Expert Compliance & Risk Consultant - Location Flexible
About the position The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering--including electrical standards and process safety, electrical design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning--are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers. The Market and Federal Compliance team is part of the Compliance Excellence department within Electric Engineering Compliance, where our vision is that together we create a compliance culture in Electric Engineering and Operations that supports and exceeds safety, reliability, customer, and regulator expectations. The Market and Federal Compliance organization provides functional area compliance oversight, support and monitoring for processes, procedures and controls intended to ensure compliance with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) regulatory requirements, standards, tariffs, and agreements. These compliance areas include: FERC Wholesale Distribution Tariff (WDT) FERC Transmission Owner Tariff FERC T-Line Licensing CAISO Open Access Transmission Tariff CAISO Transmission control Agreement and related CAISO Business Process Manuals and CAISO Maintenance Procedures CAISO Annual Maintenance Review NERC Operations and Planning standards NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards Position Summary The Electric Compliance and Risk Consultant, Expert will partner with Electric Engineering, Planning, and Electric Operations business units and the Enterprise NERC Compliance Office to provide functional area oversight of NERC Planning standards. This oversight specifically includes the following Support ongoing mitigation plans filed with the Regional Entity (Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC)) Partners with Electric Engineering business units on the development of mitigation plans Partners with controls verification team on development and implementation of test plans, incorporating any findings into improvements in NERC compliance Assists with annual gap analysis Supports investigations into compliance issues with NERC--with a focus on O&P standard family Develops compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate Ensures readiness for new or changing NERC requirements Provides strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO Identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation Identifies opportunities for new internal controls Helps build additional internal controls Supports development of compliance narratives and RSAW documentation Provides support during WECC/FERC audits Provides inputs into FERC/NERC policy as it pertains to development of new and/or revised NERC Reliability Standards May provide additional support during CAISO Annual Maintenance Review
Responsibilities
- Support ongoing mitigation plans filed with the Regional Entity (Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC))
- Partners with Electric Engineering business units on the development of mitigation plans
- Partners with controls verification team on development and implementation of test plans, incorporating any findings into improvements in NERC compliance
- Assists with annual gap analysis
- Supports investigations into compliance issues with NERC--with a focus on O&P standard family
- Develops compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate
- Ensures readiness for new or changing NERC requirements
- Provides strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO
- Identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation
- Identifies opportunities for new internal controls
- Helps build additional internal controls
- Supports development of compliance narratives and RSAW documentation
- Provides support during WECC/FERC audits
- Provides inputs into FERC/NERC policy as it pertains to development of new and/or revised NERC Reliability Standards
- May provide additional support during CAISO Annual Maintenance Review
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 7 years of relevant experience
Nice-to-haves
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP)
- Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)
- Leading Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC)
- Experience with Transmission Operations
- Experience with Transmission Planning
- 4 years' experience managing compliance/risk programs or controls
- Broad expertise and knowledge to the regulatory space of utilities
- Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply internal control concepts and/or risk analysis & assessment
- Strong problem solving, project management, and change management skills
- Ability to manipulate data and draw conclusions/make recommendations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate complex data effectively to a variety of audiences including executives
- Ability to influence others in order to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment to act
- Highly flexible, self-directed, and able to adapt well to a rapidly changing environment
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