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Department:
1112 GRU - Production Assurance Support
Salary Range Minimum:
$60,408.16
Salary Range Maximum:
$92,026.18
Closing Date:
09/12/2025
Job Details:
Join Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) as a Senior Analyst supporting our Energy Supply – Production Assurance team. This role is ideal for an analytical professional with a passion for problem-solving, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
The Senior Analyst will evaluate maintenance and outage-related data, generate reports, and provide actionable insights to improve operations. Candidates with backgrounds in engineering, finance, or related fields are encouraged to apply. Experience with data analysis, reporting tools, and capital project or maintenance environments is highly valued. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and related applications is essential.
Key responsibilities include analyzing budget data, supporting budget projections, and identifying opportunities for cost control and efficiency improvements. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to translate complex data into practical insights, helping leadership strengthen operational reliability.
Positions allocated to this class report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from other classes by the technical and independent nature of the research and analysis required.
Job Description:

SUMMARY

Professional mid-level work performing analytical activities of significant complexity that require independent and critical thought and problem definition and solution analysis and may require the review of work or direction of lower level Analysts.
Positions allocated to this class report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from other classes by the technical and independent nature of the research and analysis required.

EXAMPLES OF WORK**

** This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job. Performance of lower level duties may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Below are the required education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, public administration, finance, accounting or a related field as required by the hiring department, and three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in financial, operational, fuels or marketing analysis, or seven (7) years of progressively responsible related analytical experience (with no degree), or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Depending on area of assignment:
Thorough knowledge of financial, statistical, economic, utility, fuels or marketing analysis, techniques and modeling and the ability to apply knowledge in preparing studies and forecasts.
Thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting and financial principles and practices.
Working knowledge of computers and relevant software and ability to apply knowledge in performing computations and analyses.
Thorough knowledge of governmental or utility budget, audit and accounting procedures.
Ability to keep records and prepare reports.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Ability to work effectively with elected officials, charter officers, department heads, representatives of other agencies, other City employees, and the general public.
Thorough knowledge of organizational structure, functions, operations, objectives, and goals of municipal government or utilities.
Thorough knowledge of laws, ordinances, regulations and statues which govern local government or utility functions.
Ability to develop long-term plans and programs and to evaluate work and accomplishments.
Ability to collate, analyze, and creatively interpret data and trends in order to make recommendations for products and services.
Ability to make effective presentations in group or individual settings.
Thorough knowledge of organization structure, functions, internal relationships, and interactions with other levels of organization.
Thorough knowledge of office procedures and practices, business English, spelling, and commercial arithmetic.

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must possess certain physical abilities and be able to withstand work related environmental conditions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to sit for prolonged periods of time.

Please refer the Job description for details