Requisition ID # 150769

Job Category: Information Technology

Job Level: Senior Manager

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various groups which collaborate effectively to deliver high-quality technology solutions. Each of our portfolios is strategically aligned with each PG&E line of business which allows us to deliver on customer expectations to improve business processes and performance. Through strong collaboration and partnership with our clients, we deliver technology solutions in a timely and efficient manner.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager of Business Technology – Finance is accountable for Finance technology platforms and their integration with PG&E’s Enterprise strategies. This position reports to the Director of IT SAP and Corporate Services and overseas IT services that include planning, development, implementation, and support of systems related to Finance.

In this role you are accountable for Technology programs/projects delivery, including running a multi-year program to drive modernization of PG&E’s technology landscape. You will drive product design and solutions delivery using waterfall & agile methods, collaborating with various business subject matter experts and internal IT peers. You will be the IT liaison to lead business relationships with senior leaders across functional teams.

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and the Oakland General Office in-person 2-4 days 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.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $147,000

Bay Area Maximum: $251,000

Or

California Minimum: $140,000

California Maximum: $238,000

Job Responsibilities

• Accountable for overall portfolio performance and recommends changes in investment mix to achieve goals; uses reporting tools to monitor portfolio activities and regularly brief IT and business leaders on portfolio performance.
• Drives process standardization and consolidation and is responsible for aligning IT strategy and investment decisions with business units.
• Reviews and recommends sourcing strategies for projects and works with business units and appropriate IT personnel to ensure the distribution of IT resources and to set priorities based on business goals.
• Leads the identification, analysis, valuation, and execution of system investments for project delivery and support operations; manages the execution of technology roadmaps.
• Leads the successful implementation of new/enhanced systems on time, in scope, and within budget.
• Acts as a liaison and conduit for information flow between the department team and the rest of the IT and business community and with appropriate external collaborators; handles efficient and effective resolution of issues.
• Achieve results through others by setting and communicating goals and metrics, supervising progress, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, and reinforcing behaviors that drive high performance.
• Ensures coworkers are meeting department objectives aligned with organization goals. Implements PG&E practices for staffing, EEO, diversity, performance management, development, reward and recognition, and retention.
• Leads and executes communications plans with multiple levels of business partners.
• Develops and manages service-level agreements with business partners.
• Ensures compliance with Standards/regulations and governance processes.
• Ensures staff has the resources and skills needed to support all projects and barriers are removed.
• Provides oversight for key vendor relationships.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, engineering, math, or related field or equivalent experience
• 8 years of experience with SAP Finance, specific to ECC-FICO, FICA, and S/4 Finance across multiple industries or other related areas and/or IT strategy planning

Desired:

• Ability to drive process and system transformation to deliver end-to-end Finance solutions. Experience deploying Standard Templates and End to End solutions.
• Experienced across all project phases, including fit/gap analysis, design, build, testing, training, cutover, and post-go-live support.
• Demonstrable experience leading/mentoring and coaching teams/cross-border teams.
• Master’s degree in business administration or job-related field or equivalent experience
• PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• Experience operating in a global SAP environment, including collaboration with international teams and offshore models, is preferred.
• Experience leading large global project budgets and timelines.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Competencies:

IT organization is integral in driving SAP functional product knowledge and experience; therefore, the Sr. Manager of Finance would demonstrate the following skills.

• Lead mission-critical program and project initiatives in areas of Finance Systems and Integrations. Provide Solution Architecture in SAP Finance – FICO/FICA and S/4 Finance.
• Extensive SAP FICO functional experience in covering the following areas; General Ledger (FI-GL), Accounts Payable (FI-AP), Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), Bank Accounting (FI-BL), Asset Accounting (FI-AA), Funds Management (FI-FM), Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL), Cost Element Accounting (CO-OM-CEL), Cost Center Accounting (CO-OM-CCA), Activity-Based-Accounting (CO-OM-ABC), Internal Orders (CO-OM-OPA), Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Profit Center & Accounting (EC-PCA), FICA, Contract Accounting and CI, convergent invoicing, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), Treasury & Risk Management (TRM).
• Work with finance organizations to create a compelling and flexible implementation roadmap. Operate as a domain expert for SAP S4 FICO/FICA and other Finance Systems in the portfolio and be a point of contact for integration with upstream and downstream processes such as P2P, supply chain, and work and asset management.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into systems solutions.
• Lead both PG&E overall and functional area complexities. Ensure alignment to standard design, technical architecture, standards, audit, and change management. Operationalize solutions through hyper-care and transition to support teams. Run projects, including resource allocations, financials/budgets, work plans, issue & risk management, and status reporting.
• Establish strong governance for decision-making. Create an intelligent data framework. Embed innovation at the heart of the program.
• Dynamic leader who can energize multi-discipline work teams to develop and implement strategies based on current and anticipated needs.
• Provides coaching, career development, and evaluations for direct reports.
• Establishes performance goals, develops measurable performance standards, and establishes vital checkpoints to supervise progress.
• Demonstrates a personal commitment to a high-performance environment.
• Provides resource planning to support future initiatives and in proportion to project impact on the organization.
• Communicates decisions and policies in a way that establishes understanding and commitment.
• Provides direction in resolving conflicts, as well as coaching poor performers to improved levels of performance.
• Fully understands PG&E's policies and procedures. Acts by all company policies and can explain them to associates. May participate in developing new policies and procedures.
• Applies future foresight when leading and coaching associates.

Leadership Qualities

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

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 concerning 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 the 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 that prioritizes ethics, safety, and compliance
• Building on the vital level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations