Business Finance Analyst, Expert

Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: Newark
Posted on: November 19, 2022

Job Description:

Requisition ID 141745 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 but is not limited to financial analysis, budgeting, planning and forecasting, monitoring, performance metric reporting and analysis. These services are critical to achieving the company's strategic, operational and financial objectives. Position Overview The successful candidate will serve as a Business Finance Expert Electric Operations. As a member of the Business Finance Electric Operations team, the candidate will help define and achieve the team's strategic objectives. The expert will be responsible for helping the Director Business Finance Electric Operations toward developing the team members and driving a culture that encourages and rewards thought leadership, critical thinking, high-quality work, ethics, efficiency, action, accountability, collegiality, and safety. The candidate will serve as a business partner focal for all finance and accounting, including planning, budget, forecasting, tools, and optimization analysis. A successful candidate will integrate with the client organization and become a trusted financial and strategic thought leader. In sum, the individual 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. Job Responsibilities Works on complex problems having broad impact that require in depth analysis and judgement to obtain results or solutions. Partner with leaders to drive high performance and execute business goals and priorities. Establish and maintain effective partnerships with LOBs aimed at identifying and understanding the business needs and providing strategic tools and guidance. Acts as Subject Matter Expert in area of field. Rate Case support - business case development / validation. Leads moderately to complex projects which may be cross functional. Support standardization of financial reporting, analytics, and modeling across business units Act as a consultant to Business Finance leaders and analysts on analytics, modeling, and data management/visualization tools. Drive process improvements, including root causes analyses when needed. Qualifications Minimum Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, engineering, quantitative or related field of study, or equivalent experience Minimum of 5 years of experience within a medium to large scale company, preferably a regulated utility. Experience should include at least 2 years leading a team, including setting goals, budgets and objectives Desired MBA CPA and/or CFA 7 years of relevant experience Working knowledge of SAP R3, SAP BW Ability to execute tactically as well as depict the whole idea / strategic analysis Exceptional time management skills to deal with tight deadlines Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and presentation skills Strong experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Successful track record of working collaboratively with teams Understanding of Utility Accounting fundamentals and the PG&E cost model to consult on program issues

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