Specialist, Regulatory Economics

at  CPKC

Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) are now CPKC. As the only truly North American railway, we are making big moves! Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Be a part of history as we connect a continent and create exciting career opportunities across our new transnational network. Visit cpkcr.com to learn about the CPKC advantage, our purpose and culture.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Drive value for the company by developing, maintaining and modeling within a first-in-class regulatory costing system to protect company earnings, predict outcomes and drive strategy
• Experience creating and managing large data models, with an emphasis on automating and streamlining for greater efficiency.
• Develop and project manage regular submissions of costing data to regulatory agencies, as required under the regulations
• Develop and maintain forecasts of costs, regulatory price indices, and other regulatory economic indicators
• Analyze the company’s rates and services against the requirements of regulations in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and provide strategic guidance to the business to support commercial negotiations
• Assist the Legal department in defending the company in regulatory proceedings by developing evidence and arguments and work with Operations and Marketing to understand the traffic at issue
• Coordinate cross-functional projects with other teams to address new business issues and improve the company’s performance under the regulatory environment

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• University degree in Business, Finance or Economics is preferred, or a related field (financial designation not required)
• Must possess a minimum of 4 years’ experience in an Economics, Finance or Regulatory Analysis or related field
• Demonstrated experience in building and improving data and economic/finance-based models. Must have experience with databases and data modeling tools like MS Excel, Power Pivot/Power BI and/or other programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An ability to explain complex matters in a simple manner
• Demonstrated knowledge of accounting principles is desirable
• Can work effectively as part of a team and independently with minimal direction
• Demonstrate a strong capability for logical reasoning, combining numerical information with other information to arrive at a reasonable decision
• Willingness to engage in constructive conflict in an open and honest manner
• Eager to expand the capabilities and scope of the role by investigating opportunities and tool improvements and development

This role is a key contributor to the Regulatory Economics team, to ensure that it achieves its mandate of improving corporate earnings and reducing business risk through the following activities:

• Optimize company results by assisting the business to apply an effective understanding of the regulations
• Develop economic information reports to regulatory agencies
• Calculate cost-of-service estimates for CPKC traffic, using regulatory methodology prescribed by the Agency
• Provide regulatory guidance to stakeholders, such as Legal, Marketing and Sales, and Executives