Lead Analyst, Enterprise Compliance

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long‑term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities, and talents of our diverse workforce. At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

As a Lead Enterprise Compliance Analyst, you will join a team that is implementing an enterprise‑wide governance framework and standards to provide oversight over various compliance functions within the organization. The Enterprise Compliance framework will apply to compliance functions within operations as well as various corporate functions. Enterprise Compliance will also own and establish governance and standards for the Enterprise Policy Center.

• 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 review policy program processes for effectiveness, implement improvements as needed and coordinate formal reviews
• Work with policy owners to create communication plans to highlight policy changes
• Work 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
• Interpret and explain 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

• Able to lead teams to solve significant problems/issues including clarifying/interpreting/analyzing complex information and…