Business Operations Specialist, Expert

Requisition ID # 153568 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Operations

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Vallejo

Department Overview

The Coworkers of Electric Operations ensure the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Operations is responsible for every aspect of PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.

Position Summary

Responsible for research, data analysis, forecasting, and reporting in support of business decision making, strategy, and operations. Also involved in business process improvement, quality control, special projects, and other initiatives.

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. We would not anticipate that the individual hired into this role would land at or near the top half of the range described below, but the decision will be dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
 

A reasonable salary range is:​

Minimum: $109,000.00

Maximum: $175,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Applies expert knowledge of Construction Business Operations to wide-ranging issues and assignments. Works independently with guidance on only the most complex issues.
• Expand the team’s planning and Construction work plan reporting capabilities through models and tool development. Leads efforts with partner organizations to develop and implement improved processes, best practices, controls and procedures to improve Construction Management organization. Measures process through reporting and follow up.
• Manages aspects of programs and finance that are cross departmental, complex and have a significant impact on the line of business. Leads development of plans to achieve program goals.
• Develop new policies and all relevant processes, infrastructure, documentation, tools, etc. to support. Develops tools for tracking and control.
• May provide leadership or work direction and guidance to lower-level peers. Work with other LOBs or peers in other departments or regions to develop reporting, analytics, metrics for team needs. Performs trend analysis to identify variance drivers and develop and execute mitigation plans to improve business results
• Identifies issues and develops solutions. Presents recommendations and implementation plan to leadership for approval. Provides standardized regular reports, along with custom, ad-hoc reports for special projects.
• May support with reporting for operational metrics to provide intelligence on performance trends.
• Develops and delivers presentation to leaders regarding the program progress toward goals. Represents the team as a subject matter expert and stakeholder on process improvement teams, regulatory filings, and various stakeholder groups.
• Experience in SAP and Analysis for Office (AO). Experienced in Business Finance knowledge and functions. Strong understanding of BPO financial oversight and financial management processes.                                                

Qualifications

 Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Communications or related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 8+ years of related experience or equivalent.

 Desired:

• Good communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with various audiences.
• Strives for continuous improvement and creative problem solving.
• Advanced level in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Ability to quickly analyze data to make recommendations.
• Ability to develop and explain complex data models.
• Adaptable to changing business conditions and ambiguity.
• Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to influence leaders inside and outside of the department through data analysis, insights, and recommendations.
• Ability to coach and mentor specialists and analysts.