1339 Finance Operations Leader

PSEG.com; The Ironbound (NJ); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits from day one

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

PSEG Services Corp is seeking a seasoned finance leader to oversee financial operations across Shared Services. The role drives planning, budgeting, reporting, and regulatory activities, coordinating monthly close, billing, and master data in SAP.

Strong collaboration with IT, operations, and finance is essential. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in financial operations, advanced SAP knowledge, and proven ability to simplify processes while delivering timely analyses for leadership and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Five or more years of financial operations, financial modeling, or managerial accounting experience.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and reporting in a complex corporate environment.
• Experience developing and overseeing financial systems and processes, including monthly close, billing, and master data management.
• Strong ability to interpret managerial accounting principles and communicate financial concepts clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Recommend financial and operational improvements to enhance client competitiveness.
• Partner with others to identify key financial drivers and support strategy implementation.
• Create complex financial models to evaluate business scenarios for lines of business and senior leadership.
• Coordinate preparation of annual budgets utilizing SAP.
• Oversee Shared Services financial systems and manage monthly close, billing, and master data activities.
• Prepare information for regulatory filings and rate cases.
• Support major projects, including cross functional system initiatives.
• Implement improvements such as simplification of budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

Skills

Financial ops

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

MS Office

Stakeholder comms

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

SAP

SAP BW

MS Excel

Job description

Requisition: 84435

PSEG Company: PSEG Services Corp

Salary Range: $ 107,600 - $ 170,300

Work Location Category: Hybrid

We’re one of the country’s largest energy companies, with a vision of powering a future where people use energy more efficiently and it’s safer and delivered more reliably than ever. We’re also deeply connected to the communities we serve, with more than 13,000 employees working together to support our customers and make a difference every day.

Here, you’ll have the stability and exciting opportunities that come with being a Fortune 500 company — along with a supportive, friendly work environment where your contributions are valued.

We offer a flexible work environment designed to balance employee needs with collaboration and operational excellence. Roles fall into two categories:

• Onsite: Employees work onsite daily.
• Hybrid: A blend of remote and onsite work, with at least three onsite days per week required.

As an employee, if you are regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week, you will have access to a wide range of comprehensive benefits from day one, designed to support your total well-being: medical, dental, vision, parental leave and family leave programs, behavioral health programs, 401(k) with company match, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and generous paid time off.

More than 13,000 people already call PSEG their work home, taking pride in providing safe, reliable service to millions of customers. If you’re looking for a place where you can build a meaningful career and help power and support our communities, we’d love to welcome you to the team.

PSEG is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Job Summary

At this time, only current PSEG employees are being considered.

This position provides leadership and oversight for financial operations across PSEG Shared Services departments. The role is accountable for managing and improving the financial systems that support planning, budgeting, reporting, and regulatory activities. Responsibilities include monitoring progress toward business goals in collaboration with IT, operations, and finance teams, and ensuring reliable and timely completion of monthly close, billing, and master data management processes for the Services Corporation. The position develops insights to support system enhancements and more effective fiscal practices, prepares information for regulatory filings and rate cases, and manages the development of the annual Services Corporation budget in SAP. The role also coordinates monthly Services Corporation forecasts prepared in SAP BW and may participate in enterprise-level initiatives, such as SAP replacement including the redesign of the Services Corporation model.

Job Responsibilities

• Recommend financial and operational performance improvements to enhance client competitiveness.
• Partner with others to identify key financial and non financial drivers of success and support strategy implementation.
• Create complex financial models to evaluate business scenarios for lines of business and senior leadership.
• Coordinate preparation of annual budgets utilizing SAP.
• Oversee Shared Services financial systems and manage monthly close, billing, and master data activities.
• Prepare information for regulatory filings and rate cases.
• Support major projects, including cross functional system initiatives.
• Implement improvements such as simplification of shared services budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

Job Specific Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Five or more years of financial operations, financial modeling, or managerial accounting experience.
• Experience with financial operations, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting in a complex corporate environment.
• Experience in developing and overseeing financial systems and processes, including monthly close, billing, and master data management.
• Strong ability to interpret and apply managerial accounting principles and communicate financial concepts clearly to both financial and non financial stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency with financial systems and PC applications, including MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with cross functional teams, influence without direct authority, and manage competing priorities.
• Track record of driving performance improvements, system enhancements, and process simplification initiatives.
• Ability to prepare and analyze information for regulatory filings, rate cases, and leadership decision making.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment and valuing diverse perspectives and approaches.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to deliver clear, concise, and accurate information under tight deadlines and evolving business needs.
• Compliance with the Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 is required.

Desired

• Prior Shared Services experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience supporting enterprise level transformation or system separation projects.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP.
• Experience preparing rate case support documentation.

Some positions at PSEG require access to information covered by the Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 (Part 810). If applicable, the successful applicant must prove they are: (1) a citizen or national of the USA; OR (2) a lawful permanent resident of the United States (Non-Conditional Permanent I-551 / Green Card / Permanent Resident Card holder); OR (3) a citizen, national, or permanent resident of a “Generally Authorized” destination on the attached list not also a citizen, national, permanent resident of any country not listed; OR (4) a “Protected Individual” under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3)).

As an employee of PSEG, you should be aware that during emergency restoration efforts, you may be required to perform functions outside of your routine duties and on a schedule that may be different from normal operations.
For all roles, PSEG’s drug and alcohol testing program includes pre-employment testing, testing for cause, and post-incident/accident testing.
Employees who are hired or transfer into a federally regulated role (including positions covered by USDOT, PHMSA, or NRC regulations) are subject to random drug and alcohol testing, inclusive of marijuana. Although numerous states throughout the country have legalized marijuana/cannabis products recreationally and medically, the use of these products are prohibited for employees in federally regulated roles. Please note that the use of CBD products may result in a positive drug test for THC/Marijuana and such use is not a legitimate medical explanation for a positive result.

If you are a current PSEG Long Island (PSEGLI) employee and offered an opportunity with PSEG or any of its subsidiaries other than PSEGLI, you will be treated as a new hire. Please note that as a new hire to PSEG, your benefits will change and generally will be consistent with other similarly situated PSEG new hires. Similarly, for PSEG employees who accept job opportunities with PSEGLI, your benefits will change and generally be consistent with other similarly situated new hires of PSEGLI.

PSEG is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment, based on any legally protected characteristic. Legally protected characteristics include race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in locations where PSEG employs individuals.
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