Strategic Advisor: Market Risk Governance & Integration

Position Description

Seattle City Light, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle’s electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

• Market integration, policy, and regulatory risk assessment:
  Participate in market/operator and stakeholder forums (e.g., CAISO EIM and related efforts), evaluate implications for City Light operations and portfolio risk, and translate findings into clear recommendations for internal teams and leadership.
• New market initiative support & participation strategy:
  Provide risk, governance, and operational guidance during implementation and post go-live phases of initiatives such as EDAM/SPP Markets+ (or similar), including recommendations on participation strategy, bidding/market behavior considerations, and downstream impacts.
• Settlements, metering, and OATT/suballocation lead:
  Serve as a technical resource for EIM settlements and metering; design and manage settlement validation methodologies (including suballocation); and support process development for settlements and suballocation billing to transmission customers under OATT-related initiatives.
• Environmental and emissions markets risk & reporting:
  Advise on risks and reporting implications tied to environmental and emissions attributes (e.g., RECs and other environmental commodities), including market activity impacts to compliance and reporting requirements.
• Risk monitoring, analytics, and decision support:
  Identify embedded and systemic risks across power, transmission, and environmental commodities; develop measurable risk monitoring and reporting (dashboards, metrics, analyses) using tools such as Python, SQL, Tableau, and Excel/Power BI; and communicate insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Risk governance, systems enablement, and cross‑functional delivery:
  Maintain and enhance risk control, reporting, and governance frameworks; support ETRM configuration/enhancement for new products and market structures by coordinating with internal owners and vendors; provide operational coverage as needed; and contribute to credit risk frameworks, policy updates, and new market entry assessments.

Education:

A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, public administration, public policy, or risk management is required.

Experience:

• 4 years experience in program/strategy development, project coordination, or designing and implementing new programs.
• 3+ years experience in energy, energy markets and/or environmental emissions attributes.

• Four - Five (4-5) years’ experience in program development, project coordination, or designing and implementing new programs; and a bachelor's degree in public administration, public policy, business or a related field as stated above (or a combination of education, training, and/or professional experience that provides an equivalent background to succeed in the role).
• Strong understanding of wholesale energy markets, including market structures, pricing mechanisms, and operations within RTOs/ISOs such as CAISO, SPP, ERCOT, or PJM, including experience supporting or executing trading activities in day‑ahead and real‑time markets, including bidding strategies, position management, and risk mitigation.
• The role requires strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to assess portfolio risk, interpret complex data, and guide strategic decision‑making.
• A solid grasp of emerging markets, including power, environmental products, and transmission, is essential, along with the ability to evaluate embedded risks and market impacts.
• Project management capabilities, particularly in leading cross‑functional initiatives and coordinating internal and external audits.
• Experience with trading and risk systems (e.g., ETRM/CTRM platforms) is important for supporting new product integration and process enhancements.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills are…