Dir Enterprise Business Transformation

Requisition Number: 26384 

At UGI Utilities, Inc. we believe in providing a superior range of energy products and services to our customers in a safe, affordable manner. As our energy needs evolve, UGI will be there providing safe and reliable service that brings warmth and comfort to our 750,000 customers in 45 counties in Pennsylvania and 1 county in Maryland.

 

We strive to reflect the communities we serve by attracting and retaining top talent, while maintaining a diverse workforce that embraces our culture of safety, service, and integrity. As an employee of UGI Utilities, you can expect a competitive total compensation plan and comprehensive benefits. Employees work in a collaborative environment, have upward mobility opportunities, and the ability to enjoy a true work life balance.

 

UGI is committed to acting in a sustainable and socially responsible manner to minimize our impact on the environment and to enrich the lives of our customers, communities, and employees. To learn more about UGI's workplace culture, sustainability efforts, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), we invite you to visit our UGI Corporate sustainability page.

 

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Job Summary (Purpose):

The EBT Director provides leadership and direction to members of the EBT organization as it pertains to the continuous evolution of technology solutions. In addition, the EBT Director provides the thought leadership and direction to support the budgeting and spending controls related to Information Technology (IT) expenditures supporting the business units within the Natural Gas Division.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Planning: collaborates with the IT PMO business leaders, and other UGI entities to create an actionable 18-month roadmap of technical functionality enhancements and of innovative technology solution deployments. Collaborates with the business units to plan and support change management and communications related to solution deployments. Contributes to the definition and execution of technology strategic plans. Supports and provides guidance on the adoption of innovative technology solutions and creation of business cases for these solutions.
•    Governance: manages and enforces the use of common processes, standards, procedures, and practices for managing, classifying, and working on business requests. Ensures alignment with IT request management processes as well as alignment with the IT systems development lifecycle. Develops and maintains a strong partnership with functional areas to have a detailed operational focus aligned with business needs, and priorities. Works cross-functionally with other business units to advance strategic initiatives. Interacts in a highly collaborative manner with internal constituents and external partners and effectively represents the business with the vendors. Establishes structures to support the adoption of innovative technology solutions.
•    NatGas IT Budget and Expense Management: manages the IT-related financial activities covering operational, labor, and capital budgets. Aligns with the PMO organization in planning and managing the capital expenses.  Monitors expenses and prioritization of spending. Collaborates with Procurement and Finance organizations in optimizing spending and in applying controls and policies. Works with Accounting in defining and updating formulas to enable the allocation of costs for goods and services shared across multiple business units.  Consults with stakeholders to identify and control the total costs and benefits within the context of the strategic and tactical plans, and initiate corrective action where needed.
•    General management & Administration: Attracts, develops, and retains talent to the EBT. Plans and drives the development and growth of the EBT team embers with a focus towards solution optimization. Ensures active participation from EBT members in solution user communities to influence strategic direction of solutions and influence changes to the vendor solution roadmap.  

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

General: 
•    Ability to translate business objectives to actionable work plans.
•    Knowledge of regulated utilities accounting and regulatory requirements, and ability to apply this knowledge in the planning, management, and execution of IT budgets, expense management, and cost allocation