Alliant Energy owns a portfolio of electric generating facilities operating on a diverse mix of fuels, including coal, natural gas and renewable resources. The output from these generating facilities is supplemented with purchased power.
Lead Regulatory Relations & Policy Consultant
About the job
Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!
At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what’s next in energy. When our employees say “I am energy”, it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That’s why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.
Job Summary
Are you passionate about shaping the future of regulatory policies and driving strategic initiatives? As our Lead Regulatory Relations and Policy Consultant, you’ll lead pivotal regulatory projects, including pricing and policy, to support our filings before state and federal regulators. Dive deep into researching, monitoring, and analyzing emerging regulatory issues to align with our strategic planning goals and budget.
In this influential role, you’ll manage regulatory compliance activities in natural gas, foster relationships with key regulatory staff and stakeholders, and represent Alliant Energy in public and regulatory forums. Your expertise will ensure that our projects meet regulatory objectives and uphold Alliant Energy’s commitment to comprehensive compliance.
This exciting opportunity will join our team in Madison, WI or Cedar Rapids, IA.
Be a trailblazer in regulatory innovation and join us in making a difference!
What You Will Do
- Leads and executes regulatory and policy initiatives and assigned rate review issues in relevant jurisdictions.
- Leads assigned regulatory filings, including development of applications, written testimony, tariffs, and other materials, and ensures clear and compelling messages aligned with corporate strategy.
- Monitors evolving regulatory issues and recommends, advocates, and implements policies and proposals that advance corporate strategic goals in the best interest of customers and the company.
- Develops and builds working relationships with staff of relevant commissions and boards and interested stakeholders (including customer interest groups).
- Manages initiatives with a high degree of independence, including identifying and mitigating risks as appropriate throughout the initiative and tracking expenditures and project progress.
- Ensures compliance with tariff requirements and designs market pricing and tariff changes and filings.
- Provides support and guidance to internal teams on regulatory issues, including tariff-related topics.
- Serves as a contact for staff of relevant commissions and boards and represents Alliant Energy in the public arena on a wide variety of regulatory affairs and pricing issues.
- Provides testimony in support of the Company’s strategy and initiatives, including regulatory policy and rate design.
- Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree Economics, business administration, public policy, engineering, or related field preferred.
- Master’s or Advanced Degree preferred.
Required Experience
- 7 years professional experience in regulatory affairs, energy industry, or related field.
Preferred Experience
- Prior experience in a regulatory role.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Knowledge of energy industry regulatory strategies, theories, and applications and ability to draft tariff filings.
- Demonstrated ability to develop short and long term regulatory policy and strategic plans and translate those plans into action.
- Demonstrated facilitation skills, which include facilitation of issue across business units, facilitation of issues within a single business and facilitation of meetings.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, written communication skills, and effective in working within cross-functional teams.
- Ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting, accounting, and utility economics. Financial-related utility experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
- Ability to interpret federal and state energy regulations.
- Ability to think critically, overcome conventional thinking, and develop innovative solutions.
- Ability to work effectively in a diverse work environment.
Key Skills
- Competitive Intelligence
- Customer Needs
- Data Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Rate Design and Forecasting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Scenario Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical Reports
Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you’re looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we’re the right company for you.
It’s not just what we do; it’s how we do it.
Live Safety. Everyone. Always | Make Things Better | Care For Others | Do The Right Thing | Act For Tomorrow | Think Beyond. Be Bold
Alliant Energy is committed to providing an inclusive work environment for all and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant’s qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a drug screen and background check.
Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Alliant Energy and subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.
Lead Federal Regulatory Relations Manager
Job Summary
As the Lead Federal Regulatory Relations Manager, you will lead Alliant Energy’s regulatory affairs before the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and related agencies, such as the Department of Energy (DOE). This pivotal role involves managing regulatory projects and strategies, including the construction of comments, stakeholder engagement, and compliance activities. Your expertise will be crucial in building and strengthening relationships with federal and regional regulatory staff and key stakeholders, including the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO).
In this position, you will also serve as Alliant Energy’s liaison to influential trade associations like the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the American Clean Power Association (ACP). Your advocacy will ensure that Alliant Energy’s positions on federal regulatory policy issues are effectively communicated and represented. This role is essential for navigating the complex landscape of federal regulations and advancing the company’s strategic interests.
What you will do
- Monitors activities in assigned federal jurisdictions, including monitoring FERC regulatory hearings and proceedings and interpreting technical regulatory information to help develop business and regulatory advocacy plans.
- Leads FERC regulatory advocacy strategy, including writing comments, testimony, and managing related filings for regulatory proceedings.
- Communicates internally and externally with key stakeholders.
- Manages projects with other internal team members to achieve specific regulatory outcomes, e.g., filings and rate case, and is accountable for company goal setting in this area.
- Maintains positive relationships with external parties, primarily regulators, their staff, and other parties associated with regulatory processes.
- Represents Alliant Energy in regulatory and industry forums as appropriate.
- Ensures compliance with all FERC filing requirements and deadlines.
- Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Required Experience
- 7 years of experience desired in a rate-regulated utility, trade association, federal agency or related area.
- Must be able to work in the Washington D.C. office in a hybrid capacity.
- Must be able to travel throughout Company territory for customer meeting/business; overnight stay may be necessary.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in a customer contact center preferred.
- Experience preparing testimony as an expert witness and/or managing a contested case proceedings before a state or federal regulatory agency preferred.
- Experience building coalitions for the purpose of achieving successful outcomes in regulatory proceedings (e.g., settlements, complaints, etc.) preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
- Ability to work effectively in a diverse work environment.
