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CenterPoint Energy · 1 day ago

Lead Analyst, Enterprise Compliance

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

CenterPoint Energy is a long-established utility company committed to delivering electricity and natural gas safely and reliably. The Lead Enterprise Compliance Analyst will implement an enterprise-wide governance framework and oversee compliance functions, ensuring adherence to regulations and effective policy management.

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Responsibilities

Develop and provide framework and standards to implement an effective Enterprise Policy Management Program

Support business unit leaders throughout the policy development, implementation and the review process

Maintain the Enterprise Policy Center page on the company intranet site

Regularly reviews policy program processes for effectiveness, implements improvements as needed and coordinates formal reviews

Works with policy owners to create communication plans to highlight policy changes

Works with Policy owners to ensure employees are trained on policy (as needed)

Interpret and apply applicable federal and state regulations, agreements, policies and procedures

Understand, and abide by the identified enterprise elements of compliance for the company

Stay current on industry trends and business issues

Work with or may lead task teams, committees or industry projects

Ability to create, analyze and develop reports within various company systems such as SAP to verify compliance during compliance incident investigations

Work with internal analytics teams to develop dashboards to highlight various compliance concerns, issues and trends

Perform internal compliance assessments and investigations addressing compliance stakeholder needs

Engage in the risk methodology process, working closely with subject matter experts to map processes and clearly document objectives, risk to achieving objectives, internal controls, and opportunities for improvement

Assist in developing and preparing employee training materials regarding enterprise compliance

Perform sometimes complex research of various regulations and utility industry practices

Develop industry specific knowledge, skills and a thorough understanding of compliance requirements

Develop documentation including business cases, performance metrics, status reports

Analyze and identify trends in compliance obligation data

Perform root cause analysis for issues/risks related to compliance

Support various legal department initiatives as requested

Create and maintain internal lists sometimes requiring creation of Excel based spreadsheets

May serve as project lead or task force member on medium to large projects and/or issues

Interprets and explains information to audiences who are not familiar with the subject matter, often requiring persuasion

Review and recommend solutions to issues that involve a number of possible alternatives which may not be clearly defined

Exercise discretion on complex problems including providing guidance to other team members and interpreting application of complex to highly complex approaches/policies/procedures

Collaborate with stakeholders including but not limited to Operational compliance, Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management and Regulatory

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Enterprise ComplianceRisk ManagementData AnalysisSAPExcel SpreadsheetsPolicy DevelopmentCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem SolvingOrganizational Skills

Required

Able to lead teams to solve significant problems/issues including clarify/interpreting/analyzing complex information and developing recommendations for management consideration

Able to resolve complex issues that require sophisticated analytical or problem-solving techniques to identify cause

Collaborates with management to identify and pursue opportunities for innovation

Able to provide professional input to complex assignments/projects as well as direction to more junior professionals

Able to adapt to change, and sometimes competing priorities

Able to use personal computer software and programs proficiently (e.g., Microsoft office, SAP) experience with other company systems such as mobile data and Iris are a plus

Able to demonstrate working knowledge of Excel, and creating sometimes complex spreadsheets including tasks such as creating pivot tables, and developing formulas

Able to effectively communicate with stakeholders both written and verbal

Able to demonstrate a working knowledge of risk management

Able to prioritize and schedule tasks, pay attention to detail, and demonstrate good organizational skills

Able to work and participate successfully in a team environment to accomplish assignments

Able to work well with both technical and non-technical personnel to gather and exchange information, resolve issues, plan activities and meet or exceed objectives

Able to proactively follow up on action items and outstanding tasks

Able to solve problems and make informed decisions, using knowledge, logic and good judgement

Bachelor's degree in business, risk management, engineering, finance or related field is required

A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in areas such as gas and/or electric operations, safety, SMS, engineering, regulatory, legal, risk management or related fields is required

Preferred

Master's Degree, Paralegal Certificate, Lean Certification and Project management certificate are all a plus

Experience in building new processes, procedures and/or functions is a plus

Specific knowledge in one or more aspects of the utility industry such as operations regulations, operating standards, procedure writing, or process improvement, is a plus

Experience with data analysis/data analytics is a plus