Manager, Regulatory Affairs

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Manager, Regulatory Affairs

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POSITION SUMMARY

The Manager, Regulatory Affairs is a key position for the company that will oversee regulatory reporting and regulatory filings. The Manager, Regulatory Affairs, is the subject matter expert for all questions related to compliance with these telecommunications regulatory obligations. The Manager, Regulatory Affairs ensures that policies, procedures and operating guidelines conform to laws, regulations, corporate policies and telecommunications practices. Areas of responsibility include FCC filings and RCA filings, and federal/state program management. The Manager, Regulatory Affairs will be the point of responsibility for all regulatory compliance filings.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead and develop the Regulatory Affairs team, to include providing work assignments and direction/assistance, mentoring/coaching, skills & competencies development, recruiting, performance management.
• Advising business groups such as product management and sales teams on how to structure transactions to be in compliance with various regulations.
• Manage the collection, compilation, preparation and filing of a wide variety of regulatory compliance reports.
• Manage responses to various governmental inquiries, and informal and formal complaints lodged with the state and federal telecommunications regulators and the state Attorney General’s office.
• Represent the company and its interests in various regulatory public meetings and workshops.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with government, regulators, utilities and market participants.
• Identify regulatory changes and mitigate risk. Understand regulatory changes and ensure company systems and processes are updated with the changes.
• Coordinate with business groups such as billing, product management, marketing, and customer service to develop and implement new and modified tariffs; regulatory drafts and files aforementioned new or modified tariffs.
• Proactively prepare for product, market, and network changes.
• Ensure adequate resource allocation to deliver results that directly impact performance.
• Manage external regulatory consultants to supplement the completion of certain regulatory filings.
• Monitor and evaluate the financial and strategic impacts of regulatory developments, trends and new precedents, and share developments with others in the broader organization.
• Lead cross functional teams to implement regulatory changes with substantial complexity, with diverse scope and impact.
• Direct the development of financial and accounting data required for all regulatory budgeting and filings. Coordinate the review of data requests, comments and briefs relating to such filings.
• Manage network outage reporting program.
• Ensure all necessary telecommunications licenses are obtained and renewed.
• Develop budgets for the accountable revenue and expense streams. For key revenue streams create multi-year strategic forecasting based on changes in regulation. Provide variance analysis and reforecast as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Economics. Equivalent experience may be substituted for education requirement on a year for year basis.
• Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible regulatory, tariff, or contracts experience in telecommunications or another regulated industry.
• Preferred: Supervisory and/or staff management experience.
• Computer Skills: Exceptional general personal computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Visio.
• Preferred Other Requirements: Expertise in key business process skills, such as process analysis, data manipulation and interrogation/analysis skills.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

About Us

For more than 120 years, our team has served Alaskans with critical telecommunication services. As technology becomes increasingly woven into our lives, we’re focused on delivering world-class connectivity solutions to our customers, from family homes to statewide enterprises.

Exciting challenges are in front of us. We’re actively building Alaska’s fastest internet with fiber to the home. In rural Alaska, we’re building a state-of-the-art network to bridge the digital divide for communities that have gone unserved for too long.