Rate Analyst II (Resiliency)

At Cleco, we're not just powering lives-we're powering a cleaner, smarter future for Louisiana. With bold investments in innovative energy solutions, we're transforming how we power our communities: smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable. This is a long-term commitment to our people and our communities because our future-and the future of generations to come-depends on it. If you're ready to make an impact where it matters most, join us at Cleco-where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow.

The Rate Analyst II is an experienced professional with knowledge of and some experience with regulatory filing principles, practices, concepts, and theories. Provides rate related services in the areas of regulatory compliance, tariff administration, rate design, cost-of-service, load research, unbilled calculation, forecasting, fuel cost adjustment, avoided costs, and strategic planning. Serves as an interface between multiple departments including regulatory, governmental, strategic planning, accounting, engineering, marketing and power supply. Monitors and ensures compliance with regulatory considerations. Assists in the development and onboarding of entry-level employees with regulatory filing responsibilities through coaching, mentoring and knowledge sharing. Assists other Rate Analysts in accomplishing their objectives. May identify improvements to regulatory filing activities and procedures.

This position will be a part of the Resiliency initiative, with a focus on system reliability, customer needs and performance measures.

Key Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.

• Responsible for assisting in the analysis, preparation and filing of various regulatory reports as required by the regulatory bodies that oversee the utility as they relate to rates.

• Utilizes regulatory standards, procedures, and processes, providing recommendations for process improvements, as necessary.

• Prepares, maintains, and files tariffs.

• Monitors the regulatory compliance of LPSC orders as they apply to Cleco and effects solutions to ensure compliance.

• Maintains, updates, and enhances databases that are critical to the economic analysis, financial analysis, and other research needed for regulatory compliance and company business and economic development.

• Assists in performing forecasting and analytical services to support company development and growth.

• Prepares the monthly unbilled revenue calculations.

• Prepares the monthly Fuel and Environmental Cost Adjustments.

• Monitors, maintain, and ensure compliance with all SOX documented controls in Regulatory area.

• Provides analysis and support to other company departments in dealing with rates related questions, data, and issues.

• Support the grid resiliency program by coordinating quarterly and semi-annual compliance reporting from across the various lines of business, provide the calculation of semiannual grid resilience rates based on the projected revenue requirements, coordination of LPSC semi-annual prudency review.

Qualifications

Required Education, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or Engineering

• Master's degree preferred

• 3-5+ years of related experience

• Step progression levels based on skill proficiency and scope of job.

• Strong business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry

• Strong knowledge of leading practices for their practice area

• Strong planning and project management skills

• Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job

• Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment, present ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner

• Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey data.

Licenses and Certifications

Key Competencies

BEHAVIORAL

• Building Organizational Talent*

• Building Partnerships

• Leading Teams

• Business Acumen

• Communication

• Courage

• Building Self-Insight

• Building Talent*

• Driving for Results

• Energizing the Organization

• Driving Execution

• Building Trusting Relationships

• Driving Innovation

• Planning and Organizing

• Safety

• Establishing Strategic Direction

TECHNICAL

• Analytical skills

• Compliance

• Policy and Regulation

• Law and Regulation

• Document Management

• Database Reporting

• Database User Interfaces and Queries

• Information Retrieval and Searching

• Development Environment

May perform other duties as assigned.

Salary dependent on experience, skills, education, and training.