Financial Planning Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Financial Planning Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role, you will conduct research and analyses to facilitate the effective management of the Company's financial assets. As part of the Corporate Finance – Operational Finance organization, you will collaborate closely with SCE's operating units by performing financial analysis, providing decision support and approvals, developing short- and long-term financial forecasts, and assisting with regulatory filings. Additionally, you will play a key role in coordinating and supporting the creation of operational plans and budgets, preparing monthly forecasts and variance analyses, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.

As a Financial Planning Advisor, your efforts will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and promote cleaner air for all. Are you prepared to embrace the challenge and help us shape the future? future?

Responsibilities

• Project manages efforts and coordinate and ensure the appropriate involvement from various subject matter experts and support organizations for the Operating Unit or enterprise
• Conducts ad hoc analysis supporting either the financial planning or strategic analysis workstreams, as needed
• Leads the development and validation of complex financial models. Validates others' models and ensures accuracy and integrity of results
• Reviews spending projections and derives utility revenue requirements and related analyses
• Assesses ongoing capital project business cases, and assists in providing recommendations for funding approval to relevant stakeholder by assessing capital structures, and performing cost of capital calculations
• Provides leadership on cross-functional teams on planning activities that have significant financial impact or risk to the Operating Unit or enterprise
• Delivers financial advisory support to the business including analysis of potential investments, mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures
• Contributes to the implementation of risk management and internal controls processes that comply with accounting, organizational, and regulatory policies
• Develops cross functional relationships and interact with leaders across the company to provide guidance and lead the financial evaluation and development of business cases for capital projects and programs
• Identifies and implements ways to improve working processes within the area of responsibility and communicate issues and areas for improvement to enterprise managers
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in financial planning, modeling and/or forecasting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or related subject area.
• Experience with SAP or similar enterprise-wide system.
• Experience with data visualization tools, such as Power BI.
• 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 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.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills including ability to communicate financial information and recommendations to senior management.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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• There will be an assessment as part of the interview process.
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.