Senior Business Analyst- Business Specialist

Senior Business Analyst- Business Specialist

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability, inclusion and belonging. General Purpose Conducts analysis through research, gathering and interpretation of data, development of alternatives and recommendations. Presents analysis and recommendations to management and may implement selected alternative. Researches, analyzes, and implements new strategies, programs, and/or processes in response to changing internal and external conditions.

Responsibilities of the Senior Business Analyst include the following:

• Perform complex assignments lacking precedent and requiring creativity.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and provide training and communication of changes in policies and procedures.
• Provide advice or functional direction and assume a lead role in the work group.
• Research and analyze complex data.
• Report on performance and develop alternatives and recommendations for improvement to management.
• Lead implementation of selected alternative to various analysis projects.
• Promote a customer first culture and commit to delivering outstanding results for customers.
• Conduct analysis through research, gathering, and interpretation of data.
• Present analysis and recommendations to management and implement selected alternative.
• Maintain data impacting financial results, including reconciliation with other data sources.
• Validate California Independent System Operator - Extended Day Ahead Market (EDAM) generation, interties and load resources, ensuring adherence to SQMD plans.
• Validate meter data submissions to MRI-S for EDAM.
• Recommend and implement procedural improvements for building monthly loads as a predecessor to CAISO resource validations.
• Perform daily validation, editing, and estimation (VEE) of Settlement Quality Meter Data (SQMD) for all EIM and EDAM participating resources to ensure accuracy prior to outbound submission to CAISO's MRI S system.
• Execute meter data completeness checks, identify anomalies, and perform root cause analysis on missing, late, or inconsistent interval data across MV90, BPA sources, JLS, and Joules.
• Prepare, package, and validate outbound MRI S submissions, ensuring data meets CAISO format, timing, and quality requirements to support T+9, T+55, and monthly settlement cycles.
• Compare interrogated meter data against multiple sources and validate end-of-hour data in the Energy Accounting System.
• Analyze energy flow, single line diagrams, and transmission network diagrams, and propose alternate sources of meter data.
• Generate reports for data requests to meet customer needs.

Additional Responsibilities for the Business Specialist position include the following:

• Identify and recommend policy, management, procedural, process and system improvements to strategically balance risk and reward.
• Support creation, review, and updates to ELAP, EIDE, and EDAM load/resource configurations within Joules and JLS to ensure accurate representation of PacifiCorp assets in CAISO markets.
• Assist with parallel operations testing, including functional, vendor, system integration, and customer specific testing for EDAM market onboarding.
• Develop, maintain, and corroborate Settlement Quality Meter Data (SQMD) plans, including mapping of meters to resources, aggregation rules, calculation logic, and data lineage documentation.
• Support PacifiCorp's annual SQMD affirmation and attestation obligations to CAISO by ensuring accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness of internal SQMD documentation.
• Identify opportunities to streamline meter data processes, automate data validation routines, and improve reliability of load/resource reporting.
• Coordinate with third party LSEs and Scheduling Coordinators to support meter data access, entitlement management, and data submission alignment.
• Provide recommendations and implement process and procedural improvements through research of best practices and effective presentation of information, plans and proposals.

Requirements for the Senior Business Analyst include the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or other applicable field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of four years of directly related experience in gathering, analysis, interpretation, trending, forecasting, and modeling skills.
• Proficient Microsoft Excel skills to compile, analyze, line graph and summarize complex data.
• Proficient with the use of personal computers including databases, word processing, and presentation applications to gather, analyze, and model information.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills to interface with team members and customers to promote positive customer outcomes.
• Ability to work with all levels of an organization, including people with different styles and backgrounds, and ability to work as a member on a team.
• Ability to present alternatives and recommendations.
• Teamwork skills to negotiate with and influence peers and management on policy and strategic issues.
• Knowledge of applicable company policies and procedures; applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations.
• Proven problem-solving skills.

Additional Requirements for the Business Specialist position include:

• A minimum of five years related experience.
• Research and analysis skills including the ability to obtain relevant data, evaluate complex situations, develop creative alternatives, provide recommendations, and negotiate and influence outcomes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills involving the ability to establish trust, maintain confidence, and understand social behavior and interactions.
• Ability to work with all organizational levels to influence actions and negotiate outcomes.
• Project management and leadership skills, including the ability to work as a team member, to maintain project timelines, budgets, and deliver on commitments.

Preferences for the Senior Business Analyst role include:

• Knowledge and understanding of the electric utility industry and its regulatory and operating environments.
• Experience working with energy accounting and meter data.
• Experience with developing graphical reports to communicate results of complex analysis.
• Knowledge of applicable company policies and procedures; applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations.

Additional Preferences for the Business Specialist position include:

• Understanding of the operation and function of line and substation equipment.
• Experience with developing charts and reports to communicate complex analysis results.
• Familiarity with grid operations, including how system topology, transmission constraints, and balancing area dynamics influence metering, load allocation, and EDAM settlements.
• Experience performing power flow analysis in Monarch, with the ability to interpret study results and understand impacts of outages, topology changes, and boundary meter implications.
• Strong understanding of meter data reconciliation, including comparing MV90 interrogations against BPA, SCADA, PI, and Joules/JLS data sources to ensure interval level accuracy.
• Experience with interdepartmental data sharing, including coordination with Transmission, Grid Operations, Settlements, Load Forecasting, and Jurisdictional Loads to align MV90 and related datasets.
• Working knowledge of EAS pyramid structure, including how data aggregates from meter profiles ? accounts ? load/resource groupings used in the net system load pyramid, operational reporting, and EDAM submittals.
• Familiarity with SCADA and PI DataLink tools to retrieve, trend, validate, and reconcile operational data for settlement quality processes.