Operational Risk Management Senior Advisor

Southern California Edison (SCE); Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking an Operational Risk Management Senior Advisor to lead enterprise risk assessments and build evaluation frameworks. You will interact with senior leadership to advise on risk-informed decisions and influence cross-functional teams.

The role focuses on risk modeling, data analytics, and development of risk management best practices to reduce exposure and strengthen controls. Hybrid work in California is expected with travel to field sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in evaluating enterprise or major operational risks through quantitative analysis, data analytics, risk/hazard assessment, loss control, public safety, or technical project management.
• Master’s degree or higher in engineering, science, construction, quantitative analysis, or specialty fields such as risk management, loss control, or human factors engineering
• Professional certification in relevant field such as PE, PMP, SCP, RIMS-CRMP, NFPA, or related enterprise risk accreditations

Responsibilities

• Evaluates enterprise risks, conducts risk assessments, and collaborates with business units to assess, track, and mitigate business-level risks, while informing enterprise-level risk assessment and management.
• Identifies emerging risks, analyzes data to assess risk likelihood and impacts, exposure potential, and existing controls to advise on strategies to prevent or reduce losses.
• Performs ongoing risk scanning internally and externally, ensuring engagement visibility across stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Conducts in-depth risk assessments using standard modeling and analytics techniques for current operations and potential future risk exposures.
• Implements and maintains risk management software and systems, developing data integration into models and systems.
• Supports the company’s enterprise risk process by identifying and monitoring key risks and preparing materials for Senior Management and the Board.
• Designs, implements, and enhances policies, procedures and systems for effective risk management across the organization.
• Provides strategic guidance for risk-related regulatory proceedings and filings; participates in workshops and hearings.

Skills

Risk assessments

Data analytics

Risk modeling

Regulatory guidance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master's degree or higher in engineering/science/quantitative analysis

Tools

Risk management software

ERM systems

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Operational Risk Management Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll conduct risk assessments, build risk evaluation frameworks, and leverage your analytical skills to help the company make risk-informed decisions. You will regularly interact with senior leadership as they seek your advice on critical, often urgent matters affecting a variety of enterprise risks and topics. We’re looking for engineers who are curious, skeptical, and love asking \"what could go wrong?\" The constant intellectual variety and novel, cross-functional challenges ensure no dull moments.

As a Operational Risk Management Senior Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Evaluates enterprise risks, conducts risk assessments, and collaborates with business units to assess, track, and mitigate business-level risks, while informing enterprise-level risk assessment and management.


• Identifies emerging risks, analyzes internal and external data to assess risk likelihood and impacts, exposure potential, and existing controls to advises on strategies to prevent or reduce exposure to losses.


• Performs ongoing risk scanning internally and externally, identifying potential risks and driving ERM engagement in close coordination with management (including development and definition of project scope and activities, goal setting, and execution); Ensures clear engagement visibility across key stakeholders and executive leadership.


• Conducts in-depth risk assessments as required using standard risk modeling and analytics techniques for current operations and potential future risk exposures.


• Implements and maintains the risk management software and other risk management systems and collaborates with experts to establish best practices for assessing and tracking risks; Develops, implements, and maintains plans to access and incorporate data into company models and systems.


• Supports the company's Key Enterprise Risk process by working to identify and monitor enterprise-level key, secondary, and emerging risks; tracks the development, execution, and regular updating of key mitigation plans; and prepares presentation materials for Senior Management, the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.


• Designs, implements, and enhances policies, procedures and systems required to conduct effective risk management across the organization.


• Provides strategic guidance and technical support for all risk-related regulatory proceedings, risk-related filings/applications, and all related workshops, hearings, and discussion.


• Interfaces with management and regulators to develop and implement required processes and participates in meetings to discuss risk management strategies and make recommendations, as needed.


• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ten or more years in evaluating enterprise or major operational risks through quantitative analysis, data analytics, risk/hazard assessment, loss control, public safety, or technical project management involving engineering applications (e.g., safety, fire protection, statistics)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in engineering, science, construction, quantitative analysis, or specialty fields such as risk management, loss control, or human factors engineering


• Professional certification in relevant field such as Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional, SCP, RIMS-CRMP, Loss Control, NFPA, or related enterprise risk accreditations


• Experience in an electrical utility and or highly regulated or high impact environment.


• Strong experience communicating directly to and with C Suite executives.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.


• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!


• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.


• Position will require up to 25% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.


• Relocation does not apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [e-mail] or [phone] and select option 2.