Job Title: Regulatory Project Coord

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

This position can be filled in New Orleans, LA. 

Job Summary/Purpose

Has responsibility for obtaining, coordinating, analyzing, organizing and interpreting financial data in support of regulatory and/or legal proceedings within the assigned jurisdiction. Responsible for drafting and/or shepherding responses to requests for information (s) (RFIs) in a timely manner, as well as development of comprehensive regulatory filings. Provides professional analytical and project management support primarily to the jurisdictional Regulatory Affairs organization, and to other business functions, as needed.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Supports the Regulatory Filings organization to ensure needs and objectives of internal client(s) (i.e., Operating Companies, System Energy and corporate) are met by supporting regulatory filings and analysis on timely, accurate and professional basis, as requested.
• Responsible for producing complete, timely and accurate data, schedules and/or witness support for regulatory filings and ensuring that key issues/decisions are escalated to appropriate decision-maker(s) (e.g., Filings, Operating Company management, legal and/or others) in a timely manner. 
• Provides superior customer service to internal clients by being proactive and offering expert regulatory support on all regulatory filings. 
• Serves as project manager for regulatory filings in assigned jurisdiction.  Project management entails assisting Manager, Regulatory Filings in providing oversight of regulatory filings from beginning through the litigation process (including processing RFIs, compliance filings, if required by final order) post-filing review, completion of documentation and the establishment and maintenance of an adequate controls over regulatory filings.  Coordinator establishes and manages project schedules to ensure all pertinent deadlines are met on a timely basis by leveraging Operating Company and System resources.
• Provides expert written and/or oral testimony and supports discovery by responding to or assigning RFI(s) as required for regulatory filings.
• Assists Manager, Regulatory Filings in proactive communication to Utility Strategy and Regulatory Initiatives leadership, Operating Company management, and others, regarding development of filing plan, confirmation of objectives, documentation of key assumptions, escalation of issues, and project deliverables with timelines.
• Activities may require travel (<25%) to Operating Company headquarters to meet with regulatory affairs and/or regulatory legal counsel team members.
• Assists in facilitating documentation and maintenance of all the regulatory filings processes to ensure consistency, high quality work product and compliance with filing requirements, as well as identification of opportunities of process enhancements.
• Assist in the training and development of staff, ensuring staff is cross-trained and developed in overall concepts/processes for rate cases, formula rates and other regulatory recovery mechanisms.  Supports Analysts and Staff to develop an understanding of the technical aspects of their assignment, but also how that assignment fits into the overall strategy.
• Assists with identifying, developing, and implementing continuous improvement opportunities.                                   

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field. Master's degree preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

5+ years experience in electric utility industry.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

Demonstrated effective leadership and judgment skills with ability to work under stressful situations and with multiple contemporaneous deadlines. Desired skills: Planning and organizing skills; Problem-solving and Strategic thinking, flexibility; and Communicating effectively.

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans 
Job Function: All Other Jobs
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 122273
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

 Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test.  The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and number of questions.  Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests, Logon ID:  entergy, password:  practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.