Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Senior - Flexible Location

The Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Senior assists/monitors the compliance and/or risk management framework & tools that enable the organization and employees to conduct business in compliance with NERC applicable standards, laws & regulations, and/or to identify, manage, and mitigate operational risk.

Requirements

• Leads the team in developing controls and mitigation plans and ensures they are implemented and effective.
• Performs and oversees compliance and control testing, audits (including WECC/FERC), or other validation processes and analyzes risk or compliance metrics.
• May respond to regulatory data requests, investigations, audits, and other inquiries.
• Identifies new/changing requirements or standards and ensures programs and tools are updated accordingly.
• Verifies reports, audits documentation, and validates content in database / risk register.
• Participates in or may lead root cause analysis exercises.
• Supports ongoing mitigation plans filed with the Regional Entity (Western Electric Coordinating Council [WECC]); assists Electric Engineering business units on the development of mitigation plans.
• Identifies opportunities for new internal controls; helps build additional internal controls; assists controls verification team on development and implementation of test plans, incorporating any findings into improvements in NERC compliance.
• Supports investigations into compliance issues with NERC--with a focus on O&P standard family; assists in strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO; provides input into FERC/NERC policy as it pertains to development of new and/or revised NERC Reliability Standards.
• Assists with compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate; supports development of compliance narratives and RSAW documentation.
• Assists with annual gap analysis; identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan