information are available at investor.southerncompany.com. To connect with the author of this story or to comment, email [email protected].