Key Skills
- Competitive Intelligence • Customer Needs • Data Analysis • Data Management • Data Visualization • Financial Modeling • Rate Design and Forecasting • Regulatory Compliance • Scenario Planning • Stakeholder Management • Technical Reports
Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you’re looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we’re the right company for you.
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst
Alliant Energy is hiring a Lead Cybersecurity Analyst for its Cybersecurity Operations team. In this role, your primary responsibilities will be overseeing daily cybersecurity operations and leading cybersecurity incident response activities. This includes architecting and supporting the cybersecurity operations center (CSOC) technology portfolio and cybersecurity risk management program.
This position is also expected to lead efforts that help mature the cybersecurity operations program, capabilities, and processes. You will be expected to serve as a mentor to the team, and to provide input into the overall cybersecurity program and strategy. You will work closely with other IT departments and key stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet business needs and provide consulting services to reduce risk for cyber assets, identify emerging threats and technologies, and help set technical standards for the department and company.
What you will do
- Lead incident response efforts, such as responding to identified malicious activity or highly critical vulnerabilities that pose a threat to the organization.
- Onboard data, configure integrations, and setup security alerting for the security information and event management (SIEM) solution, which includes parsing and analyzing large, complex data sets and integrating into the security case management system.
- Leverage knowledge in multiple security disciplines, such as Windows, Unix, Linux, data loss prevention (DLP), endpoint controls, databases, wireless security, and data networking, to offer global solutions for a complex heterogeneous environment.
- Responsible for the continuous maturity of monitoring and incident response capabilities.
- Stay current with, and remain knowledgeable, about new threats. Analyze attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from security events across a large heterogeneous network of security devices and end-user systems.
- Conduct cyber investigations including suspicious files analysis across applications, networks, and endpoints, including memory and disk forensics, to determine maliciousness. Analysis requires knowledge of traditional malware, but also repurposed files that are not malicious, as well as targeted malware and zero-day attacks.
- Acts as primary security resource for strategic initiatives by providing security reviews and mitigation recommendations that address concerns going forward.
- Provides leadership for cyber team including setting standards, identifying emerging threats, mentoring team on how to mitigate risks, and collaborating with business and IT resources.
- Promotes strategic comprehensive planning by identifying advocating for security solutions or practices that substantially reduce the cyber risk of organization.
- Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree Information Technology Preferred
- Certification Relevant information security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or GIAC) or the ability to gain a certification within 6 months of hire. Required
Required Experience
- 8 years of experience in information technology or technology risk management related work experience.
- Solid understanding and experience with security development lifecycle (SDL) processes for internally developed applications, including the web-based and Internet facing components.
- Solid knowledge and experience with IT security aspects of operating systems, Active Directory, database (SQL) access, LDAP, Microsoft SharePoint, web server configurations, networks server administration, data networking, firewall administration and/or applications development.
- Experience working in a regulated industry and be familiar with government and industry regulations that involve information security. These include PCI, FISMA, GLBA, FERPA, NERC CIP, HIPAA, or SOX.
- Experience managing security related projects involving multiple teams, utilizing project management tools (task allocation, check point meetings, project milestones, etc.).
Key Skills
- Access Control Management • Application Security • Cloud Networking • Cybersecurity Risk Management • DevSecOps • Identity and Access Management (IAM) • Incident Management • Incident Response • Information Security Management • IT Risk Management • Intrusion Detection • IT Security Management • Network Penetration Testing • Network Security Management • Security Architecture Design • Security Governance • Threat Modeling • Vulnerability Management
It’s not just what we do; it’s how we do it.
Live Safety. Everyone. Always | Make Things Better | Care For Others | Do The Right Thing | Act For Tomorrow | Think Beyond. Be Bold
Tax Accountant I
At Alliant Energy, our employees make a difference by delivering an essential service to our customers and communities every day! We are currently looking for a Tax Accountant to join our growing tax department. In this position you will assist in the preparation and analysis of tax records and reports including federal and state income tax, sales and use tax and property tax. The position will also be responsible for the preparation of monthly and quarterly journal entries to record the accounting for income taxes in the monthly and quarterly financial statements.
At Alliant Energy, we invest in our employees so they can grow, develop new skills and be prepared for new opportunities. Apply today!
This is a hybrid-remote position reporting to the Madison, WI office. Candidates must reside in Wisconsin.
Responsibilities:
- Using established procedures and methodologies aids in the preparation of tax records, returns, reports, and other regulated materials.
- Under close supervision, analyzes, and reviews tax records and reports.
- Following standard practices and procedures prepares source input, parameter tables, and other details of the tax accounting system, tax reports and other accounting related reports.
- Applies limited judgment and discretion when making recommendations for tax accounting adjustments, procedural changes and compliance with company procedures and various federal, state and local regulations in all areas.
- Under instruction of manager, researches issues related to application of generally accepted accounting principles and regulatory accounting requirements as applied to presentation of utility tax information.
- Performs miscellaneous tasks which require a fundamental understanding of tax rules and regulations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in Accounting.
- Master’s degree or progress towards Master’s in Tax or Accounting.
- CPA or CPA eligible.
- Knowledge of common accounting software applications preferred
- Understanding of tax depreciation methods and lives; ability to reconcile book/tax basis differences
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of common accounting software applications preferred.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
- Understanding of tax depreciation methods and lives; ability to reconcile book/tax basis differences.
- Ability to work in a diverse work environment.
Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you’re looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we’re the right company for you.