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Data Governance Analyst

Portland General Electric
United States, Oregon, Portland
Sep 27, 2024

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Duties/responsibilities:

  • Coordinate the people and processes that create, manage, describe, and use PGE's data to maximize value for the company and customers

  • Work with business units to understand, implement and administer PGE's data governance policies

  • Lead the development of data management framework in alignment with business needs, existing tools, corporate data management policies

  • Create written documentation of functional requirements, operational procedures, and "as-built" solutions

  • Analyze automated reports to identify source of data quality issues; work with appropriate stakeholders to resolve said issues

  • Interface with other department COEs, IT, vendors, and team- and department-level management

  • Act as Technical Data Steward to support curation of data lineage & business catalogs across the enterprise.

  • Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle, and other IT change management best practices in order to collaborate with technical data custodians

  • Ability to question the current state of existing data quality and data models, should have an investigative mindset

  • Other duties as required [As with most jobs, this is probably the most important trait]

Characteristics:

  • Superior organization and written communication skills

  • Willingness to learn new numerous software systems and business practices

  • Proficient in organizational change management or project management, especially interfacing with and winning support from operational stakeholders

  • Proficient in process management practices to facilitate documentation of process inputs & outputs to support known use cases

  • Familiarity with energy markets, ISO/RTOs, power transmission scheduling (eTags or OASIS)

  • Familiarity with financial processes (settlement, financial reporting) and financial system best practices

  • Familiarity with Scrum or another Agile development process a plus, but not required

Software: Experience with at least three of the following

  • An OASIS system (preference for OATI)

  • An energy trading risk management (ETRM) system (OpenLink/ION's Endur a plus, but not required)

  • Time-series or SCADA database (preference for OSIsoft's PI System)

  • Commercially available ETL systems, strategies, and best practices

  • ISO/RTO bidding and analysis tools (PowerCost Inc. a plus)

  • SQL (Oracle, Microsoft, and Snowflake)

  • Tableau, Power BI or other visualization software (nice to have)

  • Visio or equivalent schematic or documentation software (nice to have)

Education/Experience/Certifications

Education Requires a bachelor's degree in business or other related field or equivalent experience.

Experience Typically two or more years in related field.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

Functional Competencies

  • Intermediate knowledge of major corporate applications and associated integrations

  • Intermediate knowledge of Accounting and Finance business processes and policies

  • Working knowledge of internal controls, including the requirements of SOX

  • Basic knowledge of accounting principles and concepts, including GAAP and regulatory accounting theory and practices

General Competencies

  • Working business acumen

  • Working problem-solving skills

  • Intermediate written and oral communication skills

  • Intermediate interpersonal skills

  • Working organization and prioritization skills

  • Working consulting skills

  • Working knowledge of business process interrelationships

  • Working analytical thinking skills

Physical and Cognitive Demands

Cognitive Level

Intermediate:
Consistent use of relevant principles to solve practical problems and to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Cognitive

  • Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks

  • Ability to follow accuracy standards

  • Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

  • Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

  • Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

  • Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

  • Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback

  • Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

  • Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

  • Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization

  • Demonstrates sound memory

  • Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance

  • Ability to work long hours

  • Ability to work a variable schedule

  • Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Physical Capabilities

  • Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

  • Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)

Environment - Indoor/Outdoor

  • Office - Hybrid - onsite 3 days per week

Compensation Range:

$72,900.00 - $121,500.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.

Join us today and power your potential!

Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric.

PGE is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

PGE does not discriminate on the basis of disability. We recognize individuals have a variety of abilities to offer and we believe there is much to value and celebrate by incorporating different abilities into the work we do. One very important way we live this out is in our application and interview process. We work hard to support individuals who may need an accommodation to fully participate in these processes. If you feel you may need an accommodation, or would like to request one, please notify the Talent Acquisition Specialist (Recruiter) associated with the job posting. You may also make this request by contacting talentacquisition@pgn.comor by calling 503-464-7250. The Recruiter will provide information and next steps for the accommodation process. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) team is also available for support. You can contact them at dei@pgn.com.

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