Compliance & Risk Consultant

PG&E; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

PG&E is seeking a Compliance and Risk Consultant to provide flexible support across Quality Control and Support Desk functions. The role focuses on data response quality, confidentiality, and analysis to drive compliance-driven decisions. Hybrid work arrangement is offered, with location in Oakland and surrounding Bay Area.

The candidate will engage in process improvement and documentation updates. The position emphasizes QA of data responses, collaboration with multiple teams, and leveraging

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years job-related experience.
• Desired: CIA, RIMS-CRMP, CCEP, LPEC certifications.
• Experience with records management and confidentiality protocols.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve data responses for accuracy, consistency, tone, confidentiality, and compliance.
• Build relationships across teams to gather information and support deliverables.
• Monitor quality trends, raise concerns, and recommend solutions to prevent issues.
• Take initiative to learn, improve processes, and drive tasks to completion.
• Develop and implement quality control checklists and best practices.
• Research prior responses, identify gaps, and propose efficiency improvements.
• Create reports, perform ad-hoc analysis, and present findings for decisions.
• Manage intake, logging, and tracking of data requests for accuracy and timeliness.
• Maintain and update databases and perform quality checks.

Skills

Audit/Assurance background

Data analysis

Data mining

AI-assisted tools familiarity

Analytical reasoning

Critical evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

DRU Tracker/Power Apps

RMA

Job description

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Over 6,500 coworkers in Electric T&D ensure the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The Electric T&D Team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers in Electric T&D's actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of Visual Management in Operating Reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems, and create standard work. By working together as One Electric. One Team. We are delivering for our hometowns.

Position Summary

The Compliance and Risk Consultant provides flexible support across both Quality Control and Support Desk functions based on organizational priorities. In the Quality Control capacity, this role leads and executes the data response quality review process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and confidentiality of information provided to PG&E's internal and external stakeholders.In the Support Desk capacity, this role includes conducting research, priors, data analysis, data entry, and reporting to drive data response strategies and support compliance-related business decisions. Responsibilities may include maintaining process documentation, participating in process improvement initiatives, administering technology tools, and performing data quality checks.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location based on business need.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $90,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $136,000.00

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and approve data responses for accuracy, consistency, tone, confidentiality, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Build relationships across teams to gather information, resolve issues, and support high-quality deliverables.
• Monitor quality trends, raise concerns early, and recommend practical solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Take initiative to learn, improve processes, and drive assigned work through completion with minimal direction.
• Develop and implement quality control checklists and best practices to improve processes.
• Research prior responses, identify process gaps, and recommend solutions for efficiency and quality.
• Create reports, perform ad-hoc analysis, and present findings to support business decisions.
• Manage intake, logging, assignment, and tracking of data requests to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Maintain and update databases, perform quality checks, and produce final responses.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Job-related experience, 2 years

Desired:

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP)
• Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)
• Leading Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC)
• Knowledge of electrical engineering with substation, distribution, or transmission experience
• Knowledge of regulatory policy and compliance concepts, and/or risk management
• Experience in records management, confidentiality protocols, approval standards, and lifecycle governance.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and compliance tracking tools (e.g., DRU Tracker/Power Apps, RMA); ability to translate record structures into data usable by visualization/reporting teams.
• Familiarity with CPUC/OEIS requirements and PG&E compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to seek clarity quickly and align assignments across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with visual management/reporting teams (e.g., VM&IS) to define data models, logging rules, and refresh cadences.
• Audit or Assurance background
• Data science or applied analytics background
• Data mining, trend identification, and historical analysis
• Familiarity with AI-assisted or GenAI enabled search and summarization tools including validation of results
• Ability to apply analytical reasoning and critical evaluation to AI-generated outputs and historical data sources