Lead Tariff Compliance Analyst (Remote) - Folsom, CA, United States

Company Description

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees, and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid or fully remote work capacity,

Relocation assistance is available.

Job Description

Under the general direction of the Manager, accountable for ISO Tariff and FERC regulatory compliance processes. Designs, develops, and implements programs and processes for tariff compliance. Responsible for developing and administering the internal compliance program, specifically as it relates to the ISO Tariff. Responsible for activities related to compliance, including internal controls, training, documentation, verification, monitoring, and reporting. 

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for conducting compliance assessments and investigations in partnership with Legal for all areas of regulatory compliance. Performs quarterly follow-up on corrective actions and communicates results of investigations to regulators, senior leadership, and others on a need-to-know basis.
• Ensures successful maintenance of tariff compliance ownership, risk, and requirements data.  Identifies, develops, and gains approval to implement process improvements that mature the ISO’s tariff compliance posture. 
• Provides input on root-cause analysis, internal controls, and corrective actions. Performs root cause analysis of near miss and potential compliance violations, including potential violations of federal or state laws and regulations, to identify internal control failure points and provides input on effective corrective actions to minimize the risk of recurrence. Identifies trends in order to develop common causes, raise awareness, and highlight training or education opportunities. Communicates findings and recommendations to all levels of the organization, including management. Identifies opportunities to proactively control and mitigate root causes.
• Responsible for performing risk assessments and monitoring controls. Captures and analyzes information to identify key risks and corresponding controls. Documents risk assessment and communicates findings and recommendations to management. Tests and evaluates controls to verify efficiency and effectiveness of operation, reliability of information and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Identifies monitoring and testing issues, presents findings to business partners, proposes corrective actions, works with issue owners to track progress, and validate completed remediation.
• Builds and maintains excellent relationships with business partners and facilitates meetings regarding compliance issues as an objective third party. Tracks activities and follow-up items and takes proactive steps to ensure activities and tasks are complete. 
• Participates in the Compliance Communication Plan. Identifies opportunities to raise awareness of compliance obligations. Delivers training to members of the company on compliance policies and procedures. Develops and deploys engaging events that educate employees and foster a positive perception of compliance activities. Writes educational articles to raise awareness of compliance policies.
• Provides guidance, sets daily work assignment priorities for staff as directed by manager. Identifies staffing needs and mentors, coaches and trains staff to optimize the team. Provides feedback to management regarding staff performance in support of the performance evaluation process. May participate in department hiring activities such as interviewing and providing feedback on candidates' technical qualifications.
• May function as a Department Manager and is accountable to Manager for actions taken in Manager's absence. May be granted additional supervisory authority based on department needs and/or consistent with departmental succession planning.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Business, Legal, Communication, Information Management or related field.

Amount of Experience:

Equivalent years of education and training, plus six (6) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience:

Experience leading investigations, performing root cause analysis, documenting findings, and providing written reports.  Experience with regulatory law and ability to read and understand regulatory requirements.  Experience leading training efforts, managing events, and facilitating meetings. Experience interacting with regulators and senior management desired.  Broad knowledge of energy or utility industry is desirable.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrates fundamental management and leadership skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment as a leader, facilitator and team member.  Ability to provide practical and feasible solutions to problems, keeping multiple conflicting considerations into account. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills required. Excellent analytical skills are required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical materials and concepts in a non-technical manner.  Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work independently. Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite. Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority. Must be able to learn in house root cause analysis and compliance systems, as well as high proficiency with MS Excel.

Additional Information

The pay range for the Lead Tariff Compliance Analyst position is $131,850 - $219,750 annually.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.