Senior Regulatory Strategy Specialist

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.
 

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities.  When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing.  Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.
 

Testing Required: Not Applicable

On-Site Role: Must be available to work on-site at this assigned work location.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Works cross functionally to develop business plans and strategies to provide regulatory focus insights. Assesses industry and company trends, financial data, operational capabilities, regulatory filings and orders, and translating complex information into actionable insights. Analyzes business data, develops strategies, and creates plans to improve regulatory and company outcomes. Uses data analysis, modeling, forecasting, and strategies to guide business unit decisions through complex regulatory environments, ensuring regulatory business objectives are achieved.

Span of Control: 0; this is an individual contributor job.

Key Accountabilities

• Conducts thorough research and analysis of industry and company trends, financial data, operational metrics, benchmarking and utility landscapes.
• Performs issue analysis and corresponding development of strategic positions that integrate company and business unit regulatory strategies.
• Builds consensus among Company's leadership for budget direction and/or regulatory strategy
• Creates and sustains accurate forecasting models to predict future business performance.
• Creates detailed reports, presentations, and dashboards to communicate business findings and regulatory recommendations to senior management and stakeholders.
• Identifies opportunities for process optimization and efficiency improvements within the planning function and across the business and implement changes and improvements.
• Identifies potential risks associated with business and regulatory plans and develop strategies and recommendations to mitigate them for senior management.
• Partners with various departments to implement investment or regulatory plans, track progress, and ensure alignment with organizational and regulatory objectives.
• Researches and analyzes records, financial data, and operating statistics for use in regulatory filings.
• Creates and formulates business documentation and reports, including rate case testimony, exhibits, and discovery responses, to support regulatory (i.e., rate case or other) filings and appeals.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Information Technology, or Statistics with 6 years of data analytics, strategy or business planning, project management, regulatory, or public policy analysis experience.

Other Qualifications

Preferred:

• Educational Background: Holds a relevant graduate-level degree such as an MBA, with coursework or specialization in strategy, finance, economics, or public policy.
• Regulatory and rate case experience: Understanding and familiarity with navigating regulatory environments, including active participation in rate case proceedings and regulatory filings, and ability to interpret and apply regulatory frameworks to support business objectives.

Other Requirements

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient verbal, written, and presentation skills; communicate cle