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    Sr Analyst/Regulation - Tucson, United States - Southwest Gas Corporation

    Southwest Gas Corporation
    Southwest Gas Corporation Tucson, United States

    1 week ago

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    Description

    The Senior Analyst/Regulation is a high-level individual contributor within the Regulation department.

    This position is responsible for assisting subject matter experts in the analysis of the Company's regulation initiatives and may be responsible for ensuring all rate changes, tariffs, and regulatory initiatives are performed as directed, as well as developing, recommending, and implementing regulatory solutions that maximize the Company's opportunity to recover its authorized margin amounts and earn the authorized rate of return. This position may also be responsible for the preparation and review of calculations and source documentation supporting rates billed to customers in the customer information billing system. This position may also be responsible for developing a detailed understanding of the Company's state tariffs, public utility codes, commission orders, research collection practices and is able to convey that information to various Company employees and outside entities, as necessary. This position may serve as a subject matter expert witness in regulatory proceedings. This position assists in the training of Analyst level department staff.

    POSITION DIMENSIONS

    This position does not have accountability for people or budgets. The incumbent frequently exchanges information with all levels of personnel within the organization, outside vendors, consultants, and external regulatory stakeholders.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    There are clear precedents and practices which the incumbent uses to determine how this job is performed. This position requires a minimum of five years of relevant work experience plus a minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, accounting, finance or similar field; or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential job responsibilities. In addition, this position requires the demonstration of a high level of analytic problem solving, knowledge of spreadsheet software, and the ability to perform complex computer model development. In addition this position requires the demonstration of an advanced level of technical writing ability.

    ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

    The primary focus of this role is to develop expert knowledge of the UI Planner Regulatory and Revenue modules, and assist in performing certain UI system administrative functions, support, report building and system configuration changes. In addition, assist in standing up a new regulatory benchmarking and KPI function and have a strong role in maintaining and enhancing this function. Strong data analysis skills and working knowledge of PowerBI or similar applications is a plus.

  • Assist in preparing all regulatory filings, testimony and supporting schedules to ensure work products effectively advance the Company's technical regulatory strategies, including providing direction to internal departments to develop analyses on topics related to regulatory issues
  • Implement and assist in implementing technical programs designed to execute corporate policy and strategy
  • Prepare and assist in developing all regulatory proposals, and review the work of internal personnel and external parties critically and ask challenging questions, to ensure the Company is achieving its regulatory objectives
  • Prepare financial and operational analyses in each rate jurisdiction to ensure recorded and statistical information is completed and maintained in a timely and accurate manner to provide the analytics necessary to support cost recovery initiatives, regulatory filings and regulatory strategy
  • Prepare and develop complex and technical analyses of multiple components of the Company's cost of service and rate design allocation models in each rate jurisdiction and identify variances, trends or issues that may impact cost recovery or regulatory initiatives
  • Prepare and develop forecasted results of operations by ratemaking jurisdiction to develop recommendations to senior management in support of corporate financial and regulatory goals
  • Develop an awareness of activities companywide and consult with internal departments as appropriate to identify changes that may impact regulatory strategy
  • Perform and assist in performing analyses to ensure that the execution of regulatory strategies achieves desired business results by regularly reviewing achieved results and directing adjustments to strategies accordingly
  • Proactively monitor and communicate emerging regulatory issues and the potential impact on the Company's operations
  • Perform and assist in performing calculations provided to internal groups in support of required updates to customer information billing system components to ensure customers are accurately and timely billed and the Company recovers all amounts authorized by its regulatory commissions, including the reporting or and making recommendations when changes to the billing system are required
  • Perform various components of the annual preparation of the budgeted margin and ensure operational changes or commission decisions are accurately reflected, as appropriate
  • Review complaints, briefs, statutes, regulations, proposed regulations and other regulatory documents for the purpose of analyzing and formulating appropriate regulatory response or action
  • Prepare and assist in preparation of data requests and responses to data requests
  • Develop into a subject matter expert witness in regulatory proceedings by sponsoring written testimony, responses to discovery requests, and testifying persuasively at hearing in support of any or all regulatory proposals before state and federal regulatory bodies, at times under adverse conditions, to defend the Company's position or to defend against positions that the Company finds objectionable
  • Perform and assist in performing all internal and external regulatory monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance, tariff, and rate adjustment filings
  • Develop and assist in developing department procedures and documentation prepared by others to ensure they are appropriately updated and maintained
  • Coordinate with internal departments on compliance requirements and regulatory impacts ordered by Commissions and recommend alternative business practices, as appropriate
  • Assist other departments in carrying out their responsibilities by preparing analyses, projections, reports or other data, as requested
  • Analyze the economic feasibility of customer bypass and, when economic bypass is feasible, determine the marginal cost of providing service and the floor margin that the Company should expect to recover from the customer
  • Develop into a technical regulatory subject matter expert for special projects and manage related analyses to support the project objectives while ensuring alignment with the Company's regulatory strategy
  • Develop a subject matter expert knowledge level of technical issues involved in ratemaking and regulation
  • Develop an acute awareness and expertise of Commission approved tariffs, statutes, regulations, and pertinent Commission decisions
  • Attend and participate in various conferences, workshops and hearings related to regulation and on-going proceedings or issues of interest to the corporation
  • Assist in the departments' annual budget process
  • Actively identify, implement and encourage potential enhancements to current processes that may streamline or increase efficiencies
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
  • Regular and predictable attendance is a condition of employment and is an essential function of the job
  • SALARY DETAILS

    $83,874 - $125,812

    At Southwest Gas, attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. We use flexibility to develop competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to hire the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents the minimum and maximum of the pay range for the position. It is provided as a good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, as we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview and selection process.



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