Business Finance Analyst

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation.

The Sr. Analyst will help PG&E; reach its broader goals by leveraging her/his exceptional communication, interpersonal, technical, analytical, statistical, and strategic skills, while applying the highest work ethic and commitment to technically developing and leading other members within their organization.

* Governance Implementation and Oversight: * Oversee the development, implementation and adherence to financial governance policies and tools * Manage the PG&E; cost model for the Line of Business (LOB) including order and cost center hierarchies to ensure reporting is systematically supported for our partners, and identify areas for improvement * Participate in cross-line-of-business financial governance initiatives to align our policies, processes and tools with our finance peers, promote a collaborative culture that leverages best practices * Gain and drive an understanding of utility accounting fundamentals and the PG&E; cost model within the Governance and Analytics (G&A;) team and effectively communicate concepts to peers and partners * Identify inefficiencies in governance processes and implement improvements * Independently conceive of value-adding improvements to team or Business Finance-wide processes. Develop implementation plans and direct improvement initiatives, and effectively communicate results to leadership * Strategic Planning and Analysis: Liaison with Business Finance colleagues to ensure that partner information is gathered on time, accurately and presented appropriately throughout the integrated planning process. Provide governance, insightful analysis, communication and status updates throughout various planning stages. Develop dynamic models that help to support planning and forecasting * Budget Planning and Forecasting: Facilitate partner preparations for the integrated planning process by defining schedules and preparing required documents. Help coordinate monthly forecast process. Ensure alignment with regulatory filings. * Operational Performance Analyses: Analyze partner costs on a monthly basis and provide root causes, explanations and corrective actions for significant monthly variances. Meet with partners (directors and managers) to review costs, discuss variances, confirm external charges to partner orders or Provider Cost Centers (PCCs), and review significant standard cost rate” variances. * Departmental Performance Metrics: Develop, maintain and report key departmental metrics in areas of Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting. * Monitoring, Controlling, and Accounting: Proactively monitor costs and coordinate the corrections of cost accounting errors. Review partner cost monitoring systems to ensure that adequate controls are in place to uncover and correct erroneous charges. * 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. * 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.

**Minimum Qualifications:** * Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, finance, accounting, engineering or related discipline. * Minimum of 1 year of job related experience **Desired Qualifications:** * Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent experience * Demonstrated success interacting at various organizational levels, from line employees to Managers, Directors and Executives * Working knowledge of SAP R3, SAP Business Warehouse (BW), Analysis for Office (AO) * Experience with utility finance and accounting * Experience with Process Improvement (i.e. Lean Six Sigma methodology)