Business Finance Analyst
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Business Finance Analyst to provide critical financial support to their Nuclear Generation Operations. The role involves financial analysis, budgeting, long-term planning, and monitoring expenditures to assist management in decision-making processes.
Responsibilities
- Proactively monitor costs and coordinate the corrections of cost accounting errors
- Manage Orders and PCC/RCC hierarchy for partners to ensure reporting is systematically supported
- Provide any ad-hoc SAP assistance to partners
- Review partner cost monitoring systems to ensure that adequate controls are in place to uncover and correct erroneous charges
- Lead Standardized Reporting and Work Order Management Process
- Actively participate in special initiatives related to Business Planning or business partner organizations and complete assigned tasks related to the initiatives
- Key work streams include, but not limited to: Generation Reporting, forecasting, ECS (i.e., Day-5 close process), and Ad-Hoc data requests
- Facilitate and support partner preparations for Quarterly/Annual Business Reviews by defining preparation schedules and preparing required documents (such as quarterly business review profiles, annual budget requests, and budget prioritizations)
- Support the 5-year operating plan for partners (including 5-year capital outlook)
- Coordinate the monthly forecast process
- Ensure alignment with regulatory filings
- Analyze partner costs monthly; provide explanations of significant monthly variances
- Prepare monthly financial reports with analyses of key drivers causing significant variances
- Prepare monthly financials and general variance explanations; determine root causes of significant variances and identify appropriate corrective actions
- Meet with partners (directors and managers) to review costs, discuss variances, confirm external charges to partner orders or PCCs, and review significant standard cost variances
- Track unit cost performance and work with partners on performance improvement plans
- Lead and facilitate budget discussions that drive efficiencies and clarity around variances and the end of year forecast
- Fulfill ad-hoc requests for cost-related data and analyses
- Perform research to support partner regulatory filings and benchmarking efforts
- Actively participate in partner leadership team meetings and provide financial advice
- Proactively focus partner attention on areas requiring improvements
- Liaison with Business Planning colleagues to ensure that partner information is gathered on time and presented appropriately for various meetings
- Support the monthly Forecasting process
Skills
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience or training
- Job-related experience, 1 year
- Job-related experience, 3 years
- Proficient in and understanding of utility cost model
- Make sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
- Ability to create new and better ways for the organization to be successful
- Anticipate and adopt innovations in business-building digital and technology applications
- Interpret and apply understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions
- Proficient in regulatory utility knowledge
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Access, Project, Visio, or similar visualization software
- Nuclear experience
- Project forecasting experience
- Residence within 50 miles of Diablo Canyon
Benefits
- PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs
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