Sr. level Project Manager with accounting experience :: PGE :: Hybrid in Portland, OR

Job Description

Can you give a high-level overview of your team size roles its initiatives/deliverables and any tool/technologies specific to your team/department/project they will be supporting:

Accounting and finance systems project implementation manager.

Includes project management tracking and reporting ad hoc analysis - lead scope/design/implementation.

Will cover multiple department leads ~10.

Project impact to ~1500 PGE employees.

What would a day in the life of this role look like?:

Primarily project management covering several project streams and their interactions - includes meetings across accounting finance procurement IT regulatory compliance groups.

Track project status and issues.

Report to governance steerco.

What interaction level with this role have the team members and hiring manager?

Highly collaborative environment however is expected to independently plan/align/execute with guidance from management.

What would you say is the top priority for the worker over the first few weeks/months?:

Understanding PGE systems ensure project is planned scheduled and scoped appropriately.

What do you foresee being the biggest challenge in this role?

Project management among competing priorities in a complex environment.

Required Skills Is utilities experience required? Y/N -N but preferred.

Top 3 Must-Haves Hard and/or Soft Skills:

1. Project management experience at large entities

2. System implementation experience

3. Accounting exposure/experience

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves Hard and/or Soft Skills

1. Asset accounting experience

2. Experience at public companies subject to Sarbanes-Oxley SOX

3. Experience in complex IT environments Education Requirements Experience in Lieu of Degree: Bachelors in business or related field or 5 years of experience in project management business system implementation or related field. Certification Requirements Any Preferences: PMP preferred CPA preferred How many years of experience are you looking for?: 5 prefer more FERC Order 898 implementation. This resource is needed to drive the implementation of FERC Order 898 which overhauls the FERC uniform system of accounts and is anticipated to have significant entity-wide impacts. This role requires heavy project management and system implementation experience and at least some basic technical accounting knowledge.