Senior Manager, Regulatory and Market Compliance

Senior Manager, Regulatory and Market Compliance

The role is a member of the Legal and Corporate team and will work closely with the General Counsel and SVP Corporate along with the other legal and compliance professionals.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage the full lifecycle of regulatory and market-participant compliance across our renewable generation portfolio
• Responsible for maintaining and administering the compliance program for 54 renewable assets across multiple ISO/RTO markets (PJM, MISO, SPP, ERCOT, NYISO, and CAISO), FERC, federal agencies, public utility commissions, and energy markets and trading regulations (the “Regulatory Authorities”)
• Comfortable engaging directly with regulators, filing ongoing compliance matters, and executing upon compliance matters related to acquisitions and divestitures
• Reporting. Assess regulatory change impacts on the portfolio and develop implementation plans; support briefing to senior leadership and Board committees on material compliance risks and regulatory developments.
• Compliance Tracking. Design, own and operate the company's consolidated compliance tracker covering all Regulatory Authorities. Maintain a current calendar of recurring filings (daily, monthly, quarterly, annual) and track deadlines and ensure compliance of any internal stakeholders.
• Filings: Prepare, coordinate and submit regulatory and compliance filings.
• Continuous Compliance. Monitoring developments within Regulatory Authorities and incorporating such changes to the Compliance program.
• Post-acquisition integration: one-time and ongoing items covering entity registrations, name changes, asset transfers, change of ownership, permit transfers, account access transitions, and records migration.
• Regulatory Interface. Monitor and respond to FERC, NERC, regional entity, and ISO/RTO requests, deficiency notices, and questions.
• Trading. Ensure compliance in our trading program and transaction conducted by the energy markets and trading team.
• Policies. Maintain and create risk management policies and compliance policies,
• Training. Develop and deliver compliance training to traders, schedulers, operations personnel, asset managers, and senior leadership including FERC/CFTC market-conduct training.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; background in law, engineering, or business is an asset.
• Experience:
• Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible experience in energy regulatory compliance, with at least 2 years in senior individual contributor role.
• Direct hands-on experience with ISO/RTO market participant compliance program in electricity generation is required. Direct experience in PJM and multiple states is preferred. “Working understanding of major North American ISO/RTO market structures and relevant U.S. state and Canadian provincial regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with energy trading compliance is an asset.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication. Effective at building productive relationships with regulators and internal stakeholders
• Tools: Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, and compliance/document management platforms (e.g., GAR, Gensuite, or equivalent). Familiarity with ISO/RTO market portals (PJM eTools, ERCOT MIS, MISO Markets Portal, SPP Marketplace, NYISO MIS, CAISO CIDI/OASIS).
• Other. Detail oriented, process driven, professional, and strong sense of accountability. Bias to proactive identification of gaps.