Finance and Rates Analyst

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we’re delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities.  If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!

About Essential Utilities

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.

Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.

Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S. 

Are you looking for a fantastic career at Essential Utilities? We have an outstanding opportunity for a Finance & Rates Analyst in the Bryn
Mawr, PA area!

The Finance and Rates Analyst II prepares, supports, analyzes and provides testimony for the financial and compliance filings related to regulatory requirements for the Company while developing and retaining corporate knowledge related to all financial aspects of rates cases. Additionally, this individual will develop and maintain financial models and analyses for operational, compliance and internal financial reports to use for annual operating budgets and strategic business plans.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists in preparing rate cases by providing general accounting assistance, analysis and forecasting of the need for and the timing of rate increases. Assists in the preparation of base rate case minimum filing requirements as required. Assists in the preparation of revenue and billing analysis, rate case support schedules, exhibits, testimonies, answers to interrogatories, and provides support for witness litigation processes. Interfaces with other departments to determine future rate case adjustments.
• Assists in the preparation of timely and accurate regulatory filings such as: Quarterly DSIC, Earnings Reports, Original Cost Studies, and any Commission directed requests for information. Provides support and assistance for other regulatory filings including Asset Optimizations Plans, Long-Term Infrastructure Improvement Plans, and Annual Depreciation Studies.
• Assists with updates to the company’s Water and Wastewater tariffs. Ensures tariffs are posted to internal and external websites.
• Supports Manager of Rates and Planning and the Regional Controller on potential acquisition due diligence including: financial modeling, valuation analysis, finance and accounting due diligence, tariff and rate design, expense analysis, presentation preparation, application preparation and original cost study filings.
• Supports Manager of Rates and Planning with the coordination, preparation, analysis and consolidation of annual operating budget. Interfaces with various business owners to complete annual operating budget.
• Supports Manager of Rates and Planning and the Regional Controller in the preparation, analysis, and submission of its strategic business plan.
• Tracks organization’s progress against financial goals. Build and maintain financial models, reports, variance analyses, ad hoc reports and other complex financial models. Continuously streamline work process by modifying and automating reports.
• Develops and administers training (as required) to internal stakeholders regarding capitalization, tax repair, and budgeting policies of Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.
• Researches and performs comparative analyses of public utility issues.
• Identifies trends and developments in competitive environments.
• Prepares forecasts and analysis of trends in finance and general business.
• Collects and analyzes financial information.
• Reconciles accounts.
• Performs other assignments as required.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree required
• 2-5 Years of Experience
   

Qualities of a Successful Analyst in this Position:

• Flexible, logical, accountable, approachable, and passionate about work
• Maintains positive team-building role during pressure-filled, deadline-driven crunch times
• Possess strong organizational/multi-tasking and project-planning skills
• Exhibits professionalism with internal and external contacts
• Organized with strong attention to detail and time management skills
• High degree of initiative; self-starter
• Communications with accuracy and precision in writing and speaking
• High degree of confidentiality required
• Trustworthy; strong personal integrity; emotional maturity
• Demonstrates high level of accountability and ownership.
• Executes with discipline and urgency
• Collaborative/Team oriented

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Expertise in analytic problem solving
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform complex computer model development
• Advanced level of technical writing ability A clear understanding of cost of service rate-making and utility regulation is an asset for this position
• Strong intermediate to advanced ability with Microsoft Office suite: Word‚ PowerPoint, Excel, Access and other technologies applicable to job
• Proficient with technology and re-evaluates process to increase efficiency, accuracy and appropriate level of documentation through the skilled application of technology tools; must be proficient in MS Excel, able to work independently and synthesize large amounts of information

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
Aqua is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.  If you have a condition that may prevent you from applying for a job online or need to request an accommodation during the interview process, please call (1-877-271-9012).  
To maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest due to employment and/or assignment of family members and personal referrals, specific guidelines apply to the hiring and assignment of these individuals including, but not limited to:

• Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship
• Family members cannot work in the same department.