Utility Economics & Financial Forecasting Analyst

Stantec•Tampa, FL

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

The company's Water business focuses on a holistic approach to water systems, delivering sustainable solutions to ensure water availability for future generations. They are expanding their team, aiming to hire 2,000 people by 2025. This position is an external client-facing role within the Management Consulting Team. As an Analyst II, the successful candidate will provide support for asset, organizational, financial, infrastructure funding, economic, and technology consulting services to local governments and utilities across North America. The role involves analyzing and structuring large data sets, visualizing data, conducting industry research, developing quantitative financial and economic models, and actively participating in client meetings and workshops. The analyst will evaluate client-specific situations, recommend solutions to complex business, strategic, infrastructure, and operational issues, and assist with business development activities such as responding to RFQs and RFPs.

Requirements

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience working with and analyzing large data sets and willingness to spend large amounts of time working with data as well as performing research
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Excel including quantitative modeling and analysis
Proficiency with PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro and other business systems
Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
Capable of presenting/sharing analyses in an interactive work setting while being able to make adjustments in a live setting
Self-starter capable of efficiently and proactively working independently as well as with a geographically dispersed team
Strong sense of Team, always willing to step in and take on additional responsibility for the good of the entire Team
Strong attention to details as deliverables are open to public review and scrutiny
Willing to travel as needed (up to 20% in the first year, potentially increasing)
Requires a satisfactory driving record
Four-year degree in business, mathematics, finance, economics, statistics, data science, engineering, accounting, or related fields
Minimum of at least 2 years of post-undergraduate experience in management consulting, data analysis, economics, asset management, engineering, infrastructure funding programs or financial analysis

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of and interest in local government organizational structure, budgeting / reporting, funding programs, and types of services they provide
Experience with additional data analysis tools is a plus, including but not limited to Access, Power BI/Tableau, GIS, SQL, Python, R, etc.
Master’s Degree is preferred
Experience and/or interest in local government services, infrastructure funding programs, economic and fiscal impact analysis, and utility consulting

Responsibilities

Analyze and structure large data sets and summarize information
Use graphs and other tools to visualize data and analytical results
Perform industry research and develop summary materials
Develop quantitative financial and economic models, with limited oversight, to support client business challenges across multiple industries for a variety of complex issues
Train junior analysts in developing quantitative financial and economic models
Serve as an active member of multiple teams at client meetings, performing tasks such as interactive use of analytical tools and facilitating workshops
Train junior analysts in serving as active members of multiple teams at client meetings
Evaluate client-specific situations and requirements, working dynamically with project teams to identify and recommend solutions to complex business, strategic, infrastructure, and operational issues
Assist, and at times lead, the project team in interactive meetings with clients to identify and analyze issues affecting their organizations and key stakeholders
Support and cooperate as needed with business development staff in responding to client requests, RFQs, and RFPs
Meet performance goals and objectives as assigned, with respect to client-specific demands, stated delivery milestones, and training activities