As a Compliance Lead Vice President, you will be responsible for providing regulatory compliance guidance and supporting the Commodities line of businesses, including Physical and Financial Gas Trading, Gas Scheduling, Physical and Financial Power Trading, Environmental & Emissions and Oil Trading. You will also work closely with other lines of business across the firm on cross-product initiatives. In addition, you will partner with other Compliance and Legal teams on assessing and measuring compliance and related risks and developing common standards and practices.
Job Responsibilities
- Identify and manage compliance and conduct risk related to trading of physical commodities financial OTC derivatives, and listed futures
- Review new and amended business initiatives for compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Perform compliance reviews and risk assessments, advice on development and implementation of enhanced controls.
- Develop and conduct ad hoc, ongoing, and annual training.
- Establish and maintain open and effective relationships with regulators including the FERC, ISOs, CFTC, exchanges, and other regulators.
- Assist in preparing information and responses to regulatory examinations, investigations, inquiries, and data and information requests.
- Participate in relevant industry association committees and initiatives.
- Attend business meetings and control forums.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in drafting compliance policies, bulletins, and manuals.
- Experience with FERC regulated gas or power trading markets,.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels both verbally and in writing.
- Capable of operating comfortably within a complex organizational structure.
- Excellent business judgment and problem-solving skills.
- Self-starter with the aptitude to initiate action, adapt to change, make difficult decisions, and accept challenging assignments.
- Work effectively both in a team environment and independently.
- Manage complex tasks simultaneously in a deadline-intensive, dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- FERC Form 552, FERC EQR Reporting, FERC Interlocking Directorate Reporting
- Preparation, or review, of Hedge exemptions on Exchange position limits
- Experience with FERC Affiliate Rules and Standards of Conduct.
- Preparing of responses to regulator inquiries from Exchanges, FERC, ISOs or IMMs
- Experience with a law firm, regulator, investment bank, broker, or market participant.