Regulatory Analyst

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Regulatory Analyst
REQUISITION: REG001O
DEPARTMENT: Regulatory Affairs – Topeka General Office or Kansas City Headquarters
LOCATION: Topeka, KS
Kansas City, MO
PAY RANGE: Regulatory Analyst I: $54,400 - $68,000
Regulatory Analyst II: $66,600 - $83,200
Sr Regulatory Analyst: $84,500 - $112,600
Lead Regulatory Analyst: $99,500 – $132,600

Scheduled Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Job may require additional hours as required. Hybrid flexible schedule available.

Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
This position supports the Company’s state regulatory strategy by developing revenue requirement models, preparing testimony and exhibits, and analyzing financial, operational, and regulatory information used in rate cases and other regulatory filings.

The analyst supports filings from development through resolution, including data collection, model preparation, internal review, testimony development, filing support, discovery, settlement support, and post-order compliance. The work requires coordination with Accounting, Finance, Legal, Regulatory Operations, Utility Operations, and other business partners to ensure regulatory positions are accurate, consistent, and well supported.

The position requires knowledge of state regulatory requirements, electric utility ratemaking, cost-of-service principles, utility accounting, Commission rules and orders, and emerging regulatory issues. The analyst communicates recommendations and Company positions to internal and external stakeholders and helps ensure regulatory deadlines and commitments are met.

Candidates with an accounting background, particularly in fixed asset systems, plant accounting, income tax accounting, or regulated utility accounting, are encouraged to apply. This position offers opportunities to develop regulatory expertise and grow into leadership responsibilities.

Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Develop, maintain, and support revenue requirement models, cost recovery analyses, regulatory schedules, exhibits, workpapers, and supporting documentation for state regulatory filings.
• Draft, review, and support direct, rebuttal, and surrebuttal testimony, including development of narrative explanations, quantitative support, exhibits, and responses to issues raised by Commission staff or intervenors.
• Support rate case and other regulatory filing efforts by gathering source data, validating inputs, reconciling model outputs, preparing filing packages, and maintaining clear audit trails for filed positions.
• Analyze regulatory orders, accounting records, financial forecasts, operational data, cost allocations, rate base components, operating expenses, taxes, depreciation, and other revenue requirement inputs to support recommendations and regulatory strategy.
• Prepare and coordinate responses to discovery, data requests, audits, compliance requirements, and other regulatory inquiries in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and external consultants to develop filing positions, review technical support, resolve issues, and ensure consistency across testimony, schedules, workpapers, and regulatory commitments.
• Monitor regulatory developments, Commission rules and orders, industry trends, and emerging policy issues that may affect revenue requirements, rate recovery, tariffs, or regulatory strategy.
• Successful completion and submittal of revenue requirement models, testimony, schedules, exhibits, workpapers, tariffs, discovery responses, compliance filings, and reports related to regulatory issues.
• Successful development, support, filing, and approval of regulatory proposals, rate recovery mechanisms, rates, tariffs, and compliance actions associated with Company business needs.
• Provide timely and adequate service to internal and external customers. 
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with internal personnel, external regulatory groups and intervenor representatives.