Principal Analyst

Overview

This role provides expert consulting services focused on electric, water & sewer, and natural gas utility cost of service, rate design, and related electric rate analyses for member cities. Work is conducted under broad supervision and is aimed at helping ensure rates are sufficient to meet financial requirements, recover costs in an equitable manner, and remain as competitive as possible.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Cost of Service (COS) and Retail Rate studies for member cities, including collection and development of project data, completion of analyses, and development of technical reports and presentations.
• Develop long-term rate strategies, including 10-year revenue and expense projections, competitive analyses, multi-year rate design, and other financial analyses as part of rate proposals.
• Present COS Retail Rate studies and other rate-related topics to member city leadership teams, city councils, and utility commissions.
• Participate in member city town hall/public meetings for electric rate-related issues as needed.
• Assist with the development of specialized rate strategies and design.
• Design, implement, and track Power Cost Adjustments for members, including ongoing review of member cities’ financials and review of member cities’ financial objectives.
• Maintain and update industry best practices for electric rate design.
• Review and analyze billing data to identify data and billing issues; develop summary reports of issues; communicate and assist member city staff to correct issues.
• Revise and update Cost of Service study and rate design models to improve efficiency, understandability, and ease of use.
• Assist with the development of marginal and embedded cost models and retail rate design programs.
• Support special projects in areas such as competitive pricing, economic analyses, general business analyses, major & key account program, contract billing, pricing research, power cost adjustments, and other competitive issues as required by member cities.
• Assist in the development of computer models and databases as needed.
• Assist with other work-related and departmental projects as assigned.
• Provide training/assistance to Pricing Analyst and Senior Analyst.
• Assist with the review of other Analytical Services work, including bill reviews, water and sewer cost of service and rates, Monthly Director’s Report, and benchmarking.
• Assist with the implementation and verification of adopted rates for member cities.
• Assist member city staff with billing and other electric rate inquiries as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, computer information systems, mathematics, business, or a related field from an accredited college or university, with (10–15) years of related work experience. 5–10 years of utility work experience is preferred.
• Utility and/or government/municipal accounting background preferred.
• Practical knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply fundamental concepts in finance and accounting; understanding of cost-allocation is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Expertise in Microsoft Office products (specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Self-starter with strong multi-tasking skills; highly adaptive to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Compensation & Benefits

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Location

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