Expert Consultant, Electric Compliance Strategic Initiatives - Location Flexible

About the role

The Electric Risk & Compliance organization provides governance, oversight, and strategic direction on risk and compliance matters across Electric Operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise policies and external/internal regulatory requirements. It partners cross-functionally to manage compliance requirements, strengthen controls, and enable risk-based oversight through effective monitoring, data, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance, coaching, and hands-on support to Electric sub-functions to strengthen and mature the compliance program and improve performance.
• Develop innovative tools and solutions to support/improve compliance program maturity.
• Assess Electric sub-function compliance programs.
• Perform compliance validation activities and testing controls for design and operating effectiveness.
• Supports the development and implementation of Electric’s Compliance Controls Program by providing expert advisory support to cross-functional partners (operations, engineering, SMEs, compliance support teams) to strengthen controls, evidence capture, process consistency, and develop compliance metrics.
• Maintains a complete and accurate inventory of regulatory requirements, including identifying requirement owners, and mapping requirements to guidance documents, controls, and trainings.
• Performs and oversees analysis of compliance metrics, evidence, and documentation to identify gaps, trends, and areas for improvement.
• Develops and/or supports maintenance of guidance documents, procedures, templates, and job aids that support compliance maturity.
• Identifies new or changing regulatory, operational, or risk concerns that may impact maturity expectations and recommends updates to programs or tools.
• Conducts and supports compliance reviews with Electric sub-function leaders, facilitating compliance assessments and recommending corrective actions aligned to regulatory requirements and risk priorities.
• Prepares and delivers clear, executive-ready reports and briefings on compliance maturity performance, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on compliance program maturity practices, supporting knowledge sharing/benchmarking across the organization.
• Works independently with minimal guidance on complex risk and compliance issues with critical impact.
• Works autonomously with all levels of leadership (up to and including senior vice president) across functions to influence decisions around risk and compliance issues.
• Assist with other compliance-related projects and activities as directed.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience
• Seven years of relevant working experience
• Desired: Master’s degree in engineering, economics, business administration or job-related field
• Electrical engineer with experience in the utility industry to support technical interpretations and implementation of new compliance requirements
• Professional Engineer (P.E.)
• Direct experience in utility compliance, operations or related programs
• Demonstrated experience performing or overseeing compliance monitoring, documentation validation, audits, or evidence-based assessments
• Advanced knowledge of California and federal regulatory requirements and electric utility compliance practices
• Strong problem-solving, project/change management, and communication skills
• Deep knowledge of utility regulatory frameworks (e.g., CPUC, FERC, NERC, WECC) and how they inform enterprise compliance strategy
• Proven ability to design and lead implementation of compliance governance models that drive operational alignment and accountability
• Strong understanding of utility operations and asset management, with the ability to translate regulatory expectations into field-executable strategy
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional, high-impact initiatives through risk-based planning, change leadership, and strategic execution
• Executive communication skills and presence, with experience delivering high-impact presentations and updates to senior leadership and external stakeholders
• Proficiency in compliance systems, reporting tools, and analytics platforms (e.g., GRC, SAP, Power BI) to support insight-driven decision-making
• Ability to influence others to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment to act
• Highly flexible, self-directed, and able to adapt well to a rapidly changing environment