Senior Analyst or Consultant

Daymark Energy Advisors is a successful, growing consultancy.

We are looking for a Senior Analyst or a Consultant to join our team. This role has the opportunity to engage in projects across our six practice areas, with emphasis on our rates and pricing practice. Candidates should have an understanding of, and interest in, the utility rate setting process from cost of service studies and cost allocation to rate design.

We are building our team to support clients’ growing needs. This role will join our dynamic team of analysts, consultants, and trusted advisors to provide advice and analysis to developer, utility, large load, and state agency clients across the U.S. and Canada. Salary range for this position is $85,000 - $110,000 depending upon experience and qualifications.

Daymark brings deep knowledge and an integrated view of energy infrastructure, regulation, and markets to help our clients succeed in the face of transformative power industry change. We combine rigorous analytical methodology with our knowledge of RTO/ISO operations and market rules, transmission planning, state, provincial, and federal policies, and regulatory and rate structures, to provide comprehensive solutions that address client needs. We work in partnership with clients, applying cutting edge thinking to decarbonize the power sector.

Daymark Energy Advisors is part of the Xodus Group.

If you have a passion for the energy industry, want to work in partnership with clients, and are a high performer with a history of professional excellence and achievement, you’ll find Daymark Energy Advisors offers a challenging and rewarding environment in which to further your career. We cultivate an inclusive and affirming environment that supports professional growth and rewards entrepreneurial risk taking.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing and emerging regulations and policies, regulatory precedent, tariffs and rate filings, and capital expansion plans; assess compliance strategies
• Assess relevant information and advise clients on key priorities and implications for cost of service and rate design processes to align results with client needs and regulatory requirements
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Daymark’s complex cost of service and rate design models and train and oversee analysts in their analyses
• Develop analyses, written reports, and presentation materials, and potentially provide expert witness testimony in proceedings before state public utility commissions
• Exercise exceptional analytical skills, sound judgment, creative problem solving, and commercial awareness
• Develop, analyze, and interpret large amounts of data, information, and complex allocated cost of service models quickly and accurately, and make sound policy recommendations
• Deliver clear and persuasive communication
• Perform related consulting work including project management, proposal writing, and other analytic tasks for a range of project sizes and levels of complexity
• Manage multiple priorities and concurrent projects and quickly adapt to changing priorities in a time-sensitive dynamic environment
• Take responsibility and work independently, as well as coordinate team efforts
• Be thorough and detail-oriented
• Work accurately and swiftly under pressure
• Demonstrate patience, tact, and courtesy

• An overriding curiosity and desire to help others succeed in a team environment
• Knowledge of state utility regulatory issues, regulatory practices, and procedures
• Experience with cost of capital, revenue requirements, and regulatory analysis
• Communication skills, both spoken and written, to engage with clients and team members and to deliver analysis and advice
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience with statistical software (e.g., Python, SAS)
• Preferred experience includes:
• Conducting utility load research, load forecasting, cost of service studies, cost allocation analysis, and/or rate design
• Preparing and/or presenting testimony in regulatory proceedings

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting, economics, engineering, finance, law, or data science

• 1-2 years of progressively increasing experience contributing to, performing, or reviewing utility cost of service studies and rate analyses (Senior Analyst role)

• 2-4 years of progressively increasing experience performing or reviewing utility cost of service studies and rate analyses, up to and including principal responsibility for the preparation of such studies and analysis (Consultant role)

• Preferred: Experience preparing and defending work product such as technical reports or expert testimony; demonstrated ability to manage staff (Consultant role)

Daymark is headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts. We offer flexible work arrangements (remote, hybrid, office), and our team is located throughout the United States and Canada.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits including:

• Collaborative and supportive work environment

• Participation in our 401(k) plan, including company matching

• Comprehensive group health and dental plans

• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care

To apply for this role please please email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] outlining your experience and what you would bring to the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!