Career Opportunity

Rates Manager - Finance - SFPUC (0923) - (136408)

Recruitment: RTF0136407-01108405

Published: August 25, 2023

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About:

Application Opening: 8/8/2023
Application Filing Deadline: 8/25/2023
Annual Salary: $134,524 - $171,678 (0923 Manager II Salary Information)
Recruitment ID: PBT-0923-136408

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A.

Role description

The Rates Manager reports to the Director of Financial Planning and is a key member of the SFPUC's Financial Planning Team. This role is responsible for rate administration and development, the administration of the financial provisions of the Water Supply Agreement with wholesale customers, external communication on rates, and strategic financial planning. 

Essential Functions:

• Directs the development, implementation, and administration of water, sewer, and power rates and charges.
• Manages consultant cost of service studies as required by the City Charter.
• Develops and administers contractual rates of water, sewer, and power services.
• Administers audits related to contractual rates.
• Manages research projects on innovative rate frameworks to achieve agency strategic goals.
• Develops materials and represents the SFPUC in rate-related requests and strategic financial planning.
• Supports the development of the SFPUC 10-Year Financial Plan.
• Supports the development of the SFPUC revenue budget forecasts.
• Sets a high standard for quality assurance and quality control for their work product.
• Participates in the structuring of positions assignments to meet organizational needs and strategic business goals, plans, programs, and initiatives.

How to qualify

Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; AND

Experience: Five (5) years of experience in financial planning, utility rates, budgeting, financial forecasting, financial audits, and/or strategic planning.

Substitution: May substitute up to two years of education with additional years of experience as described above on a year-for-year basis. One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester for forty-five (45) quarter units.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Experience performing cost allocations and/or developing cost-based utility rates
• Experience interpreting legislation, regulations, or contracts and administering and/or implementing programs accordingly
• Experience supervising analytic staff
• Advanced knowledge of financial forecasting, economic analysis, and/or financial modelling
• Excellent writing and communication skills on sensitive and complex technical topics
• Interest in applying financial experience to the SFPUC's mission to provide efficient, equitable, and sustainable water, power, and sewer services

Verification: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Selection Procedures:

After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:

Minimum Qualifications Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): Candidates may be required to complete a MQSQ as part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Online Supplemental Questionnaire (Weight: 100%): The purpose of the Supplemental Questionnaire (SQ) is to evaluate the experience, knowledge, skills and abilities that candidates possess in job-related areas, which have been identified as critical for this position and include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of utility cost of service systems and processes; Ability to communicate and present technical concepts using presentations, figures, and models; Ability to analyze and interpret contract, legislation, and/or regulatory standards; Ability to develop, plan, coordinate and direct the work of subordinates and analytic staff; Ability to communicate and present technical concepts using presentations, figures, and models; Knowledge of management and administrative techniques in the development of programs and processes to achieve agency policy goals.

Qualified candidates will be sent email notices to complete the MQSQ and SQ exam. Failure to complete these steps by the established deadlines will result in disqualification.

A passing score must be achieved on the exam to be placed on the eligible list and continue in the selection process. Additional selection processes, like interviews, may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.

What else should I know?

Eligible List/Score Report: A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created, and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established, so applicants can view the ranks, final scores and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection, upon request, once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g., as a result of appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be of 6 months, and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

To find Departments which use this classification, please see https://sfdhr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Forms-Documents/Position-Counts-by-Job-Codes-and-Department-FY-2021-22.pdf.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Exam Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please email the exam analyst, Janina Villanueva at jvillanueva@sfwater.org.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.