Senior Strategic Analyst

Requisition ID # 157092 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Corporate Affairs

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Rates department within PG&E’s Corporate Affairs organization develops and provides regulatory expertise in all gas and electric rates proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).  In addition, the Rates team conducts cost of service analysis, forecasts revenues, analyzes trends and underlying drivers impacting rates and bills, and supports other organizations in understanding customer usage trends as applicable towards reviewing and enhancing various PG&E programs.

Position Summary

PG&E is seeking a highly motivated Senior-level Strategic Analyst in the Electric Rates, Analysis, and Planning team with a unique combination of data analysis, data management, and data visualization. The Senior Strategic Analyst will perform detailed, innovative, and data-driven quantitative analysis of rate levels, trends, and drivers in support of regulatory proceedings and strategic initiatives. The Senior Strategic Analyst contributes towards company-wide rate related initiatives; develops actionable insights based on detailed analysis of drivers impacting rate levels; develops presentations to senior leadership, develops testimony in regulatory proceedings assessing the impact of proposals on customer affordability; maintains a database of rate-related information; and responds 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.

The role is classified as hybrid (0-3 days per week in office), working primarily from your remote office and in-person in the Oakland General Office to attend team meetings 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. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $102,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $152,000.00

Responsibilities

• Develops materials communicating key insights on rate-related analysis supporting strategic initiatives.
• Coordinates with stakeholder departments to identify, develop, and pursue rate-related initiatives.
• Develops new analytic tools including complex modeling to support planning and decision making.
• Examines alternate solutions to a problem, effectively troubleshoots various issues and analysis, and provides findings and recommendations.
• Works with other utilities and utility groups to benchmark rate-related trends and identify key insights.
• Creates, improves, and maintains database of detailed rate-related information and trends.
• Supports preparation of testimony on complex analyses and policy issues.
• Project manages complex cross functional strategic initiatives.
• Responds to time-sensitive requests for quantitative and qualitative analysis of rate forecast scenarios.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience.
• 4 years of job-related experience.

Desired:

• Master’s degree in economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Public Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience
• 6 years of job-related experience.
• Knowledge and experience in policy development, revenue requirements, rates or accounting, and energy markets.
• Demonstrated ability to select appropriate analytical tools to resolve complex problems.
• Ability to develop actionable insights and recommendations through complex data analysis.
• Ability to manage and analyze business processes and recommend improvements to gain efficiency and effectiveness. 
• Demonstrates high level of innovative thinking focused on strategy and operational implementation.
• Expert skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and Power BI.
• Project manages complex cross functional strategic initiatives.

• Responds to time-sensitive requests for quantitative and qualitative analysis of rate forecast scenarios.