Nuclear Senior Business Finance Analyst

Requisition ID # 168211 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Avila Beach

Department Overview

The Business Finance Nuclear Generation team provides critical financial support to PG&E's Nuclear Generation Operations. This support includes financial analysis, budgeting, long-term planning, and forecasting, and monitoring expenditures.  In addition, this role provides accounting support, operational performance reporting and analysis, and strategic planning and analysis. These services are critical to achieving the company's strategic, operational and financial objectives.

The Business Finance Nuclear department provides a unique environment for energized and talented finance professionals to engage in the business as valued functional advisors, making meaningful contributions to the direction of a dynamic clean energy business, and be actively developed and recognized.

Position Summary

This is a position within the Nuclear Generation Business Finance team, working in support of all Nuclear Generation departments. The ideal candidate will have verbal and written communication skills, strong analytical and quantitative skills, a background in finance, accounting, or engineering, poise in working with many levels of staff, strong organizational and planning skills, initiative and enthusiasm, and strong interpersonal skills.  

The candidate will be responsible for working with various managers and directors within the Nuclear Generation on a business decision support basis, to assist them with their budget, planning and other finance/accounting needs.

To obtain and maintain employment and unescorted access at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, you must be able to pass a drug and alcohol screen, a security background check, psychological screen, computer-based training, be subject to random drug and alcohol screening, and be available for ad-hoc onsite meetings and trainings.
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. 

A reasonable salary range is:
California Minimum: $93,000
California Maximum: $139,000

Work location requirements:

• Role is currently Hybrid (In-Person and Remote) but subject to change.
• Work office location – Diablo Canyon Power Plant (9 miles NW of Avila Beach, CA)

Job Responsibilities

• Monitoring, Controlling, and Accounting:
  • Proactively monitor costs and coordinate the corrections of cost accounting errors. Manage Orders and PCC/RCC SAP 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 and Maintenance process.
• 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.  Key work streams include, but not limited to: Generation Reporting, forecasting, ECS (i.e., Monthly Day-5 close process), Lead Outage Reporting and Ad-Hoc data requests. 
• Budget Planning and Forecasting:
  • Lead and Facilitate partner preparations for Monthly 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 leadership partners (including 5-year capital outlook). Coordinate the monthly forecast process. Ensure alignment with regulatory filings.  
• Operational Performance Analyses:
  • 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.
• Strategic Planning and Analysis:
  • 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. Lead/Support on ECS Forecast Process.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience or training
• Job-related experience, 3 years

Desired:

• Nuclear experience
• Project forecasting experience
• MBA or CPA or graduate degree
• Job-related experience, 5 years

Desired Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Competencies:

• Expert in and understanding of utility cost model
• Make sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Proficient in leading information and problem-solving cross-functional meetings
• Ability to create new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Anticipate and adopt innovations in business-building digital and emerging 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 software