Business Finance Analyst

Requisition ID # 165812 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E's Business Finance team provides critical financial support to its operational Business Partners within the company. This support includes financial analysis, budgeting, planning and forecasting, monitoring, controlling and accounting; operational performance reporting and analysis; and strategic planning and analysis. These services are critical to achieving the company's strategic, operational and financial objectives. 

The Business Finance department provides a unique environment for energized and talented finance professionals to engage in the business as valued functional advisors, make meaningful contributions to the direction of a dynamic business, and be actively developed and recognized. 

Position Summary

The Business Finance Analyst will be responsible for working with various directors and managers within Customer Care on a business decision support basis, to assist them with their budget, planning and other finance and accounting needs. You will work closely with the Business Finance Extended Leadership team to define and achieve the team's strategic objectives.  You will have good verbal and written communication skills, strong analytical and quantitative skills, a background in finance or accounting, poise in working with many levels of staff, strong organizational and planning skills, initiative and enthusiasm, and strong interpersonal skills.  You will integrate with the business organization to influence and drive cross team collaboration.  

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland General Office, 1-3 days per week or based on business needs or company requirements. 

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. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

A reasonable salary range is:​ 

Bay Area Minimum:  $78,000

Bay Area Maximum: $116,000

Core Job Responsibilities

Reporting & Analytics: Provide timely and accurate monthly financial visibility that objectively assesses performance, integrates operational performance and proactive financial analytics that identify opportunities, risks, and associated resolution recommendations.  

• Prepare monthly financial reports with analyses of key drivers causing significant variances.
• Prepare monthly financials and general variance explanations; determine root causes of significant variances and identify appropriate corrective actions.
• Meet with partners (directors and managers) to review costs, discuss variances, confirm external charges to partner Orders or Provider Cost Centers, and review significant standard cost variances.
• Lead and facilitate budget discussions that drive efficiencies and clarity around variances and the end of year forecast.

• Forecasting (Short Term): Provide timely, balanced financial forecasts that capture current performance and enable nimble, value optimized operational and financial decisions.
• Planning (Long Term): Advise and integrate the business unit financial plans and performance baselines to meet the Company's long term operational and financial objectives. 

Other Responsibilities

• Process Optimization: Identify, and evaluate key processes for opportunities in effectiveness, control, and efficiency, and recommend and implement improvements.
• Tools: Provide active engagement on the evaluation, design, and use of our critical functional toolset.
• Monitoring, Controlling, and Accounting: Proactively monitor costs and coordinate the corrections of cost accounting errors. Manage Orders and corporate hierarchy logic for partners to ensure reporting is systematically supported. Provide any ad-hoc SAP assistance to partners. Review partner cost monitoring systems to ensure that adequate controls are in place to timely uncover and correct erroneous charges.
• Support Key Business Issues:  Actively participate in special initiatives related to Business Finance or business partner organizations and complete assigned tasks related to the initiatives

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• 1 year of job-related experience

Desired:

• Strong technical background and skills
• Experience with budgeting processes
• Strong project management skills
• Strong analytical skills, detail oriented and self-directed initiatives
• Strong experience using Microsoft office applications: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Edge
• Auditing, Lean Six Sigma, CPA or MBA