What are the responsibilities and job description for the Asset Manager, Compliance position at Cubico Sustainable Investments?
Description
The Compliance Manager has overall responsibility and accountability for ensuring compliance for Cubico’s US operating asset portfolio. Key activities include management of operation & maintenance and regulatory contractors, financial management of such engagements, and reporting and directly managing the regulatory aspects of Cubico’s operational portfolio to achieve industry best levels of regulatory compliance.
The candidate should have experience in developing and managing a compliance program for renewable energy projects with a deep knowledge of the regulations of the US power market (FERC, NERC, SERC, CAISO, MISO, ERCOT etc).
Key Responsibilities
- Lead compliance activities to ensure compliance with all licences, consents and NERC / FERC guidelines and requirements, including state and local requirements.
- Develop, maintain and lead a comprehensive compliance program for Cubico as a Generation Owner (GO) that ensures NERC and ISO compliance for all US assets. Coordinate with 3rd party providers to develop and implement.
- Collect and organize necessary evidence to demonstrate compliance
- Coordinate with O&M contractors and 3rd party providers to review Generator Operator (GOP) compliance, identifying gaps or non-compliances
- Lead real-time operational compliance monitoring activities supporting renewable technologies (solar, onshore wind and BESS).
- Synthesize technical information with the applicable regulatory rule and compose compliance performance narratives.
- Serve as the subject matter expert and partner with internal groups (Engineering, HSE, Construction, Legal and Asset Management) to communicate changes or updates that require action with respect to our projects to the various regulators.
- Lead the implementation and monitoring of internal controls with appropriate reporting.
- Maintain knowledge of regulatory changes across the various ISO’s and reliability councils and communicate effectively with managers with respect to such changes.
- Conduct ad-hoc independent research on industry trends and rules.
- Manage and monitor a budget with respect to third party regulatory contractors.
- Work with regulators and contractors with respect to the onboarding of new projects in the appropriate compliance programs.
- Ensure any contact / project detail updates are made timely to our regulators.
- Implement and continuously improve local asset management systems, documentation and processes consistent with Cubico’s global policies and standards.
- Coordinate with development team to identify compliance related risks for new construction projects.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The successful candidate will have :
Established in 2015, Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico), a London-headquartered firm, is one of the world’s leaders in providing renewable energy across the Americas, Europe and Australia. Owned equally by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and PSP Investments, two of the world’s largest pension funds with over USD300 bn under management, Cubico is committed to a long-term growth strategy designed to make it one of the largest and best in class renewable energy investors in the world.
Cubico holds a portfolio of around 12 GW, with assets across the wind, solar PV, solar thermal and transmission line technologies. Covering the whole energy chain from development and construction to operation, the company’s portfolio is located across 9 countries : Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, the United States (USA), Greece, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia.
Cubico is driven by six core values : Diversity, Respect, Integrity, Value Creation and Excellence, which make up the final value DRIVE. These values encourage employees to take pride and satisfaction in their work, strive to achieve their goals and go the extra mile to attain outstanding results, whilst acting with the upmost integrity and behaving ethically in the course of their employment. Cubico’s employees are central to its success and, as a result, the company looks for people who believe in its purpose, will take full account of its impact and are motivated to make a positive contribution to communities and the environment and build a better future.
As part of Cubico culture and values, we embrace diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building talented teams that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented minority groups.
