Public Utility Auditor IV and Lead/Advance
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
The posting includes:
- Introduction: description of PSC, regulated utilities, categories, jurisdiction, empowered to hear matters.
- GRADE: Public Utility Auditor IV - Grade 17; Public Utility Auditor Lead/Advance - Grade 18
- LOCATION OF POSITION: 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
- Main Purpose of Job: development of appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities through audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records in accordance with GAAP and PSC policies.
- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: details for Public Utility Auditor IV and Lead/Advance.
- DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: ideal candidate will have utility accounting and ratemaking experience, ability to audit financial statements and provide presentations, experience guiding/leading/training other employees, CPA certification a plus but not required.
- LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS: Employees may be assigned duties requiring operation of a motor vehicle; may need a valid MD motor vehicle operator’s license.
- SELECTION PROCESS: instructions about application.
- EXAMINATION PROCESS: assessment may consist of rating of education, training, experience.
- BENEFITS: STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS (just that phrase, no detail). This is vague; we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It says "STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS" but no detail; it's likely a placeholder. According to rules: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD"). "STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS" is vague but maybe considered placeholder? It doesn't give specifics. Probably we should not include Benefits section because no specific benefits listed.
- FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS: online applications recommended, paper application address, contact info, etc. This is application instructions, which we must remove (per instruction: remove application instructions). So we discard that.
- Also removal of cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate: there is a line: "We thank our Veterans for their service to our country. People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity." That's EEO boilerplate; remove.
Thus we need to keep substantive info: introduction about PSC, main purpose, minimum qualifications (both grades), desired/preferred qualifications, licenses, maybe location, grade.
We need to decide sections: Could have "About the role" (introduction + main purpose). Could have "Responsibilities" (maybe main purpose). Could have "Requirements" (minimum qualifications). Could have "Qualifications" (desired/preferred). Could have "Skills" (maybe from desired). Could have "Benefits" (skip). Could have "Pay" (none). Could have "Schedule" (none). Could have "Location" maybe as part of About the role? Not a heading but could be included in a paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is likely "Public Utility Auditor IV / Lead/Advance"? Not needed.
We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
Thus we need to extract details and present them in HTML.
Let's structure:
About the role
Introduction about PSC: description of its regulation of public utilities, categories, jurisdiction, empowered matters.
Main purpose: development of appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities through audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records in accordance with GAAP and PSC accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies.
Maybe also include location: could be in same section or separate Location
but location is not a standard heading list; but we could include as a paragraph.
But the instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests we can use those headings; we can also use other headings? It says "e.g." meaning examples; we could use other headings if appropriate, but better to stick to those. Location could be part of About the role.
Now Responsibilities: maybe we can extract duties from main purpose and maybe from description of PSC's empowered matters? But those are about commission, not the job. The job's responsibilities: development of revenue requirements, audits, analyses of accounting records, ensuring compliance with GAAP and PSC policies. Could also include preparing reports, presenting to commission? Not explicitly stated but maybe implied. We should not invent. So we can list responsibilities based on main purpose: "Develop appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities", "Perform audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records", "Ensure work is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and PSC accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies". That's derived from main purpose; we can put as .
Requirements: Minimum qualifications for both grades. Could be a list: Education, Experience, Notes (substitutions). We need to preserve all detail. Could present as with - for each bullet? But the notes are sentences. We'll keep as
maybe.
Qualifications: Desired/preferred qualifications: utility accounting and ratemaking experience, ability to audit financial statements and provide effective written and verbal presentations, experience guiding/leading/training other employees, CPA certification a plus but not required.
Skills: maybe we can extract from desired: ability to audit financial statements, effective written and verbal presentations, guiding/leading/training. Could be a
.
We need to avoid filler. Benefits: we have only "STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS" no detail; skip.
Pay: none.
