Expert Financial Analyst

Requisition ID # 165652 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Business Finance teams provide financial planning and reporting services to PG&E and is responsible for providing strategic direction and coordination in respect to strategic functional area planning processes, financial planning, forecasting, analytics and reporting.

The Value Delivery program, part of the Business Finance team, is a transformative effort to optimize PG&E’s strategy to realize value to support the company's long-term growth while maintaining affordability for our customers. With the goal of improving our Cap/Expense ratio over a six-year period - representing $1-$2B in savings, the program will lead the enterprise plan to deliver operational efficiency and financial performance.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and accomplished Expert Financial Analyst to define and execute on structured analysis. The ideal candidate would have worked at a California or other leading utility in Finance or cost / performance management in operations. They will have a structured hypotheses based problem-solving mindset with detailed understanding of the underlying data and data structures of multiple systems to allow in-depth analysis of existing and potential data insights.

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland General Office 1-3x weekly or 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. 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:      $118,000  

Bay Area Maximum:     $188,000

Job Responsibilities: 

• Evaluate enterprise performance and provide data-driven insights that lead to actionable recommendations.
• Frame analytic approaches and lead quantitative analyses that will yield critical answers to key questions.
• Uses existing financial models and/or develops new models for analysis and reporting.
• Contributes to establishing standards and drives improvement within existing processes and develops new processes as needed.
• Provides recommendations to senior management (up to and including SVP/ EVP) across functions to drive and influence planning, operations efficiency and decision making.
• May manage cross-functional projects or initiatives.
• May act as a team lead and provide direction to less experienced employees.
• Leads special projects and initiatives as assigned.
• Interacts and consults with multiple departments and business partners.
• Drives change in the organization and be a champion of company initiatives as appropriate.
• Enrich company data through external and public sources.
• Identify opportunities for targeted, cost-effective resource (savings) acquisition.
• Conduct trend and sensitivity analyses.

Qualifications: 

Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Requires a minimum of six years of accounting, financial, or business related experience, including advanced analytical experience

Highly Desired: 

• Masters Degree in Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Job-related experience, 8 years
• Utility industry experience
• Experience in consulting
• CPA-Certified Public Accountant certification
• Well versed with Python/SAS to build descriptive predictive models that enrich, expand, and allow a deeper understanding of data analyses and solutions
• Use of interactive data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI, to present results in a compelling manner
• Data-oriented personality
• Ability to synthesize the requests from management at all levels 
• Capability to be a creative, innovative problem solver - but using simple ideas
• Ability to work full-time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday
• Develop KPIs/KRIs wherever needed to provide an initial view of performance/risks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English