Hybrid Finance Business Manager

at Puget Sound Energy

• Job title: Finance Business Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $108,200 - $180,200 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bellevue, United States

About the role

• Finance Business Manager managing forecasts, budgets, and analysis at Puget Sound Energy. Collaborating with leadership to drive financial operations and support strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with leadership and assists with the development and consolidation of the company’s forecasts, budgets, and long-term plans
• Drives for accuracy and timeliness of all reporting related to the financial operations of the department, including forecasts and metrics
• Develop and maintain financial models as needed to provide analysis and guidance to department leadership
• Identifies, initiates and drives improvements in the budget, forecast, and reporting processes to enable the group to function more efficiently and effectively
• Directly supports department leadership with detailed financial analysis and planning, this includes monitoring and reporting on the immediate and long-term financial impacts of projects
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail
• Ability to create executive-ready deliverables that distill complex information into actionable insights
• Strong storytelling skills to present data-driven narratives that resonate with senior leadership
• Experience translating technical analysis into business impact and strategic recommendations
• Develops quantitative models independently that are error-free with strong logic that demonstrate a clear understanding of the problem
• Creates and maintains dashboards using data visualization tools, i.e. Power BI
• Solves data road blocks independently and effectively presents solutions and rationale to Directors and above
• Monitors, analyzes and manages workload to ensure optimal time management and prioritization of deliverables
• Capable of driving projects from start to finish with a strong sense of urgency and high quality products
• Ability to coach and mentor more junior level employees

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field
• 7+ years in finance roles with progressively increasing levels of responsibility preferably with time in the utility industry
• Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills with the ability to interface effectively with all levels of management
• Ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities and takes initiative to drive solutions; works effectively without direct supervision in a fast paced, stressful and multitasking environment

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• 401(k) investment option
• cash balance retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year