Finance Integration - Business Transformation and Readiness, Senior Advisor

Edison International•Pomona, CA

54d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Finance Integration - Business Transformation and Readiness, Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) 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 resides in the Treasury, Accounts Payable, and Financial Planning & Analysis Sub-track within the Finance Integration team 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. Serving in this role, you will ensure business requirements are met and complex integration is fully addressed through streamlined and rationalized processes that align with new technological capabilities for the relevant process area and activities. As a Finance Integration - Business Transformation and Readiness, Senior Advisor, 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

Ten or more years of business operations and/or transformation experience.

Nice To Haves

Ten or more years of experience with finance operations, finance business transformation projects, or related financial or business transformation.
Five or more years of experience in designing and implementing IT projects, data analytics, or advanced reporting
Experience and proficiency with MS Office 360 applications, including TEAMS, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or other related fields.
Project Management Certification or working experience equivalent to conducting and facilitating process workshops and end-to-end project management skills.
Experience and advanced knowledge in building enterprise-level financial reports and dashboards by leveraging S/4HANA capabilities, PowerBI, Alteryx, or other enterprise reporting tools.
Experience and knowledge of SAP/ERP applications/modules with deep 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 SAP ERP or S/4 HANA ERP full lifecycle implementation.
Exceptional communication skills, written and verbal, along with negotiation and influence skills.
Experience translating complex business needs and requirements into appropriate technological solutions.
Experience advising and recommending courses of action on process improvements, operational plans, or business strategies, often to Sr. or Executive audiences.
Experience identifying and implementing process improvements or technology solutions. Proven change agent and innovative thinker with ability to influence change.
Ability to positively enhance and contribute to a culture of safety, collaboration, open dialogue, mutual respect, and appreciation.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a comprehensive transformation strategy that aligns with the company's goals and objectives.
Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the organization remains competitive and innovative.
Analyze the current state of the organization and perform impact assessments around processes, systems, and culture, to identify areas for improvement.
Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and budgets to ensure successful delivery of transformation initiatives.
Monitor and evaluate progress against targets, identifying areas of improvement and making necessary adjustments.
Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership, to gain support and alignment for the transformation efforts.
Serve as lead on implementation teams and the single point of contact for assigned technology workshops as well as oversee the development of tools, data readiness efforts, and processes needed to ensure a successful implementation of Asset Management principles and asset integration business planning
This position is expected to be a subject matter expert.
Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and development.
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.