Requisition ID # 160340
Job Category : Project / Program Management
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Business Unit : Finance
Work Type : Hybrid
Job Location : Oakland
Department Overview
The Finance True North Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for cross functional, multi-year projects supporting Finance's transformation journey.
In addition to ensuring the successful execution of projects related to core Finance functions such as financial reporting, accounting close, strategic modeling, and more, the PMO is responsible for the improvement of Finance's foundational capabilities overall and supporting the culture shift along the way.
Position Summary
The Finance True North Strategy is a 3-year vision for Finance that delivers on our triple bottom line of serving people, the planet, and California's prosperity.
Our objectives are to experience joy at work and be the employment destination of choice; attract, develop, and retain talent and future leaders;
and invest in our people and foundational capabilities and work collaboratively to be best-in-class. Part of how we will achieve those objectives is through strategic programs established to recruit at universities, onboard new coworkers, and enhance our work experience and organizational affinity and interdependence.
In this role, you will work closely with program sponsors and leads to run several Finance-wide programs critical to our stand of having a forward-looking and highly capable Finance team.
You will maintain a clear cadence and structure for the programs and occasionally present to a governance forum to allow for executive decision making.
You will also be responsible for Finance-wide communications supporting these programs and our transformation journey as well as creating visibility across the Enterprise of the progress made along the way.
The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland General Office 1-2x weekly or as business needs require.
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 : $122,000
Bay Area Maximum : $194,000
Job Responsibilities
- Manage and sustain Finance-wide programs to strengthen our foundational capabilities, recruit and retain top talent, and increase joy at work major cross-functional projects and initiatives. Programs include :
- Associate Program : Rotational graduate program attracting and retaining top talent from targeted universities for associate level positions within Finance
- MBA Program : Rotational experienced hiring programs attracting and retaining top talent from targeted universities for expert level positions at PG&E
- New Hire Onboarding Program : Comprised of hiring supervisor trainings, structured networking events, departmental orientations, financial acumen and regulatory training, and affinity building events
- Joy Council : Increase joy at work through special events and programs; Promote and track Finance recognition goals and progress;
own Finance events calendar
- Solve unique and complex problems, remove barriers to success, anticipate issues and develop innovative solutions
- Demonstrate strategic leadership with internal stakeholders to support Finance goals.
- Develop and track program goals and metrics to meet Finance and company goals and objectives.
- Collaborate across organization to ensure alignment of goals to support program.
- Responsible for utilizing other departments and teams to meet program goals.
- Maintain Finance calendar
Qualifications
Minimum :
- Bachelor degree or equivalent business experience
- 8 years of related work experience
Desired :
- Master's degree preferred
- Portfolio management or program management experience with integration of diverse projects
- Ability to simplify and reduce issues to their fundamental causes
- Ability to build escalation processes and drive to resolutions
- High degree of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills- including ability to interact, collaborate, and influence at the executive level
- Highly organized, with demonstrated ability to plan and balance multiple priorities at once
- Experience with visual management
- Strong skills in project management, benchmarking, and continuous improvement
- Ability to use understanding of the business to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements
- Ability to lead large, complex programs across Finance and cross-functionally
- Deep knowledge and expertise of business and or industry drivers
- Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs
- Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact