Senior Consultant – Utility Rate Consulting

Raftelis

Senior Consultant providing financial consulting services in municipal utilities. Involves financial planning, data analysis, and client communication.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $85,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Working within a team, the Senior Consultant will be responsible for providing exceptional client service in the public municipal utilities industry (water, wastewater, and stormwater) through various multi-discipline projects, such as financial planning, cost of service rate and fee setting, bond feasibility studies, and miscellaneous financial-related projects.
Data mine and aggregate project data from multiple sources and develop Excel-based financial models to support analysis of a variety of financial and management studies including projects related to financial planning.
This includes projecting utility revenues and expenditures, developing revenue requirements, cost allocation and rate and fee design to support utility’s operations.
Under guidance of project managers, work independently and have the ability to switch between projects quickly to meet milestones and deliverables.
When working in California, ensure alignment with Proposition 218 requirements in the financial planning and decision-making processes.
Utilize public speaking and technical writing skills to produce, edit and present reports, proposals, and presentations in a clear and succinct manner.
Support senior staff in business development and marketing activities and lead junior staff in the management, development, and execution of project work.
Communicate with clients to gather data and other relevant project information.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (finance, accounting, engineering, economics, mathematics, or other related fields)
A minimum of 3 years managing projects in the water, wastewater, stormwater, and/or related industry
Advanced proficiency and experience with MS Excel including advanced user functions and Visual Basic programming
Strong proficiency with MS Word and PowerPoint - ability to create report templates, modify report templates
Experience analyzing large data sets, working with and/or developing database queries, using MS Access, SQL server and/or relational databases
Critical thinking skills – ability to formulate multiple solutions to problems, test hypothesis and develop solutions based on analysis.
Ability to work under multiple project managers with competing deadlines and deliverables
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Willing and able to travel overnight as needed

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% Company paid medical (50% paid dependent medical) and dental benefits
Health Savings Account with company contributions
Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Vision Insurance
Company paid Life and Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Discretionary paid time off program
Education reimbursement program
401(k) with company contributions
Long Term Care benefits
Pet insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningcost of service rate settingbond feasibility studiesExcel-based financial modelscost allocationrate designdata analysisdatabase queriesVisual Basic programmingSQL

Soft Skills

client serviceproject managementcritical thinkingcommunicationpublic speakingtechnical writingteam collaborationproblem-solvingability to meet deadlinesleadership