Principal Risk & Compliance Analyst

Requisition ID# 168551

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Gen Counsel, Ethics, Risk & Compliance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Compliance Strategy and Governance (CSG) department in Enterprise Risk and Compliance sets and manages the compliance management standards and framework for the company. The CSG team acts in a consultative capacity as a business partner and compliance expert for the enterprise. This includes providing governance, oversight, and tools to enable PG&E departments and coworkers to conduct business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and to effectively manage compliance risk.

Major activities of the CSG team include: strategic program development, establishing compliance-specific policies and standards, support for all Functional Areas, enterprise-level IT tool ownership, oversight and validation, and enterprise governance and reporting. The department also partners with the Ethics team, who promote a culture where employees are enabled and inspired to act with integrity, speak up to raise concerns, and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements.

position Summary

The Principal Risk & Compliance Analyst will focus on the development and oversight of enterprise compliance activities designed to increase the maturity of compliance programs and performance across PG&E, including in cross-organizational work areas.

The role will be responsible for:

• Managing and helping to provide assurance over enterprise Compliance programs, procedures and systems;
• Acting in a consultative capacity as a business partner and Risk and Compliance expert to Functional Areas;
• Understanding the general business environment and associated risks and compliance requirements of the enterprise;
• Supporting Functional Area efforts to identify and assess organizational compliance requirements and risks;
• Developing controls and metrics and evaluate for effectiveness, evaluating control deficiencies, supporting the design of mitigating activities, and helping to facilitate and publish policies and standards, in line with compliance objectives and/or established risk management protocols;
• Supporting a governance structure that enables Functional Areas and coworkers: (1) to conduct business in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies; and (2) identify, manage and mitigate compliance risks that can affect the business; and
• Acting as an advocate for and helping train and engage coworkers about risk and compliance to ensure an understanding of compliance program guidance.

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

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of thejob posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, and geographic location.The decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors.This job is also eligible to participate inPG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A Reasonable Salary Range:

Bay Area – $132,000-$196,900

Job Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance, coaching, and hands-on support to Functional Areas to strengthen and mature compliance programs;
• Develop innovative tools and solutions to support/improve compliance programs and enterprise-wide initiatives;
• Drive coordinated work on key compliance areas, and work hands-on with Functional Area leaders to improve compliance performance and program elements;
• Provide guidance on the company’s management of cross-functional (shared) compliance obligations;
• Assess Functional Area compliance programs;
• Perform compliance validation activities and testing controls for design and operating effectiveness;
• Evaluate and analyze regulatory requirement and internal commitment challenges to determine extent of condition and remediation efforts;
• Examine alternate solutions to compliance challenges and effectively troubleshooting various problems;
• Develop and present program challenges and program improvement recommendations to directors and officers;
• Foster and maintain relationships with internal and external peers for benchmarking, analyzing trends, identifying best practices, and proactively planning for challenges and risks;

• Lead continuous improvement in the Enterprise Compliance Program;
• Develop risk and compliance program strategies, templates, and enterprise-wide expectations;
• Works independently with minimal guidance on complex risk and compliance issues with critical impact to ERC and PG&E;
• Participate in established risk and compliance management forums;
• Develops and coordinates preparation of presentation materials for various levels of management up to and including senior vice president;
• Supports integrated planning deliverables related to enterprise compliance;
• Works autonomously with all levels of leadership (up to and including senior vice president) across functions to influence decisions around risk and compliance issues;
• Leads and develops materials for training and educating coworkers about compliance management principles; and
• Assist with other compliance-related projects and activities as directed.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in in any of Business, Economics, Management, Risk and Compliance, Accounting, Finance, or related discipline or equivalent experience
• Ten (10) or more years of experience in risk or compliance management, utility operations or related field

Desired

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics or comparable quantitative field or equivalent related work experience
• Utility, energy, or regulatory industry experience
• Knowledge of the utility or energy industry drivers, issues, and trends
• Analytical problem solving and decision-making skills to develop comprehensive solutions
• Demonstrated ability to influence across a diverse set of stakeholders
• Creative and innovative solution-based thinking to implement new programs/processes or organizational improvements
• Knowledge of change management and process improvement principles, concepts and practices
• Ability to effectively communicate highly complex data and findings to diverse audiences using a variety of media
• Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional certification, or equivalent