Utilities Analyst

Property investment and development company is looking for a Utilities Analyst to provide specialist support to ensure that utility recovery ratios are accurate and optimised and to take responsibility for billing, query, financial, operational and supplier management in relation to all utilities.

**Responsibilities**:

- To review recovery ratios ensuring that ratios are maintained and optimised where possible
- Critically analyze monthly council and tenant electricity, water and waste data to highlight potential issues and discrepancies
- Monthly utility management performance reporting for each property flagging potential issues with service providers and internal stakeholders
- To ensure the optimal and accurate recovery tariff allocation in line with the Company's agreed billing methodologies.
- To review the accurate allocation of supply, metering and expenses to consumers and ensure all consumption is accounted for and recovered
- Identify and investigate potential anomalies from utilities data, and escalate resolutions to minimize negative impact on tenants and the business
- Monitor unusual consumption and investigate/mitigate in collaboration with service providers
- Validate Council bills to ensure properties are correctly metered and correct tariffs applied
- To ensure all tenant, billing, municipality, and technical queries are addressed timeously.

**Requirements**:

- Min Qualification: BCom Degree or Bachelors Degree/ Diploma in mechanical or electrical engineering
- 2+ Years Relevant Working Experience in Engineering Services, Utilities Management and/or
- Billing
- Must have data analysis understanding and must be able to present findings to management
- Knowledge of Electricity, water, and waste management principles
- Knowledge and understanding of Solar PV systems
- Metering and verification principles
- Understanding of electrical and water supplies in buildings
- Basic understanding of finances (budgets, understand municipal bills, ability to interpreting
- data)
- Understanding of Utility management (especially within the context of recovery of utilities within multi-tenanted properties)
- Understanding of municipal Bylaws with respect to Utilities billing and/or Tariff structures advantageous

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent