Business Transformation & Readiness, Senior Specialist

Southern California Edison • Pomona, CA

111d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Business Transformation & Readiness, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) for the NextGen ERP Program and build a better tomorrow. The NextGen ERP Program will span over 5 years leveraging emerging digital solutions in concert with re-imagining and transforming our current processes and organization to make dramatic improvements to operational performance, as many companies are doing across industries. We are looking at an approach that not only upgrades the systems but also transforms our business processes to maximize efficiency, improve data quality, and provide better integrated decision making across the enterprise. We are currently in the implementation phase the ERP program, leveraging a hybrid agile approach to drive change. This effort goes beyond a system upgrade—it's a fundamental redesign of our core financial processes. Our goal is to streamline operations, enhance data accuracy, and enable integrated, enterprise-wide decision-making. Finance Integration is one of four tracks that play a critical role in delivering these outcomes. This role sits within the Finance Integration Track with sub-tracks covering finance functions including; Treasury, financial Planning & Analysis, Plant Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Accounts Payable/Receivable, and Time & Pay. The team is responsible for implementing future-state designs that transform core finance functions. The position supports efforts to ensure solutions across the finance implementation align with business needs and enterprise goals. As a Senior Specialist within the Finance Integration track, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to supporting the design, build, and implementation of one of the following sub-tracks: Treasury, Accounts Payable, and Financial Planning/Group Reporting/Financial Reporting Record to Report Timekeeping and Payroll Capital and Non-Energy Billing As a Business Transformation & Readiness, Senior Specialist, 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?

Requirements

• Five or more years of business operations and/or transformation experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or other related fields.
• Experience and knowledge of SAP/ERP applications/modules with understanding of related business processes and operating models spanning one or more business process domains, such as GL Accounting, SAP Finance and Payroll modules (FI, CO or S4 Hana Finance), and/or SCE cost flows.
• Experience with enterprise-level financial reports and dashboards by leveraging S/4HANA capabilities, PowerBI, Alteryx, or other enterprise reporting tools.
• Exceptional communication skills, written and verbal, along with negotiation and influence skills.
• Experience translating complex business needs and requirements into appropriate technological solutions.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements or technology solutions.
• Ability to positively enhance and contribute to a culture of safety, collaboration, open dialogue, mutual respect, and appreciation.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains relationships with key stakeholders to provide support for key decisions and to secure buy-in for fit-to-standard and custom solutions developed to meet business needs.
• Assists cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation and integration of business operations software and systems ensuring that business requirements are met for assigned business process area.
• Supports implementation workshops and other forums to gather, synthesize, and validate information, ensuring a robust understanding of existing business processes and requirements.
• Conducts thorough evaluations during the implementation phase to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement in current procedures.
• Challenges the status quo, supports transformational change, and recommends practical solutions that align with implementation goals.
• Analyzes and synthesizes data and process flows, incorporating best practices to support the implementation strategy.
• Supports informed recommendations or decisions based on this analysis, and presents key findings to stakeholders.
• Assists in design and document future state business processes and requirements that align with the new system capabilities.
• Collaborates with technical team experts to enhance processes, including performing comprehensive user integration testing.
• Provides functional guidance and supervision to analysts.
• Builds relationships and interacts with peers, managers, system integration (SI) partners, directors, and all levels of leadership to achieve implementation objectives.
• Prepares and delivers presentations and supports other work activities that align with project milestones.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company benefits and incentives during the duration of the assignment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree