Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Compliance & Risk Consultant, Expert

LocationOakland, CA
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job


Requisition ID # 165167

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance


Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Gen Counsel, Ethics, Risk & Compliance


Work Type: Hybrid


Job Location: Oakland


Department Overview

The employees of the Enterprise NERC Compliance (ENC) team ensure the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers acting as the central compliance

organization for PG&E’s NERC Compliance program. ENC supports the reliability of PG&E's Bulk Power System (BPS) by promoting and assisting with adherence to NERC Standards.

ENC’s vision is to meet the challenges of today’s complex energy landscape by fostering a healthy and transparent compliance culture, embracing agility, looking forward and modernizing process engineering. ENC’s mission is to promote a perpetual state of compliance by creating a modern, high performance compliance organization focused on cross-functional partnerships and centralized oversight. ENC partners with functional areas across the company that are responsible for implementation of NERC standards providing guidance, oversight and expertise.

NERC Operations & Planning (O&P) Standards
NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards `


Position Summary

The Expert, NERC Compliance & Risk Consultant supports and monitors the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Enterprise NERC Program. This position will have a focus on the NERC CIP Compliance but experience with O&P would also be helpful. This position partners with Subject Matter Experts (SME), Requirement/Risk owners, and business SMEs and leadership to oversee compliance, internal controls, and metrics to hold the assigned owners accountable for compliance.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.


A reasonable salary range is:


Bay Area Minimum: $118,000


Bay Area Maximum: $188,000


Job Responsibilities

Provides expertise to leadership and cross-functional teams regarding development, implementation, and monitoring of NERC compliance, internal controls and mitigation plans.
Develops compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate.
May lead company response to regulatory data requests, investigations, audits, and other inquiries.
Regularly updates leadership on changes to requirements/standards, metrics, program effectiveness, and opportunities for improvement.
Lead issue investigations, cause evaluation exercises and develop corrective actions to remediate and mitigate compliance issues.
May act as team lead but does not have any direct reports.
Complete assigned projects, tasks or support activities outlined in the team’s annual work plan based on program priorities and compliance risk.
Develop and analyze business processes in order to identify, design or improve internal controls including knowledge assess design and operating effectiveness of internal controls.
Develop partnerships with functional area compliance teams to ensure consistency of compliance approach and promote an effective compliance culture.
Expert level knowledge of assigned area of business including NERC processes and procedures
Strong problem solving, project management, and change management skills
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


Qualifications


Minimum:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Experience in Electric Utility, 7+ years in operations, engineering and/or compliance


Desired:

Master’s Degree or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Knowledge of Federal regulatory requirements such as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
Experience external regulatory audits
Experience in process development
Grid Operator Experience
Experience performing compliance assessments or investigations of issues
In depth knowledge of Compliance Management Framework and internal controls.

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