Utility Financial Analyst 3

What you will be doing:

Plan, prepare, and conduct financial audits of highly controversial and complex tariff filings, revenue requirement, cost of service, and rate design studies, using appropriate audit techniques and generally accepted rate making principles. 

Establish elements of the revenue requirement, including verification and normalization of operating expenses, rate base, allowance for taxes, and determination of the appropriate return on rate base. 

Prepare, present, and defend memoranda containing staff recommendations advising the Commission on courses of action. 

Conduct research of applicable regulations, statues, and past Commission precedent relevant to the audit and assist in legislative inquiries and requests for data. 

Our organization, mission, and culture: 
The RCA regulates public utilities (electric, water, sewer, refuse, and natural gas), pipeline carriers, and to a limited extent, telecommunications providers to ensure they provide safe and adequate services and facilities at just and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions. The Finance Section reviews filings where regulated utilities and pipeline carriers seek to revise their rates, assist in financial fitness review, and act as the staff docket manager on docket filings such as rate cases suspended for further investigation, regulatory assets, and dockets that are financial in nature. In addition, the Finance Section may be involved in rule-making proceedings, provide information in response to legislative inquiries, and present in public meetings.
 

Benefits of joining our team: 

Our team works with a variety of people, both inside the agency and with utilities. There is a balance of work performed independently and coordinating internally as a team. There is an opportunity for a hybrid telecommuting schedule after training is complete. 

The working conditions you can expect:

The RCA is located in the heart of downtown Anchorage. The daily work environment can be busy at times with different deadlines to meet with a variety of work assignments. During downtime the team works to identify areas of improvement and implements changes to increase efficiencies.