Sr. Utility Rate Analyst

Pay Range: $37.66/hr. - $48.95/hr. | $78,326 - $101,824 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, October 13, 2026📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

The City of Fort Worth Water Utility is seeking a Sr. Utility Rate Analyst to perform a variety of complex financial and operational analyses to shape our water and sewer retail and wholesale rates. In this role, you’ll evaluate historical and projected data, support long-range financial planning, and help ensure our rate structures remain fair, sustainable, and forward-looking.

The ideal candidate will excel at communicating and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including fiscal staff, utility leadership, the FWLab Office, the City Manager’s Office, and both retail and wholesale rate stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for navigating these diverse groups and presenting complex financial information clearly.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in finance, economics, accounting, statistics, engineering, mathematics, information systems, business administration, public administration, or a related field
• Four (4) years of experience in budgeting and finance, dealing with revenue requirement determination, cost allocation, rate design, data analytics, and other areas related to these duties

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and enterprise systems such as PeopleSoft ERP and Euna
• Understanding of M1 industry standards, rate design principles, and cost allocation methods
• Proven experience developing and applying mathematical models, as well as managing and analyzing large datasets in linked spreadsheets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

The Sr. Utility Rate Analyst job responsibilities include:

• Lead water and sewer cost‑of‑service studies
• Develop retail and wholesale rates for water and sewer service, including analyzing revenue requirements and bill impacts and utilizing accepted industry theory to design appropriate rates for all customer classes
• Prepare written cost of service and rate reports for leadership, stakeholders, and customers
• Build revenue estimates, long‑range forecasts, and scenario models
• Analyze and extract complex customer data, trends, and system needs
• Perform statistical analysis to address system needs, support decision-making, and for inclusion in various reports
• Model scenarios to predict impacts of critical business decisions
• Present findings to stakeholder groups and support financial decision‑making
• Develop RFPs and perform additional statistical and data analysis as needed

Apply Now! Join us and help shape the future of Fort Worth’s water utility. 🌟

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.  

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.  Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.