Lead Analyst, Cyber Security Compliance

Vistra Corp; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Corporate Services Company seeks a Lead Analyst to maintain extensive knowledge of compliance regulations, develop and maintain program procedures, and summarize impact for executives. You will administer internal controls, facilitate audits, and drive corrective action plans with strong problem-solving skills.

You will interpret regulations, design compliant processes, and support procedures across plant staff and vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience with compliance regulations and cross-functional processes.
• Ability to facilitate agreement among diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to learn quickly and tackle new challenges.

Responsibilities

• Interpret regulations and design compliant processes.
• Develop and maintain internal control procedures and tools.
• Support internal and external audits and document evidence of compliance.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency and automation within controls.
• Track compliance metrics and tool effectiveness.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Coding knowledge

Stakeholder facilitation

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or IT

Job description

If you have what it takes to become part of the Vistra family and would like to start a promising career with a global leader, take a look at the exciting employment opportunities that are currently available and apply online.

Job Summary

Lead Analyst will maintain extensive knowledge of Vistra Compliance regulations. Develop, implement and maintain program procedures, processes and tools. Lead the development of interpretations of Standards and guidance documents to produce unambiguous descriptions of compliance obligations for internal stakeholders and summarize impact for company executives. Administer proprietary internal control system. Ensure required documentation to evidence compliance is accurate and effective. Facilitate internal and external audit activities. Investigate variances and elevate when needed. Perform root cause analysis in instances of non-compliance. Design and manage corrective action plans. Exercise critical thinking and problem solving to research and document processes supporting applicable regulations.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

• Perform assigned duties with high degree of accuracy and consistency.
• Accurately interpret regulations and design processes that inherently result in compliance behavior and evidence without adding undue administrative burden to plant staff.
• Maintaining positive relationships with plant teams, vendors, governmental agencies, in order to promote cooperative working relationships.
• Support technology key controls and compliance with regulatory requirements (i.e. ERCOT, NERC-CIP, etc), and corporate technology management and internal audit requirements.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency and automation within compliance controls.
• Support projects such that they are deployed within performance, cost, and schedule targets without disrupting compliance requirements.
• Support metrics processes that track the status of compliance and compliance tool effectiveness and health.
• Participate in a departmental culture that fosters accountability for results while promoting the use of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

Required:

• Experienced gained through college degree programs and/or certification in business or technology related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7-10 years’ experience with an understanding in one or more of the following: NERC CIP, ERCOT Protocols, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, SOX, PCI, NACHA , NRC.
• Demonstrate ability to be trustworthy and dependable
• Exceptional reading comprehension and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to learn quickly, be self-motivated to improve knowledge base and tackle new challenges
• Demonstrate ability to facilitate agreement across a wide range of disparate stakeholders
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of application development or a coding technology language such as (VBA, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, C++, etc.)

Preferred:

• Experience with ICs devices, Generation, Transmission assets
• Understand Human Performance Improvement principles
• Working knowledge of agile framework and methodologies
• Experience with Cloud security & compliance best practices
• Professional certification a plus (e.g., CISM, CISA, CISSP, Digital Design)

Key Metrics

Compliance Metrics:

• % of planned work completed on time and on-budget
• % of compliance controls completed on time
• % of control performance effectiveness
• % of control performance automation

Job Family

Information Technology

Company

Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations

Irving, Texas

Texas

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