
Principal Business Functional Consultant – Transformation
Xcel Energy
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Denver • Colorado • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $97,600 - $138,600 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as a strategic advisor for business functional teams by providing deep subject matter expertise, operational insights and high impact process recommendations across business functions.
- Represent functional operations in major program activities, shaping business process design, policy and procedure development, business benefits, KPIs and future state functional architectures.
- Identify, assess and communicate broad operational impacts of proposed changes, proactively addressing enterprise level risks and misalignments.
- Guide business functional testing strategy, inform training and change design and ensure user adoption approaches enable sustainable transformation.
- Partner with cross functional leaders to ensure end-to-end business process integration and customer centric operational continuity.
- Champion enterprise continuous improvement by elevating systemic pain points and shaping long-term design decisions.
- Lead development of enterprise performance metrics, reporting frameworks and post implementation value realization measures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related field; or equivalent combination of training and relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of utility processes and performance drivers.
- Excellent communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- 7+ years in operations, business process improvement or service delivery.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
business process designpolicy developmentprocedure developmentperformance metricsreporting frameworkschange managementuser adoption strategiesoperational insightsprocess recommendationsrisk assessment
Soft Skills
communicationcritical thinkingproblem-solvingstrategic advisingcollaborationleadershipanalytical thinkingchange designcustomer centricitycontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in businessequivalent training or experience