Schedule: none.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like selection process, examination process, further instructions, EEO.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
The Public Service Commission (PSC) regulates public utilities and certain passenger transportation companies in Maryland, including gas, electric, telephone, water, and sewage disposal companies; electricity suppliers; fees for pilotage services; construction of generating stations; and certain common carriers engaged in the transportation for hire of persons. The PSC’s jurisdiction also extends to taxicabs operating in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Cumberland, and Hagerstown. Regulated categories include electric utilities, gas utilities, combination gas and electric utilities, telecommunications companies, water and water/sewerage companies, passenger motor vehicle carriers (sedans, limousines, buses), railroad companies, taxicab companies, and other public service companies. The Commission is empowered to hear and decide matters relating to rate adjustments, franchise applications, modifications to service scope, securities issuance, promulgation of new rules and regulations, and quality of utility and common carrier service.
The main purpose of this position is to develop appropriate revenue requirements for the smaller public utilities under the PSC’s jurisdiction by performing audits and analyses of the utilities’ accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the PSC’s accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies.
Responsibilities
- Develop appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities.
- Perform audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records.
- Ensure all work conforms to generally accepted accounting principles and the PSC’s accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies.
Requirements
Public Utility Auditor IV – Grade 17
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other business‑related field from an accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in accounting and auditing.
- Experience: Two years of professional experience in accounting or auditing with a public utility company or utility regulatory agency.
- Notes:
- Experience in general accounting and auditing may be substituted at the rate of two years of general experience for one year of the required experience.
- U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in tax examining classification or tax examining specialty codes in the accounting and budget group may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required experience and education.
Public Utility Auditor Lead/Advance – Grade 18
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other business‑related field from an accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in accounting and auditing.
- Experience: Three years of professional experience in accounting or auditing with a public utility company or utility regulatory agency.
- Notes:
- Experience in general accounting and auditing may be substituted at the rate of two years of general experience for one year of the required professional experience.
- U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in tax examining classification or tax examining specialty codes in the accounting and budget group may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required experience and education.
Qualifications
Desired or preferred qualifications:
- Utility accounting and ratemaking experience.
- Ability to audit financial statements and financial data, and to provide effective written and verbal presentations to the Commission and other parties.
- Experience guiding, leading, or training other employees in work assignments.
- CPA certification is a plus but not required.
Skills
- Auditing financial statements and financial data.
- Effective written and verbal communication.
- Guiding, leading, and training staff.
- Utility accounting and ratemaking knowledge.
We also might include location and grade info in About the role or separate. Could add a paragraph after About the role: "Location: 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202." But location is not a standard heading; we can include as a paragraph.
Add after About the role maybe a Location: 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Also we could include grade info in About the role? Already we have separate Requirements sections for each grade.
Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed selection process, examination process, further instructions, EEO, licenses? We included licenses? Actually we omitted the LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS about motor vehicle license. That is substantive; we should include it. It's about requirement for motor vehicle operator’s license valid in MD. That is a qualification/requirement. We could add under Requirements or Qualifications. Probably under Requirements as a note.
Add a bullet under Requirements: "Possess a valid Maryland motor vehicle operator’s license if assigned duties requiring operation of a motor vehicle."
We need to preserve that detail.
Thus modify Requirements section to include that.
Let's incorporate after the notes maybe.
Now check for any other substantive info: The "GRADE" lines we captured in Requirements. The "LOCATION OF POSITION" we added as location paragraph.
The "MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB" we used.
The "MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS" we used.
The "DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS" we used.
The "LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Thus we need to extract details and present them in HTML. Let's structure:
About the role
Introduction about PSC: description of its regulation of public utilities, categories, jurisdiction, empowered matters.
Main purpose: development of appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities through audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records in accordance with GAAP and PSC accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies.
Maybe also include location: could be in same section or separateLocation
but location is not a standard heading list; but we could include as a paragraph. But the instruction: "usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests we can use those headings; we can also use other headings? It says "e.g." meaning examples; we could use other headings if appropriate, but better to stick to those. Location could be part of About the role. Now Responsibilities: maybe we can extract duties from main purpose and maybe from description of PSC's empowered matters? But those are about commission, not the job. The job's responsibilities: development of revenue requirements, audits, analyses of accounting records, ensuring compliance with GAAP and PSC policies. Could also include preparing reports, presenting to commission? Not explicitly stated but maybe implied. We should not invent. So we can list responsibilities based on main purpose: "Develop appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities", "Perform audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records", "Ensure work is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and PSC accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies". That's derived from main purpose; we can put as
- .
