Expert Operations Finance Analyst

Requisition ID # 172498 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Operations Finance (formerly Business Finance) teams conduct financial analysis, budgeting, planning, forecasting, monitoring, performance metric reporting, and analysis to PG&E. They are the primary contact for all finance and accounting, operational performance, and budget and forecasting inquiries for functional areas within PG&E. Jobs in the Operations Finance Leadership family provide management guidance and oversight to employees on the assigned Operations Finance team. 

The Finance Enterprise Reporting & Analytics team serves as the strategic partner across Operations Finance, their functional area partner teams, and the broader Finance organization to drive analytical reporting solutions. We specialize in reporting, visual management, and project analysis to mitigate risks and optimize process performance, serving our hometowns through financial stewardship and best practices. In addition, we are the Operations Finance team overseeing financials for the Office of the CEO, People (HR), General Counsel and Ethics, Risk, & Compliance (Legal), Finance, and other Enterprise-wide expenses.

Position Summary

The successful candidate will join the Finance Enterprise & Analytics team as the Expert Operations Finance Analyst of Enterprise-wide Expenses, serving as a strategic finance partner responsible for delivering advanced financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support to the People team and Government Funding Office. This role provides forward-looking insights, enterprise-level perspective, and leadership guidance to drive business performance, optimize resource allocation, and ensure alignment with corporate and regulatory requirements. 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. In summary, the successful candidate will balance and utilize their functional expertise, intellectual curiosity, ethics, and interpersonal skills to build and maintain integrative relationships and ensure best in-class decision support and recommendation.

The expert analyst position will report to the Operations Finance Manager of Enterprise-wide Expenses, directly supporting the People and Corporate Development teams.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and the Oakland General Office at least once a week (every Tuesday) and/or based on business needs. 

Job Responsibilities:

Reporting & Analysis

• Own development of recurring and ad hoc financial reports and dashboards
• Analyze results and clearly explain key cost drivers, variances, and performance trends
• Deliver executive-ready insights and recommendations to leadership

Planning and Forecasting

• Lead multi-year planning, annual budgets, and in-year forecasting cycles
• Develop forward-looking financial assessments to drive operational and strategic decisions
• Identify risks, opportunities, and cost optimization levers across the portfolio

Strategic Decision Support

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, translating financial data into actionable insights
• Support enterprise-wide initiatives, investment decisions, and prioritization of trade-offs
• Provide scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to guide decision-making
• Executing process improvements, including root cause analyses

Business Partnership

• Partners with leaders across the enterprise to drive high performance and execute business goals and priorities
• Leverage business knowledge to raise and analyze risks and implementation costs of potential path forward scenarios, advising operational performance management
• Collaborate with operations, accounting, regulatory, and planning teams to ensure alignment

Financial Modeling & Tools

• Develop and enhance complex financial models and analytical tools
• Standardize reporting and improve data quality, automation, and efficiency
• Translate complex data into clear financial narratives

Regulatory & Governance Support

• Provide financial inputs, analysis, and documentation for regulatory filings and audits
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, controls, and governance processes
• Align financial outputs with enterprise standards and requirements

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Mathematics, Business, Finance, or Accounting; or equivalent experience
• Five years in financial planning, analysis, forecasting, budgeting, or related experience

Desired:

• Ability to execute tactically as well as depict the whole idea/analysis strategically for Leadership teams across the enterprise, working independently
• Comfort interfacing with higher levels of the organization when communicating results and making recommendations
• Ability to synthesize research, provide perspective, and develop implications for various stakeholders
• Working knowledge of SAP R3, SAP BW
• Master’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering or related fields
• CPA and/or CFA
• 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
• Advanced Excel modeling and experience in Power BI
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and overhead allocation models
• Ability to present complex data and findings to internal audiences in a digestible format
• Understanding of utility accounting fundamentals and the PG&E cost model to consult on program issues

Compensation

PG&E provides 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 Min: $ 118,000.00

Bay Area Mid: $ 153,000.00

Bay Area Max: $ 188,000.00