Expert Business Finance Analyst

Requisition ID # 164325 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E's Business Finance and Planning 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 and Planning 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

You will provide financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and ad hoc support for alternate funding projects alongside the Corporate Development team in this highly visable role. As a front-line business partner, you will have the opportunity to work with various leaders within Finance and other parts of PG&E and make a meaningful contribution to our operational and financial goals. Additionally, you will be supporting the Company’s non-traditional funding program on a day-to-day basis. You will drive comprehensive reporting to support the project and leadership, ensure compliance, and set up new processes as it relates to alternate funding. You will bring ideas to the project team for continuous improvement.

In summary, you will balance and utilize your functional expertise, intellectual curiosity, ethics, and interpersonal skills to build and maintain integrative relationships and ensure best in-class decision support and recommendation.

The position will report to the Business Finance Manager, directly supporting the Corporate Development team.

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland General Office 1-2 weekly, on average, based on business needs and 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:             $114,000

Bay Area Maximum:            $182,000 

Job Responsibilities 

• Reporting & Analysis: Analyze and prepare recurring and ad hoc financial results and reports, and brief leaders on key cost drivers and other issues.
• Reporting & Analysis: Develop and produce recurring reports and analytical tools to ensure accurate and consistent compliance requirements and analytical insights.
• Forecasting: Provide timely, balanced forward looking financial assessments that capture current performance and enable nimble, value optimized operational and financial decisions.
• Planning: Ensure the timely and accurate completion of the following major financial management endeavors: Multi-year planning including regulatory planning and Year-end Planning.
• Regulatory: Provide financial support for regulatory proceedings and assist in financial planning for operational responses to regulators.
• Process Optimization: Drive financial accountability and financial performance management within the client organization.

Qualifications

Minimum: 

• 5 years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering or other quantitative discipline or equivalent work experience

 Desired: 

• Ability to work successfully independently and in a fast-paced team environment
• Intellectual curiosity, and relentless continuous improvement
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and presentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent PowerPoint / visual presentation skills
• Strong Excel modeling skills
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and overhead allocation models
• Ability to present complex data and findings to internal audiences in a digestible format.
• Ability to apply knowledge and skill to resolve complex problems
• Ability to solicit and integrate information from a variety of sources
• Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field