Title: Compliance Consultant, Senior
Location: Hybrid, will be required in the office, (Oakland or Sacramento)- 3 days onsite & 2 remote a week
Duration: 6 months
Top Things Looking For:
- Engineering background preferred with a utility, regulatory compliance, policy implementation, cross-functional collaboration, data analysis, and program management. NERC experience preferred.
Position Summary
- The Regulatory Analyst supports policy scanning, requirements management, and strategic planning activities within the client's Electric Compliance organization.
- This role conducts research and analysis of regulatory developments, maintains compliance documentation and tracking tools, and partners with cross-functional teams to translate external and internal requirements into clear business processes.
- The position also helps strengthen compliance infrastructure by supporting process improvement, reporting, and implementation efforts that promote safety, reliability, and operational readiness.
Responsibilities:
- Support policy scanning, requirements management, and cross-functional projects that strengthen Electric Compliance processes and infrastructure.
- Research and analyze regulatory developments, emerging requirements, and industry trends that may affect Electric Compliance programs and operations.
- Maintain compliance documentation, guidance materials, requirement inventories, and tracking tools to support implementation, audits, investigations, and regulatory inquiries.
- Assist with analyzing current compliance processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and supporting updates to procedures, controls, and metrics.
- Support requirements mapping and documentation updates to improve alignment between regulatory obligations, internal processes, and operational practices.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Engineering, Law, and Regulatory Affairs, to gather information, provide compliance support, and assist with implementation activities.
- Help prepare reports, dashboards, presentations, filings, and response materials used for compliance tracking, leadership updates, and regulatory requests.
- Monitor compliance metrics, validation activities, action items, and follow-up tasks to support timely execution and continuous improvement.
- Provide day-to-day support and guidance to stakeholders on compliance processes, documentation needs, and open items as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, public policy, finance, engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent utility industry experience.
- Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant work experience in regulatory, compliance, policy, utility, risk, or analytical roles.
- Strong familiarity with compliance processes, documentation, and regulatory analysis in a corporate or utility environment.
- Strong research, analytical, and information-gathering skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and deliver quality work.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize complex information clearly for different audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively across functions and build effective working relationships with stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
- NERC Experience Preferred
- Experience supporting process improvement, controls, metrics, or implementation efforts in a compliance or operations environment.
- Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to support reporting, documentation, and analysis.
- Experience in the utility industry, utility operations, or electric operations is preferred.
- Educational background or coursework in electrical engineering is preferred.
- Experience with benchmarking, risk assessment, or evaluating operational efficiency is a plus.
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