Senior Manager, Regulatory and Market Compliance

About us:

Clearlight Energy, one of North America’s leading private renewable energy companies, operates more than 5,600 MW across 52 assets consisting of utility-scale solar, wind, battery storage, and renewable natural gas in North America. Approximately 5,100 MW of its operations are located in the U.S., across NYISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT and CAISO markets, with the remaining 500 MW located in Canada. The Company is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, with employees in both Canada and the United States.

Clearlight Energy focuses on providing operational excellence to supply critical energy capacity and meet growing demand. Additionally, it has a 1,200 MW development pipeline of additional renewable resources to support grid reliability and decarbonization.

About the Role:

Clearlight Energy is seeking a senior compliance professional to support and manage the full lifecycle of regulatory and market-participant compliance across our renewable generation portfolio. The position is responsible for maintaining and administering the compliance program for 54 renewable assets across multiple ISO/RTO markets (PJM, MISO, SPP, ERCOT, NYISO, and CAISO), FERC, federal agencies, public utility commissions, and energy markets and trading regulations (the “Regulatory Authorities”). This role does not include NERC compliance or plant operating compliance matters.

This is a hands-on role and the right candidate will be equally comfortable engaging directly with regulators, filing ongoing compliance matters, and executing upon compliance matters related to acquisitions and divestitures. The role is a member of the Legal and Corporate team and will work closely with the General Counsel and SVP Corporate of Clearlight along with the other legal and compliance professionals.

The Company follows a hybrid work model, with employees in the office from Tuesday through Thursday.

Job Responsibilities:

The core responsibilities include the following:

• Reporting. Assess regulatory change impacts on the portfolio and develop implementation plans; support briefing to senior leadership and Board committees on material compliance risks and regulatory developments.
• Compliance Tracking. Design, own and operate the company's consolidated compliance tracker covering all Regulatory Authorities. Maintain a current calendar of recurring filings (daily, monthly, quarterly, annual) and track deadlines and ensure compliance of any internal stakeholders.
• Filings: Prepare, coordinate and submit regulatory and compliance filings.
• Continuous Compliance. Monitoring developments within Regulatory Authorities and incorporating such changes to the Clearlight Compliance program.
• Post-acquisition integration: one-time and ongoing items covering entity registrations, name changes, asset transfers, change of ownership, permit transfers, account access transitions, and records migration.
• Regulatory Interface. Monitor and respond to FERC, NERC, regional entity, and ISO/RTO requests, deficiency notices, and questions.
• Trading. Ensure compliance in our trading program and transaction conducted by the Clearlight energy markets and trading team.
• Policies. Maintain and create risk management policies and compliance policies,
• Training. Develop and deliver compliance training to traders, schedulers, operations personnel, asset managers, and senior leadership including FERC/CFTC market-conduct training.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; background in law, engineering, or business is an asset.
• Experience:
• Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible experience in energy regulatory compliance, with at least 2 years in senior individual contributor role.
• Direct hands-on experience with ISO/RTO market participant compliance program in electricity generation is required. Direct experience in PJM and multiple states is preferred. “Working understanding of major North American ISO/RTO market structures and relevant U.S. state and Canadian provincial regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with energy trading compliance is an asset.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication. Effective at building productive relationships with regulators and internal stakeholders
• Tools: Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, and compliance/document management platforms (e.g., GAR, Gensuite, or equivalent). Familiarity with ISO/RTO market portals (PJM eTools, ERCOT MIS, MISO Markets Portal, SPP Marketplace, NYISO MIS, CAISO CIDI/OASIS).
• Other. Detail oriented, process driven, professional, and strong sense of accountability. Bias to proactive identification of gaps.

This is a new vacancy.

The Company does not use artificial intelligence (AI) in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants.

Typical hiring range for this position is between $135,000 to $175,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. The Company offers annual bonus, group benefits and RSP program.