Expert Business Finance Analyst

Requisition ID # 163663 

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 Expert Business Analyst will support Engineering, Planning & Strategy business partners, as well as the Business Finance Extended Leadership team to define and achieve the team's strategic objectives, provide support to help drive financial decision-making, planning and other finance needs. You will integrate with the business organization to influence and drive cross team collaboration. You must be a clear and concise communicator with 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 people skills.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and in-person in the Oakland office based on business needs. 

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. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A reasonable salary range is:​ 

Bay Area Minimum:       $​114,000

Bay Area Maximum:      $182,000 

Job Responsibilities 

• Reporting & Analytics: 
  • Provide timely and accurate monthly financial visibility to assess performance, integrate operational performance and initiative-taking financial analytics with the objective of identifying opportunities, risks, and associated catch back plans.  
  • Prepare monthly financial reports, working with business partners to analyze key drivers causing significant variances and assist as needed in developing or actioning catch back plans.
  • Meet with business partners to review costs and cost drivers, discuss variances, and provide insights and analyses as a financial subject matter expert.
  • 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. 

• 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 Financial functional toolset. 

• Monitoring, Controlling, and Accounting: 
  • Proactively monitor costs and coordinate the corrections of cost accounting errors as needed. Manage Orders and corporate hierarchy logic for partners to ensure reporting is accurate and 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 strategic initiatives related to Business Finance or business partner organizations and complete assigned tasks related to the initiatives

Qualifications

Minimum: 

• Bachelor of Arts / Science in accounting, business, finance, or equivalent work experience
• 5 years of relevant analyst experience

Desired:

• Strong technical background and skills
• Experience with budgeting processes
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Strong analytical skills, detail oriented and self-directed initiatives
• Working knowledge of PowerBI, SAP, Analysis for Office (AO), and/or Tableau
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft office applications: Excel, PowerPoint, Word 
• Lean Six Sigma, CPA, or MBA