Principal Strategic Analyst

Requisition ID # 165220 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

The Business Finance teams provide financial planning and reporting services to PG&E. They are the primary contact for all finance and accounting, operational performance, and budget and forecasting inquiries for a specific line of business (LOB) within PG&E. Jobs in the Business Finance Leadership job family provide management guidance and oversight to employees on the assigned Business Finance team.

 

The Finance Governance & Analytics team serves as the strategic partner across Business Finance, their Line of Business partner teams, and the broader Finance organization to drive analytical and process governance standards and reporting. Our mission is to enable data-informed problem solving and decision making and drive continuous improvement leveraging strategic tools, technology, and best practices. We specialize in reporting, visual management, modeling, and cutting-edge analysis to mitigate risks and optimize process performance, serving our hometowns through financial stewardship and industry best practices.

 

Position Summary

The successful candidate will join the Finance Governance & Analytics team as a Principal Strategic Analyst reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategic Finance, focusing on Enterprise-wide programs and initiatives. This role will be a key Finance lead for establishing financial analysis and data-driven recommendations for PG&E’s employee benefits (Benefits Coworkers Love) and General Negotiations. The Principal Strategic Analyst will also have the opportunity to drive strategic decisions related to Enterprise Value Delivery and spend allocations related to ongoing CPUC decisions.

 

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland General Office 1-3x weekly or 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:      $136,000       

Bay Area Maximum:     $232,000

 

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders across the enterprise to drive high performance and execute business goals and priorities.
• Leverage business knowledge to raise and analyze risks and implementation costs of potential path forward scenarios for Benefits Coworkers Love and General Negotiations
• Strategically partner with Regulatory and Legal as a Finance Partner for spend allocations related to ongoing CPUC decisions.
• Process improvements, including root cause analyses.
• Collect data from a wide variety of enterprise databases, including SAP, CC&B, ECC, Alteryx, Foundry, SQL, Excel, plain or formatted text files, etc.
• Design database models, efficient table structures, and advanced schemas that carry out data quality and consistency standards.
• Apply modern modeling approaches, business intelligence patterns, and data manageme