Manager Regulatory Business – Utilities Veolia NA

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

The Manager, Regulatory Business – Utilities, under the general direction of the Sr. Director Regulatory Business, compiles and prepares data in support of utility water/wastewater rate and regulatory filings. The position assumes the project manager role in regulatory filings, processes, and projects, and may assume the project manager role in rate case filings. Responsible for the implementation of regulatory strategy, reviewing, preparing, and submitting testimony in utility rate proceedings on complex rate making matters, and managing rate case team members from other Company groups, outside consultants, and attorneys.

• The position may assume the project manager role in utility water/wastewater rate case filings, which entails, among other things, planning, preparation, and presentation of rate cases and regulatory filings on time.
• The position may assume the project manager role in other utility regulatory filings, processes, and projects, which entails, among other things, planning, preparation, and presentation of deliverables on time.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of management, corporate and business unit employees, regulators, and public officials.
• Interacts, builds internal relationships, and collaborates effectively with all levels of management, employees, regulators, and public officials.
• Develops creative solutions to day-to-day challenges as well as those of changing regulation.
• Prioritizes and manages several concurrent projects/cases and meets inflexible internal and external deadlines by the Rates and Regulatory Department, Executive Staff and regulatory agencies.
• Demonstrates team leadership; mentoring of new/junior staff.
• Exercises judgement and decision-making abilities to achieve goals with guidance.
• Develops analysis associated with the decision to undertake a rate case filing through review of subsidiary financial performance, including analysis of the need and timing of its capital and operating plans.
• Gathers information from many different sources internally and externally and synthesizes such information into persuasive form for regulators.
• Prepares and reviews direct/rebuttal exhibits and testimony for water/wastewater utility rate cases and participates in the rate hearing and negotiation processes as the expert witness in broad rate making matters either through formal hearings or negotiated proceedings.
• Participates in the development of cross examination to develop the most effective argument in support of the Company’s case or appeal and assists the attorney in preparation of briefs.
• Provides supervision to outside consultants and advises outside consultants in the preparation of evidence to be presented before regulatory bodies.
• Maintains consistent case and Company positions across cases; entails the review of exhibits, testimony, and interrogatory responses of Company witnesses and advising witnesses on Company positions.
• Develops and maintains a working relationship with regulatory agency staff, consultants, auditors and public advocates, as well as Company personnel who are supporting the regulatory activity.
• Summarizes utility rate case orders and regulatory pronouncements to develop an internal record, provide context, and identify required actions to be taken by the Company.
• Keeps abreast of activities in the utility rate setting process, statutory revisions,…