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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability, inclusion and belonging.

Provide advice, counsel and leadership to the net power cost group and makes and presents recommendations to management and client organizations regarding net power cost filings and cost modeling. Gather, analyze and interpret data for trends, forecasts and modeling. Develops and implements new strategies, programs, and/or processes in response to changing internal and external conditions.

This position is available at multiple levels.  Applicants will be considered for the level that best matches their education and experience. 

• Develop regulatory filings, including testimony, exhibits and supporting documentation. 
• Prepare and defend net power cost regulatory filings, including general rate cases, transition adjustment mechanisms, power cost adjustment mechanisms, and avoided cost filings,     
• Prepare and analyze production cost model simulations utilizing the company's GRID model. 
• Responsible for Aurora model maintenance, including maintaining current resource attributes and updating data series inputs.  
• Analyze the impact of changes to modeling inputs and support changes to department management.
• Coordinate with other company departments to ensure consistent practices for production cost modeling.   
• Research relevant data, evaluate complex situations, develop creative alternatives, provide recommendations to management, and negotiate and influence outcomes.
• Assist in representing and supporting the company's net power cost initiatives to regulators and/or their staffs, key community and customer groups, and other company departments.
• Interface and work with state regulatory commissions regarding appropriate application of company and commission administrative rules.   
• Prepare final responses to discovery requests.
• Interpret rules and regulations to internal and external parties. 
• Identify prospective and pending policy issues affecting the company's business units.  
• Provide regular reports on pending and anticipated activities to supervisors.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• A minimum of seven years of experience in revenue requirement preparation, net power cost simulation modeling, cost of service analysis, pricing analysis or related analytical experience.
• Requires a complete understanding of the company's resource system including transmission systems and constraints, thermal resources, reserve requirements, resource availability determination, resource commitment logic and dispatch, fuel costs, portfolio of complex wholesale sales and purchase contracts, risk management and mitigation.
• Ability to independently perform analysis and prepare regulatory filings.  
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to work with all levels of an organization including people with different styles and backgrounds; ability to work both independently and as a member of a team. 
• Project management skills including project leadership, task identification, and scheduling.
• Communication and interpersonal skills involving the ability to establish trust, maintain confidence, and understand social behavior and interactions.
• Ability to listen and communicate effectively through oral and written means. 
• Proficient with the use of personal computers to gather, analyze, and summarize data. 
• Knowledge of research, analysis, and consulting techniques, company policies, procedures, practices, and applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations.
   

• Advanced degree in related field.

At PacifiCorp, we understand that living a healthy lifestyle isn't just about your physical health - your mental, financial, and social wellbeing also play an important role. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits designed to help you live a more balanced lifestyle.

Our benefits include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k with match fixed contributions, including a Roth and saving option. For union employees, matching contributions vary by union. For nonunion, PacifiCorp makes a fixed contribution equal to 4% of your eligible pay each year for new hires. In addition, PacifiCorp matches 100% of the first 6% you contribute. 
• Life insurance
• Additional voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
• Tuition Assistance
• Mass Transit Pass for employees in our Portland and Salt Lake City Offices.

Work Life Balance

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) - Time off varies by employee type (Union or Non-Union)
• Paid short-term disability leave and long-term disability insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Bereavement Leave 
• Employee Assistance Program supporting mental and emotional wellbeing

For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Req Id: 114691 
Company Code: PACIFICORP #PM25 
Primary Location: PORTLAND  100% ONSITE   
Department: CFO 
Schedule: Full Time
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: 102,000 - 140,250

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.