Sr Financial Analyst

Join the Clean Energy Revolution!

Become a Senior Financial Analyst at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll be responsible for performing research and analyses to support the effective utilization and treatment of the Company’s financial assets. You will develop recommendations on long and short-term investments and risk management, devise pricing, capital expenditure and O&M expense, and capital recovery strategies to achieve corporate financial goals. You will also develop models to forecast business conditions, to support Corporate and departmental decision-making, review and assess impacts of changing regulations, develop and analyze data and writes compelling testimony and responses to regulatory agencies in support of rate, regulatory, and demand side management activities in compliance with regulatory requirements. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

As a Senior Financial Analyst, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright! 

Financial Analysis: 

• Provide and supports the translation of 5-year operating plans to operating budgets, which will be used for multiple financial planning purposes including the General Rate Case (GRC) and Risk Assessment Mitigation Phase (RAMP)
• Fiscal and budget assumptions used by business partners in developing operating plans, including assumptions used in prioritization of work
• Calculates unit cost, labor cost, overhead allocations, and/or contract, services and material cost needed to develop budgets, and compare actual to budgeted costs to support variance analysis and forecasting without supervision
• Builds cost expertise and performs cost trend analysis using historical and external data and continuous cost improvement without supervision
• Applies existing or devises new, innovative models and methodologies; resolve need for analysis in response to changing business conditions and the appropriate modeling and formulas to apply

Decision Support: 

• Highly influential on decision-making and may make final decisions consistent with organizational authorization levels having moderate impact on department or company
• Acts as a lead analyst to operational units or departments; plans all aspects of analyses, presentations, and implementation strategies for either a portion of, or a complete complex analysis; and usually responsible for implementation of selected recommendations
• Actively scopes financial analysis needed to facility OU decision-making
• Develops or reviews drafts of and assists or makes presentations to the senior executive management, department and division management and other interested parties

Continuous Improvement: 

• Develops and completes opportunities to improve operational finance reports, analytical tools, and self-service capabilities to drive efficiency for operational finance and support operational decision-making
• Defines the direction for new processes and standards as well as determining methods and procedures on new assignments
   

The Essentials 

• Five or more years of experience with financial and/or quantitative analysis, and accounting methodologies
• Five or more years of experience developing, validating, and presenting financial statistics and models

The Preferred

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related subject area
• Experience with SAP
• Experience with forecasting and performing cost benefit/trend analysis
• Experience with “utility” financial planning and accounting methodologies
• Experience interpreting and applying General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other regulatory requirements
• Six Sigma certification
• Experience communicating financial information to various audiences including senior management
• Experience building reports and ability to track, analyze and maintain the accuracy and integrity of large amounts of data using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and databases
• Experience leading projects and working with cross-functional teams 

Thank you!