Requirements: Minimum qualifications for both grades. Could be a list: Education, Experience, Notes (substitutions). We need to preserve all detail. Could present as
- for each bullet? But the notes are sentences. We'll keep as
maybe. Qualifications: Desired/preferred qualifications: utility accounting and ratemaking experience, ability to audit financial statements and provide effective written and verbal presentations, experience guiding/leading/training other employees, CPA certification a plus but not required. Skills: maybe we can extract from desired: ability to audit financial statements, effective written and verbal presentations, guiding/leading/training. Could be a
- .
We need to avoid filler. Benefits: we have only "STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS" no detail; skip.
Pay: none.
Schedule: none.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like selection process, examination process, further instructions, EEO.
Thus final HTML:
- Develop appropriate revenue requirements for smaller public utilities.
- Perform audits and analyses of utilities’ accounting records.
- Ensure all work conforms to generally accepted accounting principles and the PSC’s accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other business‑related field from an accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in accounting and auditing.
- Experience: Two years of professional experience in accounting or auditing with a public utility company or utility regulatory agency.
- Notes:
- Experience in general accounting and auditing may be substituted at the rate of two years of general experience for one year of the required experience.
- U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in tax examining classification or tax examining specialty codes in the accounting and budget group may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required experience and education.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other business‑related field from an accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in accounting and auditing.
- Experience: Three years of professional experience in accounting or auditing with a public utility company or utility regulatory agency.
- Notes:
- Experience in general accounting and auditing may be substituted at the rate of two years of general experience for one year of the required professional experience.
- U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in tax examining classification or tax examining specialty codes in the accounting and budget group may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required experience and education.
- Utility accounting and ratemaking experience.
- Ability to audit financial statements and financial data, and to provide effective written and verbal presentations to the Commission and other parties.
- Experience guiding, leading, or training other employees in work assignments.
- CPA certification is a plus but not required.
- Auditing financial statements and financial data.
- Effective written and verbal communication.
- Guiding, leading, and training staff.
- Utility accounting and ratemaking knowledge.
About the role
The Public Service Commission (PSC) regulates public utilities and certain passenger transportation companies in Maryland, including gas, electric, telephone, water, and sewage disposal companies; electricity suppliers; fees for pilotage services; construction of generating stations; and certain common carriers engaged in the transportation for hire of persons. The PSC’s jurisdiction also extends to taxicabs operating in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Cumberland, and Hagerstown. Regulated categories include electric utilities, gas utilities, combination gas and electric utilities, telecommunications companies, water and water/sewerage companies, passenger motor vehicle carriers (sedans, limousines, buses), railroad companies, taxicab companies, and other public service companies. The Commission is empowered to hear and decide matters relating to rate adjustments, franchise applications, modifications to service scope, securities issuance, promulgation of new rules and regulations, and quality of utility and common carrier service.
The main purpose of this position is to develop appropriate revenue requirements for the smaller public utilities under the PSC’s jurisdiction by performing audits and analyses of the utilities’ accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the PSC’s accounting, ratemaking, and regulatory policies.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Public Utility Auditor IV – Grade 17
Public Utility Auditor Lead/Advance – Grade 18
Qualifications
Desired or preferred qualifications:
Skills
Location: 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Also we could include grade info in About the role? Already we have separate Requirements sections for each grade. Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed selection process, examination process, further instructions, EEO, licenses? We included licenses? Actually we omitted the LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS about motor vehicle license. That is substantive; we should include it. It's about requirement for motor vehicle operator’s license valid in MD. That is a qualification/requirement. We could add under Requirements or Qualifications. Probably under Requirements as a note. Add a bullet under Requirements: "Possess a valid Maryland motor vehicle operator’s license if assigned duties requiring operation of a motor vehicle." We need to preserve that detail. Thus modify Requirements section to include that. Let's incorporate after the notes maybe. Now check for any other substantive info: The "GRADE" lines we captured in Requirements. The "LOCATION OF POSITION" we added as location paragraph. The "MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB" we used. The "MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS" we used. The "DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS" we used. The "LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND
- with
- for each bullet? But the notes are sentences. We'll keep as