Clean Energy Manager (Compliance and Risk Manager) at Consolidated Edison in New York, NY

Job description

About the Team & Mission: Con Edison, a multibillion-dollar energy utility, is leading the clean energy transition in New York City and Westchester County. We are investing hundreds of millions of dollars annually to integrate distributed resources into our electric and gas systems, support electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and scale adoption of energy efficiency and clean heating technologies across our customers. This is a great role to demonstrate your ability to drive results, apply cross-disciplinary skills to the clean energy space, collaborate closely with diverse teams, meaningfully support customers, and gain firsthand experience with the clean energy transition. Role Overview: The Clean Energy Manager will support the prevention, detection, and mitigation of regulatory, financial, compliance, and reputation risks in Distributed Resource Integration (DRI) organization which includes E-Mobility, Distribution Planning, Energy Storage, and Digital Products and Demo Teams. The individual will support the Compliance Section Manager to ensure that the department adheres to best practices, Company policies and procedures, regulatory rules and requirements in all aspects and levels of our business. We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Project Specialist to evaluate business processes, identify operational risks, drive efficiency through data-driven solutions, and help set and reinforce a strong culture of compliance. The role is ideal for a process thinker with strong analytical and research skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for continuous improvement. Core Responsibilities Create, update, and revise internal policies and procedures that ensure compliance-focused knowledge of department practices associated with program activity. Establish and document standardized procedures, including end-to-end timelines, dependencies, handoffs, communication protocols, and reporting expectations. Track the implementation recommendations from audits, internal reviews, and regulatory filing requirements. Monitor and follow up with program teams to ensure continuous progress. Coordinate and contribute to the departments response to regulatory examinations, audits, and inquiries. Analyze large and complex programmatic, financial, and operational datasets to identify issues, anomalies, and trends; and assess program performance, control effectiveness, and data integrity using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Perform statistical sampling and quantitative analysis to design representative samples, analyze results, measure financial and operational impacts, identify trends, and assess program performance and data quality over time. Establish and document standardized QAQC processes and procedures (SOPs), including end-to-end timelines, quality checkpoints, dependencies, handoffs, communication protocols, and reporting expectations. Define and apply clear QAQC decision criteria, including pass/flag/fail thresholds, cure requirements, and standardized corrective actions, ensuring consistent, defensible outcomes across reviews. Regularly interact with all team members of the department and uses relationship skills to influence and achieve compliance objectives. Collaborate cross functionally with program, operations, finance, data, and policy teams to problem solve, incorporate findings into program design and operations, and support continuous improvement initiatives. Design and conduct targeted internal studies that simulate audits or formal evaluations (for internal use), such as assessments of overall program performance, incentive calculation accuracy, data quality, energy consumption, customer behavior. Synthesize and communicate QAQC, risk, and evaluation findings through clear written reports, executive ready presentations, dashboards, and innovative data visualizations, presenting results on a recurring cadence (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually) and highlighting trends, risks