Utility Financial Analyst 4 (PCN 086005) - State of Alaska

The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Division of Regulatory Commission of Alaska is recruiting for a Utility Financial Analyst 4 located in Anchorage!

What you will be doing:

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) is recruiting for a Utility Financial Analyst 4 position in Anchorage. The Utility Financial Analyst 4 is the supervisory level position and reviews complex or controversial revenue requirement studies (rate cases) and cost of service studies. This position verbally defends recommendations to a panel of Commissioners, and prepares written reports and analysis including recommendations for specific revenue levels, rate designs, rates, and cost allocation. In addition, as the supervisor, this position plans, directs, and coordinates the activities of the Finance Section, including administration of the Power Cost Equalization program.  

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.

Our team works with a variety of people, both inside the agency and with utilities and pipeline carriers. 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.

Who we are looking for:

• Accounting: Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and costs methods.

• Decisiveness: Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.

• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes. 

• Managing Performance: Takes responsibility for employees’ performance by setting and communicating expectations and goals that are specific and measurable, tracking progress against the goals, supporting employees’ efforts to achieve job goals (by providing resources, removing obstacles, acting as a buffer, etc.), ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly. .

• Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.