Job Summary
Responsible for ensuring compliance commitment for Gas and Hydro Engineering and Operations, across all Avangrid Gas Companies.
Work close to the business and create the bridge internally with Regulatory, Legal and Compliance staff, and also be the person of contact to Regulatory Agencies.
Identify new and revised regulatory guidance; create paths of communication to business units. Ensure business areas as assigned have implemented regulatory requirements, by collecting evidence that demonstrate that process, operations, trainings, policies, and procedures have been updated. Provide subject matter expertise and guidance for business areas as it relates to day-to-day needs, including but not limited to, implementations, and corrective action plans.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the Compliance team activities and report to leadership
- Assign individual tasks and works with direct manager to establish team goals
- Identify new and revised regulatory rules and creates paths of communication to the business
- Report and advises on proposed changes on Federal or State regulations.
- Provide subject matter expertise and guidance for the business as it relates to Operational Compliance
- Manage projects as needed in partnership with the business
- Ensure that business areas understand and address all actionable compliance directives and provide proof of implementation to the Compliance team.
- Validate action plans proposed by the business areas to ensure risk mitigation and challenge it when not appropriate.
- Create action plans targeting violation reductions, including driving proactive changes to SOP's impacting compliance and work with respective leaders to influence action planning and implementation with a continuous improvement mindset
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with company guidelines and industry standards
- Assign and coordinate responses to regulatory requests on a timely filing and accurate manner
- Establish bridge and communication channels with different stakeholders, including Legal, Regulatory and Compliance staff
- Coordinate the development and deployment of proactive self-assessments for compliance risks identification
- Act as liaison during Regulatory Audits or Field Visits/Inspections
- Participate on recurrent proactive meetings with Regulatory Agencies
- Provide updates reporting to all leadership with potential impacts to Gas Business
- Monitor and escalates risks to Senior Leadership
- Define controls, documentation, and assessment of its effectiveness
- Participate in incident investigations in partnership with the business, Legal, Regulatory and Compliance staff
Skills and Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to lead teams and work in a team environment
- Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations
- Ability to assist and develop employees.
- Ability to work in cross functional environmental
- Understanding of Natural Gas Industry
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Public presentation skills and ability to summarize concepts presented accordingly
- Results oriented
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years total professional experience
- MBA preferred
- Experience with Performance Operational/Metrics
- Experience with reporting and tracking deadlines when working across different departments
Competencies
- Develop Self & Others
- Empower to grow
- Collaborate and Share
- Be a role model
- Focus to achieve results
- Be agile
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country
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