The Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Principal leads compliance and risk management frameworks to ensure business operations align with NERC standards, laws, and regulations. The role collaborates with various business units and the Enterprise NERC Compliance Office to guide mitigation planning, risk-based decisions, and policy strategy across WECC, FERC, and CAISO. The selected candidate must live within PG&E's service territory and will work in the office 2-3 days/week.
Requirements
- Anticipates issues and develops innovative solutions to enhance controls and mitigate risks.
- Anticipates changes in the regulatory environment or other developments which may impact compliance or risk management and takes action to prepare the organization.
- Acts as consultant to internal and/or external groups in order to benchmark company performance and promote knowledge of compliance and risk management best practices.
- Challenges business decisions and present risk mitigation alternatives, as appropriate.
- Updates senior leadership on status of compliance / risk management programs and partners with leaders across the organization to strengthen organization-wide effectiveness.
- Participates in risk management forums at the enterprise level.
- May act as team lead but does not have any direct reports.
- Leads ongoing mitigation plans filed with the Regional Entity (Western Electric Coordinating Council [WECC]); leads Partnership with Electric Engineering and asset management 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; identifies opportunities for new internal controls; helps build additional internal controls.
- Leads investigations into compliance issues with NERC--with a focus on O&P standard family; leads development of compliance narratives and RSAW documentation; leads WECC/FERC audits; provides input into FERC/NERC policy as it pertains to development of new and/or revised NERC Reliability Standards.
- Develops and leads compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate; provides strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO.
- Leads annual gap analysis; identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation.
- Develops, monitors, analyzes, and reports on business KPIs and indicators, that may affect the Company’s ability to meet its goals.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Four Day Work Week
