Senior Energy Resource Group Analyst

Puget Sound Energy•Bellevue, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is seeking a Senior Energy Resource Group Analyst to join their Generation & Natural Gas Storage team. This role supports facilities that produce and store energy from various sources including wind, hydro, solar, thermal, natural gas storage, and battery technology. The analyst will be responsible for analyzing asset performance data, developing tracking functions, generating financial forecasts, and providing recommendations for improved reporting tools and processes. They will also prepare periodic reports, graphs, and presentations for financial, compliance, budgetary, and resource leveling purposes. The role involves developing and maintaining maintenance planning/tracking systems, representing the Energy Resource Group (ERG) to officer groups, and assessing current practices to develop new tools and processes with an understanding of business, accounting, compliance, and asset maintenance implications. Additionally, the analyst will conduct financial, statistical, engineering, and economic studies related to the department's planning functions and information needs. The position requires travel between Bellevue and Skagit during training, with potential for hybrid work after training completion, focusing on on-site time at these locations during PSE's busy season. The role also upholds safety compliance standards and promotes a culture of total safety, conducting business honestly, ethically, and in accordance with core values and regulatory obligations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or equivalent work experience.
Five (5) years of plant O&M experience.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, and presentation skills.
Extensive working knowledge of spreadsheets, databases, word processing, and presentation applications.
Proven practical experience in the financial analysis and/or plant operations and maintenance field.
Experience using SAP and/or project scheduling software.
Experience with financial models, applied decision-modeling techniques, trend analysis and various analytical projects.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with energy industry and its regulatory aspects and understanding of FERC accounting.
Proven experience in budget tracking and forecasting in the utility sector.
Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
Knowledge of electric or natural gas generation assets.
Ability to travel to Skagit and Bellevue.

Responsibilities

Leads the ERG team in developing and maintaining financial planning models.
Calculates and analyzes plant performance data, prepares budgets, and generates financial forecasts.
Works with managers, engineers, resource scientists, directors, plant co-owners, and other department leads to ensure corporate/plant goals, targets, and results are understood.
Develops, analyzes, forecasts, and tracks capital and O&M budget performance for the ERG.
Implements and manages maintenance planning/tracking systems (e.g., vendor contracts/hydro license agreements) for plant facilities and compliance programs (NERC/FERC) including reports, monthly backups, data verification, and software/hardware support.
Provides support for new contract development and the review and renewal of existing contracts as it relates to plant operations.
Provides support in operationalizing new PSE owned projects.
Coordinates and creates baseline accounting treatment for PSE owned facilities.
Coordinates and schedules daily and long-term preventative and corrective maintenance work for crews, creates work packages, and streamlines inventory management systems.
Creates and maintains inspection worksheets and reports, project planning worksheets, controls turbines, submits Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs), and updates wind/generation forecasting tools.
Provides status updates regarding ERG projects and communicates impacts of changes.
Prepares schedules, periodic update reports (generation/performance), and graphs for resource leveling and cost analyses.
Calculates, develops, and manages hydro licensing requirements including liability account escalation and funding, payments to the US Forest Service, FERC, and various parties to the hydro licensing agreements.
Calculates, develops, and manages renewable generation lease and contract payments including escalation, and funding requests.
Analyzes, develops, and submits updated basic finish dates for capital projects throughout the year including variance explanations on timing and cost changes.
Reviews and tracks invoices for proper accounting and submits monthly accruals.
Analyzes, creates, and submits capital and deferral work order requests to Property Accounting and General Accounting, as needed.
Analyzes, develops, and submits unitization lists after capital projects are put in to service (SVCC).
Analyzes, creates, and submits capital and O&M journal entries to Property Accounting and General Accounting, as needed.
Provides and develops ad-hoc performance and variance analyses as needed.
Recommends changes to existing methods as appropriate to meet department and/or company requirements.
Leads the support for other departmental and administrative activities, initiatives, and projects.
Coordinates and assists in completing data requests as part of rate case testimony.
Leads process improvement efforts and budget training for the ERG.
Performs other duties as assigned.