Southern Company Services, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 151

TOTAL RATINGS: 1390

CEO: Thomas Fanning

Arthur P. Beattie — Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Southern Company

Executive Bio

Mr. Arthur P. Beattie, also known as Art, has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Southern Company since August 13, 2010. Mr. Beattie served as the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Alabama Power Co. from February 1, 2005 to August 12, 2010 and served as its Principal Accounting Officer. He served as Vice President and Comptroller of Alabama Power Co. from 1997 to January 2005. He serves as Director of Southern Power Company. He served as a Director of Emageon Inc. from August 2004 to April 2, 2009. He holds a Bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Tennessee and a Master of business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Impact on Finance Department's Culture

Arthur P. Beattie holds the highest position within the Finance department at Southern Company — Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Finance department. The average employee described daily life within the Finance department as a Comfortably fast paced and not challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Southern Company's Finance department are not invested in Southern Company's goals, and feel as though there is not space for career growth.

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Executive Team Culture Ratings from Southern Company Employees

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Southern Company's Executive Team scores in the Top 10%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

64% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - Design 100/100

Department - Operations 95/100

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 88/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Gender - Female 50/100

Tenure - Over 10 Years 52/100

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 53/100

Southern Company's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 81 ratings, Southern Company's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A” or 77/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women.

Southern Company's Executive Team ranks in the Top 20% of other companies in Atlanta and Top 10% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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