Principal Regulatory and Rates Analyst

Summit Utilities

Join our growing team and see why Summit Utilities, Inc. has been named one of the fastest growing Denver area private companies in 2019 and 2020; best places to work in Maine 2019‑2023; and best places to work in Arkansas 2020 and 2023, Oklahoma 2022 and 2023, and Missouri 2023. Summit is a growing natural gas utility company providing safe, reliable, and clean‑burning natural gas service to homes and businesses in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Joining the Summit team means embracing excellence, diversity, innovation, and safety, while serving customers and communities.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Regulatory and Rates Analyst. The role may be hybrid‑based from one of our offices in Little Rock, Fort Smith, or Fayetteville, Arkansas;
Cushing or Lawton, Oklahoma;
Branson or Lebanon, Missouri; or Portland, Maine. The position is also open to fully remote candidates based in Texas.

Develops and prepares revenue requirements, cost‑of‑service studies, and other rate and regulatory filings to achieve Summit Utilities, Inc. strategies, goals, and objectives. Extensively reviews analysis and participates in the formulation of law, rules, and policy at the state and federal level. Provides work direction to junior professional and clerical staff.

• Coordinate the implementation of rate changes and the administration of existing rates and tariffs.
• Plan and prepare required regulatory reports, annual compliance filings, data responses, ordered compliance filings, and other similar non‑rate case filings.
• Lead and/or assist team members in assembling, analyzing, and reviewing rate change proposals associated with purchased gas adjustment and demand cost filings.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable requirements concerning rates, gas costs, and tariff‑related matters.
• Prepare or assist with preparation of regulatory filings including testimony, schedules, work papers, requests for information, and briefs on a timely basis and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Gather and analyze financial information and operating statistics and their impacts for the development of regulatory strategies.
• Prepare major rate and regulatory projects.
• Monitor and communicate to senior management key developments in rate and regulatory matters that directly or indirectly impact Summit Utilities or its business environment.
• Represent Summit Utilities’ interests at the Arkansas Public Service Commission and Oklahoma Corporation Commission in proceedings and dealings with regional trade, industry, and professional organizations.
• Work closely with industry associations to coordinate industry responses to key rate and regulatory issues.
• Establish and maintain communications with members of the various Summit Utilities departments.
• Work with other departments to identify and research current issues or trends affecting the regulatory environment.
• Attend workshops and conferences to monitor regulatory proceedings, identify trends, issues, or decisions that might affect the company’s regulatory objectives.

Bachelor’s degree in business or finance/accounting; MBA desired. Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in rate or regulatory matters. Minimum of five years’ experience with financial systems. Previous experience in the natural gas industry desirable.

• Solid background and knowledge of financial systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with outstanding Excel skills.
• Expert in analyzing data.
• Business and financial acumen.
• Excellent collaborator.
• Ability to work with limited supervision.
• Ability to multi‑task and maintain high performance under pressure in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑motivated desire to learn and assimilate data and information from multiple sources.
• Comfortable presenting to executive‑level internal and external audiences.
• Ability to quickly gain a fundamental understanding of the business workings of a natural gas utility.

Summit offers competitive pay and medical/dental/vision and other benefits that provide flexibility, choice, and support to our employees when they need it most. 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. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or veteran status.