Business Analyst

Requisition ID # 169303 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Corporate Affairs

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Corporate Affairs Reporting & Business Operations team provides a critical component of the work done within Corporate Affairs ensuring proper governance and compliance in the deployment of corporate resources to further the Company’s strategic objectives.  The Corporate Affairs department consists of our Local Public Affairs, State Government Relations, Federal Affairs, Community Relations, Corporate Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, and Compliance, Risk & Operations organizations.  The Compliance, Risk and Operations team manages the charitable contribution application and reporting functions, contracting and supplier diversity, membership organization investments, political engagement compliance and reporting and the department’s ethics, compliance and risk functions.    

Position Summary

The Business Analysts are responsible for research, data analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting in support of business decision making, business strategy and business operations. May also be involved in business process improvement, quality control and special projects and other initiatives.

The Business Analysts will manage charitable contribution applications by processing and validating them for payments, tracking the status and providing reporting and visual management, and ensuring all proper documentation is complete and accurate.  This individual will also manage the new vendor set up for these organizations and provide updates for existing organizations.  In addition, the individual will provide support on the team’s LEAN efforts and membership/other payment processing.

You must be able to travel at least 10% of the time.  This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. 

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. 

Pay Range display:

Bay Area – $82,000 to $113.300 annually

Job Description

• Manage charitable contribution applications through validation, processing, tracking, and reporting.  Ensure all documentation is complete and accurate.  Communicate with internal teams to address discrepancies with the applications, payment set up, budget amounts, funding source, etc.
• Manage new vendor setup by validating if the vendor exists in SAP and submitting changes to edit/creating the account if needed through APVendors, Sourcing, Privacy/Third Party Review teams.
• Provide support for Corporate Affairs membership processing and other invoice processing.
• Metrics and Reporting: Develops and tracks business metrics. Develops and maintains standard, custom and ad-hoc reports. Provide timely and accurate reporting to support KPI development/LEAN efforts and visual management (Power BI and/or Excel Charts).
• Perform basic to complex research internally and externally.
• Communicate with peers inside and outside the department exchanging ideas, gathering information and answering process related questions.
• Research: Researches best practices; develops internal and external benchmarks in support of business decisions.
• Understands business needs, develops new reports and performs custom/ad-hoc reporting working independently. Presents findings to various audiences.
• Participates on project teams.

Qualifications

Minimum

•    Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, engineering or related discipline or equivalent work experience
•    2 years of related work experience 

 
 
Desired:

• Experience working independently, with minimal direct supervision
• Ability to prioritize, be highly organized and accountable for all work
• Ability to choose from different analytical methods, approaches, and tactics to meet business analysis requirements in an efficient manner
• Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments with demanding time constraint
• Possess qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to adapt to changing business conditions and ambiguity
• Organizational, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills
• Experience with SAP (processing non-PO invoices, looking up payment information, etc.), Ariba (contract processing and Taulia), and Blackbaud’s Grantmaking system (charitable contribution application processing and reporting)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), Power BI, Visio, or similar software
• Advanced problem-solving and strong math skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team atmosphere and understand your role in the team.
• Presentation Skills