Supervisor, Business Finance

Requisition ID# 136380

Job Category: Accounting / Finance

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: Finance

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Business Finance team provides critical financial support to the core organizational units of PG&E. 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 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.

This role in particular will be placed within the Business Finance organization supporting Electric Operations; a high performing, fast paced organization redefining the functional value proposition through engaged, innovative, and actionable insight.

Client Organization

The successful candidate will support the Electric Operations organization. Electric Operations ensures the safe, reliable, and affordable operation of our electric Transmission and Distribution system across short- and long-term planning horizons. This group is responsible for all aspects of PG&Es electric operations including planning, engineering, estimating, maintenance and construction (including large projects), grid operations, and restoration and emergency response.

Position Summary

The successful candidate will serve as the front-line leader for a team of financial analysts and will work closely with a Manager and Director of Business Finance Electric Operations to define and achieve the team's strategic objectives. The supervisor will be responsible for developing his/her team members and driving a culture that encourages and rewards critical thinking, high-quality work, ethics, efficiency, action, accountability, collegiality and safety.

The candidate will be responsible for managing the financial support services to the Line of Business, serving as a business partner focal for all finance and accounting, including planning, budget, forecasting, tools, and optimization analysis. A successful supervisor will integrate with the client organization and become a trusted financial and strategic advisor of the leadership team. 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.

The successful candidate's team includes program analytical support for high profile Electric programs totaling over $1,000M in Annual Spend. Additionally activities include supporting the broader Electric Business Finance team through governance, cost correction, data integrity, and necessary accounting duties.

Core Responsibilities

• Planning (Long Term): Develop, advise and integrate the business unit financial plans and performance baselines to meet the Company's long term operational and financial objectives. Help. Ensure alignment with regulatory filings.
• Forecasting (Short Term): Coordinate monthly forecast process and provide timely, balanced forward looking financial assessments that capture current performance and enable nimble, value optimized operational and financial decisions.
• Reporting & Analysis (Historical): Provide timely and accurate monthly financial visibility that objectively assesses performance, and proactive financial analytics that identify opportunities, risks, and associated resolution recommendations.

Other Responsibilities

• Process Optimization: Identify, and evaluate key processes for opportunities in effectiveness, control, and efficiency, and recommend and implement improvements.
• Tools: Provide active engagement on the evaluation, design, and use of our critical functional toolset.
• Governance: Implement and maintain functional governance standards, and provide feedback on areas of opportunity.
• Regulatory: Serve as the financial backbone for regulatory filings, support, and defense.
• Support Key Business Issues:Actively participate in special initiatives related to Business Planning or business partner organizations and complete assigned tasks related to the initiatives. Provide strategic planning and operational performance analysis.
• General:
  • Facilitates partner preparations for Business Performance Reviews by defining preparation schedules and preparing required documents (such as quarterly business review profiles, annual budget requests, and budget prioritizations).
  • Supports 3/5-year operating plan for partners, regulatory filings and integrated planning process.
  • Helps coordinate monthly forecast process. Ensures alignment with regulatory filings.
  • Reviews cost monitoring systems to ensure that adequate controls are in place to uncover and correct erroneous charges.
  • Presents financial findings and provides recommendations to partners and Finance management

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Business, or Finance
• Minimum of three years of analytical experience (business, mathematics, statistics, engineering - based) including some prior experience leading and dveloping teams.

Desired Qualifications, minimum above plus

• Master's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Economics, or related field strongly preferred
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Word
• Strong understanding of Accounting principles and overhead allocation models
• Ability to work successfully independently and in fast-paced team environment
• Excellent interpersonal communication and quantitative skills
• Intellectual curiosity, and relentless drive for continuous improvement
• Experience leading and developing strong teams
• Experience with financial modeling or forecasting
• Demonstrated success interacting at various organizational levels, from line employees to Managers, Directors and Executives
• Working knowledge of SAP R3, Analysis for Office
• Experience with utility finance and accounting
• Six Sigma / Lean experience

Strong understanding of Accounting principles and overhead allocation models