Director, Regulatory Accounting & Reporting

Basic Purpose

This position has primary responsibility for the Company’s regulatory and revenue accounting activities. Manages, directs, and coordinates the analysis and recording of internal and state regulatory filing obligations related to revenue accounting, deferred energy accounting, public policy programs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy Information Administration, earned rate of return reporting, and state and FERC rate case filings. This position represents the Company as an expert witness in various regulatory proceedings and directs a team of about thirteen team members.

Job Description Basic Purpose

This position has primary responsibility for the Company’s regulatory and revenue accounting activities. Manages, directs, and coordinates the analysis and recording of internal and state regulatory filing obligations related to revenue accounting, deferred energy accounting, public policy programs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy Information Administration, earned rate of return reporting, and state and FERC rate case filings. This position represents the Company as an expert witness in various regulatory proceedings and directs a team of about thirteen team members.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Directs the preparation and review of monthly accounting, quarterly regulatory rate filings, monthly reporting obligations, monthly projections, and annual case filings for deferred energy and other public policy programs. Normally serves as expert witness to these regulatory filings.
Directs the preparation and review of monthly revenue accounting, internal and external reporting and analyses, quarterly filings, and annual filings. Normally serves as expert witness to these regulatory filings.
Supports the Company’s Nevada state general rate case filings:

• directing the preparation of analyses for revenue requirements calculations
• providing oversight of the revenue requirement schedules
• providing management analyses related to timing and filing strategies
• responding to data requests
• reviewing testimony
• serving as an expert witness to these regulatory filings through the preparation and defense during cross examination of expert testimony.

Directs the development and implementation of new public policy programs and FERC regulatory filings that include the development of objectives and strategies for wholesale and transmission.
Directs multiple Federal Energy Regulatory tasks including the of quarterly FERC 920 3Q filing obligations, filing/recording FERC tariffs and rate schedule, assist in maintaining documents in the utilities electronic contract administration system, assist in federal tariff filings. Provides case management for FERC regulatory filings.
Directs support of required inputs to the utilities long-term plan. Develops wholesale transmission tariffs and pricing proposals. Supports company’s participation as an intervenor in the regulatory filings of suppliers.
Monitors and enforces all compliance requirements for area of responsibility.
Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
Performs related duties as assigned. Qualifications Essential Education, Skills, and Environment Education And Work Experience

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in accounting, engineering, economics, business or related field and 10 years of regulatory experience including general rate case, deferred energy and FERC experience, and at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Candidates that do not possess a bachelor’s degree must have a minimum of 14 years of regulatory experience including general rate case, deferred energy and FERC…