Regulatory and Rates Analyst

About the role

SUMMIT UTILITIES, INC. is a growing natural gas utility providing safe, reliable, and clean burning natural gas service to homes and businesses in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. This position supports the implementation of rate changes and the administration of existing rates and tariffs.

Responsibilities

• Supports the implementation of rate changes and the administration of existing rates and tariffs
• Performs the planning and preparation of required regulatory reports, annual compliance filings, data responses, ordered compliance filings and other similar non-rate case filings
• Aids team members in assembling, analyzing, and reviewing rate change proposals associated with purchased gas adjustment and demand cost filings
• Maintains compliance with all applicable requirements concerning rates, gas costs and tariff-related matters
• Assists with preparation of regulatory filings including testimony, schedules, work papers, requests for information and briefs on a timely basis and ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements
• Gathers and analyzes financial information and operating statistics and their impacts for the development of regulatory strategies
• Supports the preparation of major rate and regulatory projects
• Aligns with senior team members in the monitoring and communication to senior management key developments in rate and regulatory matters that directly or indirectly impact SUMMIT UTILITIES, or its business environment
• Works closely with industry associations to coordinate industry responses to key rate and regulatory issues
• Establishes and maintains communications with members of the various SUMMIT UTILITIES departments
• Works with other departments relative to identifying and researching current issues or trends affecting regulatory environment
• Attends workshops and conferences to monitor regulatory proceedings to identify trends, issues, or decisions which might affect Company's regulatory objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Three (3) years’ experience in rate or regulatory matters preferred
• Minimum one (1) year experience with financial systems
• Previous experience in the natural gas industry or regulated utility desirable

Qualifications

• Excellent Excel skills required
• Strong analytical skills, with ability to analyze data and historical trends to determine reasonableness and accuracy of entries and financial results
• Business and financial understanding
• Excellent collaborator
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Ability to multi-task and maintain high performance under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight timeframes
• Possesses strong organizational and project-planning skills
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated desire to learn and assimilate data and information from multiple sources
• Comfortable presenting to internal and external audiences
• Clearly and credibly articulate complex information to a variety of internal and external constituencies

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of products with excellent Excel skills

Benefits

We understand that home and family are essential pieces of your life, and our benefits are designed to support you both at work and at home. SUMMIT UTILITIES, INC. offers competitive pay and medical/dental/vision and other benefits.

Pay

Competitive pay is offered based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The position is available on a hybrid schedule from one of our offices in Arkansas, Maine, Oklahoma, or remotely from Texas.