Strategic Analyst, Associate
Requisition ID # 171969
Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Customer & Corporate Affairs
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland
Department Overview
The Rates department within PG&E’s Customer & Corporate Affairs organization develops and provides expertise on gas and electric customer rates in regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
With a primary focus on ensuring fair, equitable, and stable rates for our customers, the Rates department designs rate plans, conducts cost of service analyses, forecasts revenues, and analyzes trends and drivers impacting customer rates and bills. We support other organizations in understanding energy usage in order to enhance various programs and policies that support our customers.
Position Summary
PG&E is seeking a highly motivated Associate Strategic Analyst in the Electric Rates, Analysis, and Planning team with a unique combination of data analysis, data management, and data visualization. Under direction of senior team members, the Associate Strategic Analyst performs analysis of the impact of proposals on customer affordability; maintains a database of rate-related information; conducts analysis of drivers impacting rate levels; supports cross-functional rate-related initiatives managed by the team; supports development of presentations to leadership; and prepares responses to internal and external requests regarding rate trends, analysis, and benchmarking.
The successful candidate will embody a balance of analytic capability, ambition, intellectual curiosity, structured thinking, written and verbal communication skills, and team-orientation.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland General Office once per week and 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.
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $68,000
Bay Area Maximum: $102,000
Job Responsibilities
With guidance, support and resources, conducts analytical work of basic scope and complexity.
Prepares materials to communicate rate-related analysis to internal stakeholders.
Prepares analytic support for regulatory filings.
Maintain database of detailed rate-related information and trends.
Implements operational improvements.
Collaborates with teams across the company to gather and confirm information related to revenue recovery in support of rate-related analysis.
Prepares responses to time-sensitive requests for quantitative and qualitative analysis of rate forecast scenarios.
Qualifications
Minimum
BS/BA degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience.
Desired
1 year of job-related experience.
Ability to work in team environment
Ability to learn new concepts quickly
Able to understand basic technical and business concepts
Knowledge of energy markets and basic pricing theory
Ability to communicate technical information to a broad audience.
Good skills in in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power BI.
Good quantitative and analytical skills to analyze and interpret data and effectively communicate findings.