Managing Director, Municipal Utility Advisory Practice

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; national travel required based on client and business-development needs.

Salary: $215,950–$409,420 per year, with actual compensation based on experience, qualifications, work arrangements, geographic location, and other relevant factors.

Company

Professional services firm providing advisory, tax, assurance, and consulting services to clients in the United States and global financial centers.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a national growth strategy for the municipal utility advisory practice.
• Expand scalable solutions for utility rates, cost of service, financial planning, capital funding, strategic planning, performance management, and organizational improvement.
• Originate, shape, and lead complex advisory engagements and strategic pursuits.
• Advise utility executives, governing bodies, boards, and regulators on financial and strategic decisions.
• Build executive client relationships, referral networks, strategic partnerships, and market visibility.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a multidisciplinary national utility advisory team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, public administration, business administration, public policy, or a related field.
• At least 15 years of experience serving utilities through consulting, advisory services, utility leadership, public finance, regulatory work, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling a consulting practice, service line, or advisory business.
• Deep expertise in utility rates, cost-of-service analysis, financial modeling, and long-range financial planning.
• Experience advising utility executives and governing bodies, leading multidisciplinary teams, and managing complex advisory engagements.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills; willingness to travel nationally.

Nice to have

• Experience leading a regional or national utility consulting practice.
• Professional network among utility executives, finance leaders, board members, regulators, and industry partners.
• Experience across water, wastewater, stormwater, electric, gas, or public power utilities.
• Experience integrating financial analysis with strategic planning, capital planning, affordability, performance management, or organizational advisory services.
• Graduate degree, relevant professional credential, or involvement in utility-focused professional associations.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, innovative, and client-focused working culture.
• Opportunity to build a nationally scaled utility advisory platform and mentor emerging leaders.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package for eligible employees.
• Opportunity to develop technology-enabled and recurring advisory offerings.