Head of Regulatory Performance and Analysis

**Head of Regulatory Performance and Analysis**

Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000

**About us**:
We’re a team that cares about you and your community. CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the distribution networks providing reliable, safe and affordable electricity to 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include large numbers of households as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

In designing and delivering these services, our people are united by a real sense of purpose to empower customer choices in ways that are important for our communities and the environment. Our people are also at the frontline in developing and implementing innovative technologies and solutions necessary for the future of our industry not only in Victoria but globally.

This is a workplace that's both dynamic and welcoming, where our people learn from the best in the business, and where there's a focus on inclusivity, collaboration, and rewarding the individual and their aspirations.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the General Manager of Regulation, this role is responsible for the management of regulatory resets, the strategic preparation and planning for future resets, regulatory performance, and providing analysis and advice on the regulatory framework.

The role requires a resilient and influential leader with the ability to navigate complexity with ease. We are looking for someone to lead this critical and high performing team in the areas of regulatory strategy and education, stakeholder engagement and reset projects.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Advise on the optimal regulatory reset strategy for five yearly revenue resets in respect to standard control, alternate control and metering services. Act as a key stakeholder and expert to the broader business, particularly, the Executive Management Team and Senior Management Group.
- Manage the regulatory reset process, inclusive of strategic decision making, process governance, and effectively mobilising internal and external resources.
- Act as a key conduit in the relationship with the Australian Energy Regulator in order to optimise our regulatory reset strategy and associated outcomes.
- Build and strengthen key relationships with regulators, government, other distributors, consumer advocate and lobby groups.
- Develop and execute optimal regulatory strategy in relation to the regulatory framework, including incentive arrangements, reporting, expenditure guidelines and reset strategies.
- Develop and implement plans that result in a positive commercial and customer centric culture, enabling and encouraging others within the team.

**To succeed in this role, you’ll have**:

- A tertiary qualification in either economics or law.
- Detailed strategic knowledge of regulatory environments, with relevant experience in a utilities sector.
- Experience in working with the AER and/or other regulatory bodies.
- The ability to navigate complex economic and legal concepts.
- Well developed commercial acumen.
- Excellent relationship building skills to work pragmatically and collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and industry bodies.
- Experience in leading and inspiring high performance within a medium to large team.
- The ability to navigate complexity and distil concepts and ideas into materials that are clear and concise.

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. Working with us means being fully supported to make the most of new experiences, and to build a career through a range of opportunities to learn from the best and to grow in a safe, inclusive, flexible and collaborative environment.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**What’s next?**

We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to be the best they can be. CitiPower and Powercor is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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