Senior Director, Value Delivery

Requisition ID # 161119 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Senior Director

Business Unit: Finance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Position Summary

As the Senior Director, Value Delivery, you will lead a transformative effort to optimize our strategy to realize value in order to support the company’s long-term growth while maintaining affordability for our customers. With the goal of improving our Cap/Expense ratio over a six-year period – representing $1-$2B in savings, you will spearhead the enterprise plan to deliver operational efficiency and financial performance.  

Reporting Relationship 

Reports directly to: VP of Finance & Planning

Department Overview 

The Business Finance teams provide financial planning and reporting services to PG&E and is responsible for providing strategic direction and coordination in respect to strategic functional area planning processes, financial planning, forecasting, analytics and reporting. This position serves as the enterprise lead for the Value Delivery strategy in support of our Simple Affordable Model.  . The Senior Director position also plays a critical role in the broader finance transformation effort underway at PG&E, which include implementing new standards for reporting financial data and building more flexibility and resiliency into the enterprise planning processes while improving financial controls. The Business Finance department provides a place for energized and talented employees to launch their career, make a meaningful contribution, and be recognized for high performance. As a Senior Director within the Business Finance department, you can expect to engage in a variety of challenging and meaningful work, including:  

Job Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Strategy Execution 

• Build and lead a high-performing team tasked with building a plan that delivers the multi-year Cap/Expense ratio improvement goals 

• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to develop and execute strategies that align expense planning with projected growth while controlling costs 

Outcome-Based Metrics 

• Define and implement outcome-based metrics that empower operations leaders to deliver savings 

• Provide clear visibility into annual progress and ensure alignment with the company’s financial objectives 

Operational Playbook Development 

• Leverage the Lean playbook to enhance adoption and enrollment across the organization, at all levels 

• Create and roll out a playbook for operational teams, facilitating their understanding and adoption of expense strategy 

• Ensure buy-in across various teams to promote sustainable, long-term improvements 

Enterprise Expense Planning Strategy 

• Lead the development of the company’s enterprise-wide expense planning strategy to ensure alignment with long-term financial goals 

• Drive innovation in cost management across all business units 

Executive Financial Updates 

• Lead monthly updates with the Senior Executive Team, presenting on the progress, risks and opportunities associated with the multi-year expense strategy 

• Ensure transparency and provide data-driven insights to support decision-making 

Enterprise Reporting and Visual Management 

• Design and implement enterprise-wide reporting tools to visually track progress against the expense strategy 

• Enable operations teams to leverage lean management principles through visual management techniques to deliver cost savings 

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 towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is: 

Bay Area Minimum:  $201,000 

Bay Area Maximum: $343,000 

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities. 

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies. 

• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear. 

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.  

• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. 

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety. 

• Maintaining an environment of open dialog and free of retaliation. 

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences. 

• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics. 

Optimizes Team Performance 

• Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. 

• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.  

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. 

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions. 

• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. 

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes ethics, safety, and compliance. 

• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations. 

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. 

Background Qualifications

• Ability to deliver results 

• Strong leadership skills 

• Comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Customer focused, both internal and external 

• Sound business judgment to drive strategic initiatives that achieve significant financial return 

• Excellent organizational skills 

• Ability to drive performance and development of future leaders in the organization 

• Sound understanding of PG&E's cost model and the underlying IT systems that are used by the Business Finance team 

• Ability to articulate and deliver a clear strategic approach to the vision and goals of the organization 

Minimum

Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience 

12 years job related experience 

Leadership experience  

Experience with PG&E’s cost model  

Desired

MBA 

CPA, CFA 

15 years job related experience