Sr Principal Regulatory Analyst

Requisition ID: 108698 

 

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About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $40 to $42 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

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Long Description

Posted Range: $98,800/annually - $165,100/annually.

The base salary range represents a good faith salary range for this position. This position is eligible for annual incentive pay and has the opportunity for continued salary growth. If you are hired at American Water your base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as market, geography, skills, education and/or experience. At American Water, we are committed to pay equity.

In addition to compensation, you will be offered a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k), Defined Contribution Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage, plus disability, paid time off, life insurance, voluntary benefits, health and wellness programs and much more!

Primary Role

Leads the end-to-end preparation and development of specialized and highly complex financial and statistical modeling, sensitivities and scenario analysis as requested to support all aspects of the ratemaking process, with specific focus on acquisition. Owns the calculation of the most complex revenue requirement and regulatory filings, allocation of revenue requirement to customer class, customer impacts and resulting rates for the most complex acquisition regulatory filings. Leads the end-to-end preparation and development of financial analysis needed to support compliance reporting requirements for multiple states and support state/operational business partners in the most complex rate and regulatory matters. Owns the completion of exhibits, work papers, and interrogatories associated with acquisitions in a timely and accurate fashion for rate case filings and alternative mechanism filings. Sponsors written and oral testimony for regulatory filings on acquisition related topics. Leads the preparation of acquisition related regulatory reports, financial information and operational data necessary for filings with state regulatory commissions. Also provides the most complex technical solutions and analysis on national regulatory issues.

This is the expert level of the job family that is restricted on the basis of business needs. This level has complete latitude for independent judgment in a regular changing work environment. Regularly mentors and leads less experienced colleagues. This includes project management, facilitating meetings, preparing exhibits and testimony, and regularly serving as an expert witness.

Key Accountabilities

• Prepares specialized and highly complex financial and statistical analyses, sensitivities and scenario analysis as requested to support all aspects of the ratemaking process for acquisitions.
• Prepares all financial, statistical, and other analyses necessary to complete class cost of service and rate design studies for rate cases, including detailed customer impact studies for acquisitions.
• Prepares statistical and other quantitative analyses of acquisition customer usage data to forecast sales and revenues to support pro forma adjustments and forecast test year information regarding sales, customer counts, and revenues.
• Prepares acquisition revenue requirement calculations, modifies based on Company policy direction, and Commission ordered changes. Able to complete the most complex revenue requirement calculations. Including building newly created revenue requirement models, resulting from policy initiatives, acquisitions, expansion to new states, and/or Commission orders.
• Prepare analysis that supports acquisitions for operational/state business partners in the filing of base rate cases and alternative regulatory mechanisms (DSIC, RAC, trackers, etc). Ensure the financial support is complete, accurate and timely prepared meeting all filing deadlines.
• Provide/Present recommendations and/or conclusions to Executive Management, ELT and other outside stakeholders based on the requested analyses.
• Own the end-to-end preparation and development of the most complex pro forma adjustments that are relied upon to support acquisitions in base rate case requests and alternative regulatory mechanisms.
• Prepare accurate rate case support schedules, testimony and exhibits for complex acquisition issues.
• Prepares written and oral testimony and sponsors complex adjustments for acquisition related issues in rate filings.
• Provides technical solutions and analysis on national issues.
• Develops and delivers the most complex financial support that is relied upon by Company consultants in areas such as: acquisition, cost of service studies, return on equity, capital structure, depreciation studies, service company costs, Lead/Lag studies, etc.
• Prepares responses to interrogatories for schedules and exhibits they own and assists and mentors all levels of regulatory analysts in their development.
• Prepares complex acquisition filings that respond to requests from the Commission or comply with regulatory compliance requirements from previous Orders.
• Analyze complex utility acquisition applications, reports, financial records, and cost studies.
• Provides research and comparative analyses of most complex public utility issues, trends and best practices.
• Ensures regulatory filings are appropriately filed on the regulatory SharePoint site.
• Identifies and leads activities to drive continuous process improvements.
• Lead training initiatives as assigned for Regulatory Services teams and State Regulatory Leaders (eg: acquisitions, modelling, planning, and any other regulatory related areas).
• Lead special projects or recurring work efforts as assigned and support the needs of the entire Regulatory Services organization (examples such as Board Presentations, Regulatory-wide presentations, etc.)

Knowledge/Skills

• Economic and mathematical principles relating to utility ratemaking, class cost of service, and cost analysis.
• Fundamental accounting concepts and understanding of analytical concepts for financial analysis as well as US GAAP accounting practices.
• Data collection, research methodologies and statistical and cost analysis.
• Business report writing, preparation and delivery of presentations including oral and written testimony.
• Audit, review and analysis of business and financial records.
• Execution and analysis using company business technologies and computer simulation programs.
• Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel) with particular advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel.
• Must have the ability to review most complex data and make appropriate decisions regarding public utility operations and to project future costs for controversial issues.

Experience/Education

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, accounting, business or a closely related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• MBA in Accounting or Finance or a Master’s degree preferred.
• Seasoned professional with a minimum of 15 years prior experience in the utility industry and/or shared service or multi-company corporation.
• Working knowledge of SAP a plus.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 20 %

Work Environment

• Professional office environment

Scope

• Know, understand and effectively implement the elements of the strategic plan and tie those strategies to the operation, roles and goals of the department.
• Know, understand and effectively implement managerial principles such as collaboration, innovation, strategy, communication, transparency, and predictability.
• Operate within the department work including understanding systems, procedures, processes and how the department fits into the unit, division, and overall business design to which it belongs.
• Know, understand and effectively implement policies, procedures, agreements, payroll, benefits, procurement, initiatives, budget, programs, and the like.
• Interact with staff, colleagues, constituents, collaborators, and stakeholders across the organization.
• Delegate, lead, guide and direct work of teams and individuals to support strategies, initiatives, goals, policies, procedures and emulate them in your daily performance.
• Direct, manage, evaluate, and hold a team of employees accountable to achieve short-and-long-term goals.
• Know, understand and comply with the law, ethics and corporate citizenship behavior regarding employment, benefits, safety, the law and ethics and compliance.
• Drive relationships, build trust, work to support employees, managers, direct reports and department heads to ensure a positive, predictable Employee Experience that emulates the values of the company.
• Involved with recruiting, acclimating, assisting, developing and mentoring other lesser experienced professionals within the department and potentially across functions.
• Develop, recruit, and build a collaborative team that strives to achieve goals that support strategies.

Competencies

Champions safety

Customer obsessed

Cultivates innovation

Nimble learning

Drives Results

Collaborates

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