Expert Risk & Compliance Analyst

Requisition ID# 133843

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Shared Services

Job Location: Oakland; San Francisco

Department Overview

The Shared Services Business Operations team delivers a broad range of expertise and services to drive integrated, cross-organizational solutions for the departments we support. By providing strategic counsel and program governance, the team helps the organization balance operational strategy, risk, compliance, and continuous improvement. We aspire to build leading programs that enable the departments we support and PG&E to thrive in their operations.

Position Summary

This position will manage and help to provide assurance over assigned departments' compliance programs, procedures and systems. The successful candidate will act in a consultative capacity as a business partner and compliance and controls expert to Director-level organizations. This position is responsible for understanding the business environment and associated compliance requirements of the assigned business unit(s), identifying and assessing organizational compliance requirements, helping requirement owners develop controls and metrics, evaluating controls for design and operating effectiveness and providing recommendations to strengthen control environment, 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 protocols. This position supports an infrastructure that enables business units, departments and employees to conduct business in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies. Client service and support are a key function of this role.

Job Responsibilities

• Act in a consultative capacity as a business partner and compliance and controls expert to Director-level organizations
• Provide feedback and coach peers and leaders on risk and compliance issues
• Demonstrate advanced understanding of regulatory policy and compliance concepts
• Lead root cause analysis exercises; identify and implement program and process improvement opportunities
• Apply advanced knowledge to help evaluate requirements, monitor compliance, and assist departments to develop effective remediation plans based on root causes
• Provide advice to assigned department(s) to facilitate the design and implementation of effective controls to manage compliance requirements; evaluate alternatives and make recommendations to compliance owners
• Lead work with diverse organizations to confirm ownership and implement/document controls framework, using departmental compliance processes and systems
• Helps develop risk and compliance program framework, guidelines, materials and other items that are used by entire team.
• Helps drive continuous improvement in compliance program; consistently demonstrates innovative new thinking focused on compliance strategy, controls and implementation.
• Regularly update leadership on changes to requirements/standards, metrics, program effectiveness, and opportunities for improvement
• Identify and evaluate compliance risks and facilitates the mitigation of identified risks
• Develop and evaluate test plans for control design and operating effectiveness
• Facilitates the assigned business unit to develop and analyze metrics related to compliance
• Develop and maintain documentation of compliance processes including complex as is and to be process maps for risk and compliance processes and complex controls frameworks
• Assure alignment to Enterprise compliance and ethics, records management and risk management programs
• Use proper analytical techniques to breakdown and solve complex problems

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• 7 years experience in risk management, or related

Desired:

• Masters Degree or equivalent experience
• CCEP-Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional certification
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Knowledge Skills, Abilities

Desired:

• Experience in quality assurance, managing compliance/risk programs or controls
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply internal control concepts and/or risk analysis & assessment
• Strong problem solving, project management, and change management skills
• Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions / make recommendations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate complex data effectively
• Able to develop, document and implement effective regulatory/compliance remediation plans and risk mitigation strategies
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to partner effectively and influence internal clients including Managers, Directors and VPs
• Knowledge of regulatory process
• Works independently with guidance on only the most complex issues