Senior Strategic Analyst – Energy Efficiency Reporting & Compliance

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Fresno

Department Overview

The PG&E Energy Efficiency (EE) group focuses on inspiring and empowering our customers to eliminate unnecessary energy use, reduce their carbon footprint and save money. We manage a diverse portfolio of products and strategic programs that expertly deliver the right solutions across all customer segments, sizes, geographic locations and engagement preferences. As one of the nation’s largest energy efficiency portfolios, EE is helping to transform markets, set building codes and appliance standards, and be the marker by which all other utilities are measured.

The EE Policy Shaping, Analysis, and Compliance team seeks to shape and improve the policy and regulatory environment to give customers choice and control over how they use and manage energy and achieve California’s climate and clean energy goals. The team provides the larger EE team with the right tools, policies, strategy, data analytics, and compliance support they need to be successful portfolio managers. The team works closely with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and other Program Administrators (PAs) to develop and analyze EE policies and strategies, recommend policy changes, provide guidance on EE program compliance items, and communicate PG&E EE accomplishments. The team also supports other PG&E lines of business providing thought leadership on state legislative bills, California Energy Commission (CEC) proposals, and other state EE policy issues.

Position Summary

The analyst in this position will primarily support and oversee development of regulatory reports and forecasts of financials for PG&E’s EE portfolio. These tasks may also include data quality improvement; process improvement and documentation; mapping data flows; responding to internal and external data requests; and working with other PAs and CPUC staff on statewide processes. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, have strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills, and approach opportunities for process improvement with enthusiasm and curiosity. The successful candidate must demonstrate accountability, strong project management skills, and dedication to collaborative problem solving.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland, CA or Fresno, CA.

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 between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $102,000

Bay Area Maximum: $152,000

And/or

California Minimum: $97,000

California Maximum: $144,000

Job Responsibilities

• Support process, strategy, and policy development on financial-related EE issues
• Prepare staging tables and regulatory reports using an existing Oracle SQL database architecture using data from SAP business financials.
• Support charge order set-up for new programs and initiatives.
• Support analysis of variances.
• Represent PG&E EE in external engagements, such as CPUC, CEC, and IOU workshops or industry forums
• Prepare and deliver briefs and/or presentations
• Develop and advance strategic positions within EE by engaging key stakeholders
• Support cross-functional teams in implementing CPUC and legislative directives and meeting our EE goals.
• Support organization by providing EE policy information, data, and direction to EE teams through various delivery channels
• Support PG&E filings in EE proceedings (e.g., advice letters, comment requests)
• Support regulatory/compliance efforts such as data requests or compliance filings, as necessary

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of data analysis/management, regulatory/compliance, business analysis, project/program management, engineering, energy efficiency, or related experience.

Desired:

• Experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Working with or analyzing/maintaining the quality of large, complex data sets;
• Developing, reporting, or making business decisions based on data analytics;
• Identifying or reporting performance metrics;
• Analyzing or querying PG&E’s SAP data, including using analysis for office reports.

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