Senior Manager, Business Finance

Requisition ID # 163235 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Senior Manager

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type:

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview 

Finance’s vision is to build and sustain leading finance capabilities to support PG&E’s vision. 

Position Summary 

Oversees the teams that provide financial planning and reporting services to PG&E. Serves as the primary contact for all finance and accounting, operational performance, and budget and forecasting inquiries for Customer and Enterprise Solutions (C&ES) within PG&E. Oversees budgeting, forecasting, reporting and business partnering to support the C&ES Leadership team. Provides management guidance and oversight to employees on the assigned Business Finance team. 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location 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:      $144,000       

Bay Area Maximum:     $244,000

Job Responsibilities 

Finance Acumen: 

• Acts as a thought partner to Business Leaders on operational performance management tools and measurement. Works closely with peer managers, other departments outside of Business Finance, and the leadership team on the assessment of value-creating improvements, including the identification of cost drivers and the determination of yield on process improvements (measurement methods). 

• Performs ad-hoc Analyses, as required. 

• Leads and provides analysis of monthly program financial results; Interprets financial and operating results and provide recommendations. 

• Develops and implements analytical techniques to gain insights on operational results. 

• Serves as the senior lead and primary contact for all finance and accounting, operational performance, and budget and forecasting inquiries. 

• Supports and provides advice on the following major financial endeavors: Three Year Operating Plan, Quarterly Business 

• Works closely with peer managers, other departments outside Business Finance, and the leadership within the line of business on the analysis and validation of the Three-Year Operating Plan. 

Team Leadership: 

• Builds and manages a team of high- performance professionals including Managers and Associate, Career, Senior, and Expert Business Finance Analysts. 

• Demonstrates leadership skills to attract, motivate, and retain creative, highly trained team members; Develops and leads Business Finance Analysts across rigorous performance and development plans. 

• Performs internal and external benchmarking to measure performance. 

• Monthly Expense & Capital Spending (ECS) program variance explanations and program forecasts. 

• Responsible and accountable for developing appropriate sophisticated forecasting models for the programs supported. 

• Review Support, Program Forecasts and Trends. 

• Understands utility accounting fundamentals and the PG&E cost model to consult on program issues. 

Business Partnering: 

• Empowers the functional areas supported with fact-based insights into every facet of business decision making. 

• Ensures that business transactions are captured to yield actionable business results. Consults with peer managers, other departments outside Business Finance and LOB leadership to ensure program plans are focused to the desired result. 

• Partners with all levels of management to gather, analyze, validate, and summarize business information to prepare recommendations on program plans, trended future funding requirements, operating forecasts, and other financial matters. 

• Partners with Program Managers and their supervisors to develop and monitor corrective action plans, as needed. 

• Partners with Program Managers to ensure program priorities are aligned at the functional area as well as at the utility. 

• Provides consultation to model financial performance under various regulatory scenarios, competitive scenarios, and resource constraints. 

• Provides expert financial advice and policy interpretation on all levels of financial activity within the organization and its programs. 

• Provides financial training to business partners as needed. 

• Reviews and makes recommendations based on key program performance indicators. 

Process Improvements: 

• Process improvements, including root cause analyses. 

• Stays abreast of cutting-edge analytics and provides actionable information to help drive financial performance. 

Qualifications 

Minimum: 

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience 

• Minimum of five years leading and developing teams  

• Minimum of four years of analytical experience (business, mathematics, statistics, engineering - based) 

Desired: 

• Master’s degree in business administration or equivalent experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or job-related discipline or equivalent experience 

• Leadership experience, 5 years 

• CPA-Certified Public Accountant certification 

• CFA-Certified Financial Analyst certification 

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