Manager or Director of Regulatory Pricing & Analysis
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AEP Texas is seeking a Manager/Director of Regulatory Pricing & Analysis in Austin, TX, to provide strategic direction for regulated pricing and to lead pricing initiatives across tariffs, products, and pilot programs.
Responsibilities include directing specialized pricing tasks, developing plans with measurable goals, presenting complex regulatory subjects, and building internal and external networks to influence policy and pricing strategies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, accounting, finance, management or other business related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of electric utility experience with emphasis on accounting, rates, tariff development and application, commercial operations, management.
- 1 year of leading people teams or projects.
- Director Pricing and Analysis: minimum 10 years of electric utility experience and 3 years of leading teams or complex projects.
Responsibilities
- Directs division work activities to perform specialized regulated costing and pricing tasks.
- Develops and implements plans with measurable goals relative to regulated costing and pricing responsibilities.
- Demonstrates high-level problem solving in area of specialization and ensures consistent costing and pricing principles across jurisdictions.
- Directs preparation and presentation of complex regulatory subjects to management, customers and regulatory bodies.
- Builds networks across the company and with external regulators to accomplish goals.
- Makes complex decisions based on calculated risk and defends decisions in the interest of the company.
- Develops the organizational operating budget and is accountable for meeting financial goals.
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Job description
Location: Austin, TX
Exhibits high level proficiency in technical knowledge, leadership and communication skills to provide strategic direction for regulated pricing requirements. Demonstrates an in-depth proficiency in the application of theory and analytical techniques to creative costing and pricing solutions. Plans, organizes and directs team activities to develop and support pricing structure, charges and service provisions of standard tariffs, product platforms, pilot programs, special contracts and other pricing initiatives depending on assigned function. Manages the technical staff in the preparation and support of analytical studies. May serve as technical expert for the company in the area of regulated pricing, depending on assigned function.
What You'll Do:
- Directs the division work activities to perform specific, unique and/or highly specialized areas of regulated costing and pricing tasks; promotes professionalism and standards, influencing the direction of thinking through the organizational unit as a recognized authority.
- Develops and implements plans by establishing measurable goals, objectives and requirements relative to regulated costing and pricing responsibilities; addresses company system-wide issues within specialized field of expertise; reviews planned work of others; oversees process teams and monitors timely completion of special projects.
- Demonstrates highest level of problem solving skills in area of specialization; identifies, clarifies, resolves and initiate solutions to specialized problems that sometimes involve analysis of inadequate or conflicting data; develops opportunities, new ideas and approaches that have system-wide impact; ensures the development and application of costing and pricing principles are applied consistently for all regulatory jurisdictions.
- Directs the preparation and presentation of complex regulatory subjects in a clear, concise and effective manner to management, other business units, customers and/or regulatory bodies; effectively utilizes the network channels within the company, other companies, professional organizations and regulatory agencies.
- Builds teams and networks that extend through the company, other companies, professional organizations and regulatory agencies; using a comprehensive knowledge of different disciplines network channels, internal and external to the company; builds relationships to get things accomplished.
- Utilizes comprehensive knowledge and authority to make and be held accountable for complex decisions based on calculated risk; understands the impact of the decisions made on other organizational units internal and external of the company; possesses the knowledge to defend decisions that are made in the interest of the company; demonstrates the ability to extrapolate beyond facts to reach a logical conclusion.
- Develops the organizational operating budget and is held accountable for meeting the financial goals and objectives.
What We're Looking For:
Regulatory Pricing and Analysis Manager:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, accounting, finance, management or other business related field.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 8 years of electric utility experience with emphasis on one or more of the following -utility accounting and applications, rates, tariff development and application, commercial operations, management. and/or other pertinent experience.
- 1 year of leading people teams or projects.
Director Pricing and Analysis:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, accounting, finance, management or other business related field.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years of electric utility experience with emphasis on one or more of the following -utility accounting and applications, rates, tariff development and application, commercial operations, management. and/or other pertinent experience.
- 3 years of leading people teams or complex projects.
Other Requirements:
- Experienced with rate case and regulatory filings, tariff implementation, and utility accounting.
Where You'll Work:
- On-Site in the AEP Texas Headquarters in Austin, TX
What You'll Get:
- Base salary
- Annual bonus
- Long-term incentive
- 401K match
- AEP Pension
- Comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
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The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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