Senior Portfolio Process & Controls Lead

FirstEnergy; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 127,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Pension plan

401(k) with matching

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

FirstEnergy, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, seeks a senior portfolio leader to own end-to-end portfolio development, forecasting, governance, and cross-state alignment. You will lead a high-performing team focused on process, reporting, analytics, and coordination across Finance, Regulatory, and IT.

The role emphasizes risk management, audit readiness, data governance, and enterprise dashboards, with travel throughout the service territory and a commitment to safety and integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 7 years of related experience
• Associate degree with 10+ years of related experience required
• Non-degreed candidates with 15+ years experience considered
• Experience in electric utility distribution or capital portfolio management preferred
• Familiarity with SAP, Power BI, data analytics tools, and capital request platforms preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products required
• Exposure to regulatory filings, audit processes, and control frameworks preferred
• Demonstrated leadership of high-performing teams
• Strategic, change-oriented thinking with operational discipline

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and direct commitment to safety and integrity
• Lead and develop a high-performing team in process, reporting, compliance, analytics, and coordination
• Own and evolve end-to-end portfolio development, management, and forecasting process framework
• Align portfolio and utility coordination processes across multiple states and functions
• Establish governance standards, weiging thresholds, forums, and escalation
• Advise leadership on process design and maturity
• Lead design and maintenance of preventive/detective/deterrent controls
• Support audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and defensible decision documentation
• Oversee a controls register, testing cadence, and remediation tracking
• Collaborate with Finance, Regulatory, and Internal Audit to manage risk
• Oversee development of enterprise-grade reporting, dashboards, and analytics
• Ensure forecasting methodologies and data models support insight
• Promote data governance and single source of truth
• Support capital planning decisions grounded in engineering needs
• Coordinate across Distribution Portfolio, IT, Facilities, Finance, Regulatory, Supply Chain
• Resolve cross-functional dependencies via governance and escalation
• Support storm processes through assigned duties

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Analytics, or related discipline

Associate degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Analytics, or related discipline

15+ years of related experience (non-degreed)

Tools

SAP

Power BI

OPPM

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

FirstEnergy, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, seeks a senior portfolio leader to own end-to-end portfolio development, forecasting, governance, and cross-state alignment. You will lead a high-performing team focused on process, reporting, analytics, and coordination across Finance, Regulatory, and IT.

The role emphasizes risk management, audit readiness, data governance, and enterprise dashboards, with travel throughout the service territory and a commitment to safety and integrity.