Expert in Capital, Operations and Maintenance and Integrated Planning

Position Summary

This Expert role will be instrumental in helping to design, test, integrate, and implement PG&E’s planning and forecasting process of the future. Design topics to include, but are not limited to:

Planning Process Including:

• Work and resource planning
• Operational targets
• Financial targets
• Forecasting process and tools
• Cost Model
• Budget and forecast accountability
• Transparency of Costs
• Integrations with Work Management, HR, Sourcing, etc.

The successful candidate will work closely with their Systems Integrator (SI) counterpart to run various workshops with SMEs throughout Finance and the Enterprise to evaluate and decide upon key future state designs. Workshop preparation will be a key activity entailing benchmarking with other Finance organizations and Utilities, laying out options and explaining the impact of those choices. Ultimately the preparation work will enable the program to make quick and well-informed decisions. The successful candidate will continue to maintain contacts and connections with the Finance Organization and will work closely with the Process Lead, Project Manager, Change Enablement Resource, and the Propel Business and IT Leads within and outside of Finance. This individual must be curious; open to new ideas; execution-oriented; willing to speak up; able to keep workshop groups on topic and driving decisions; willing to push our SI partners for nothing but the best.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location based on business needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops workshop materials to educate and guide SMEs to make well-informed decisions.
• Co-leads and facilitates workshops with SI Partner, avoiding diversions and staying on topic.
• Documents and critically reviews deliverable content.
• Assists with developing and reviewing test scenarios and test scripts.
• Participates as SME in workshops in other areas to ensure Forecast to Plan requirements are met and designs are analyzed for integration impacts.
• Anticipates challenges and bottlenecks and is resourceful at developing and implementing innovative solutions.
• Participates in benchmarking efforts, possibly including industry sessions and conferences, to learn/share best in class practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum:
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  5 years job-related experience
• Desired:
  3 years of internal cost management processes and reports (Budget/Forecast to Actuals)
  1 cycle of annual planning process
  Experience in working in or implementing S4
  Experience in using SAP Analytics Cloud
  Experience in using Copperleaf
  Experience in working in or having closely partnered with Investment Planning functions
  In-depth understanding of the regulatory process and presentation of financial elements
  Experience supporting various audits or intervenor data requests
  Advanced data visualization (of structured and unstructured data) and presentation skills to effectively convey complex information to internal and external parties of various levels
  Ability to work in a matrixed environment and a positive execution-oriented mentality
  Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Office 360
  Ability to comprehend complex systems to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements
  Expertise in communication, interpersonal/collaboration influence and negotiation and process management
  Proficiency in writing and developing internal communications document
  Master’s degree preferred.