Job Description
Position Description Seattle City Light, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. The Energy Risk Governance and Integration Advisor leads risk governance and risk-informed decision-making for City Light’s wholesale trading and market participation activities. This role focuses on identifying, assessing, and communicating energy, environmental, and market-structure risks, particularly those arising from evolving regional markets, regulatory change, and increasing market integration. This is a strategic, cross-functional role that also requires hands-on analytical capability. The successful candidate will bring both deep program and industry knowledge (~70%) and demonstrated technical skills (~30%), including the ability to extract and manipulate data from ETRM and related systems, conduct quantitative analysis, and develop decision-ready dashboards and reports. The Advisor is expected to be equally comfortable advising leadership and rolling up their sleeves to solve problems directly. The Advisor partners closely with internal teams (Trading, Settlements, Risk, Finance, Regulatory/Policy, Operations, IT) and engages external stakeholders (market operators, vendors, industry groups, and counterparties) to anticipate emerging risks and translate them into actionable strategies, controls, and recommendations. This position reports to the Manager, ISO Settlements, Risk Control & Governance. Job Responsibilities Here Is More About What You’ll Be Doing Market Integration, Policy & Regulatory Risk Assessment Participate in market operator and stakeholder forums (e.g., CAISO EIM and related efforts), evaluate implications for City Light operations and portfolio risk, and translate findings into clear recommendations for internal teams and leadership. New Market Initiative Support & Participation Strategy Provide risk, governance, and operational guidance during implementation and post go-live phases of new market initiatives such as EDAM/SPP Markets+ (or similar), including recommendations on participation strategy, bidding and market behavior, and downstream impacts. Settlements, Metering & OATT/Suballocation Serve as technical resource for EIM settlements and metering; design and manage settlement validation methodologies (including suballocation); and support process development for settlements and suballocation billing to transmission customers under OATT-related initiatives. Environmental & Emissions Markets Risk and Reporting Advise on risks and reporting implications tied to environmental and emissions attributes (e.g., RECs and other environmental commodities), including market activity impacts to compliance and reporting requirements. Risk Monitoring, Analytics & Decision Support Identify embedded and systemic risks across power, transmission, and environmental commodities. Extract and manipulate data directly from ETRM systems and related data sources using SQL, Python, or equivalent tools. Develop and maintain risk monitoring dashboards and analytical reports using Tableau, Power BI, or Excel; communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Build and maintain repeatable analytical workflows that reduce manual effort and improve data integrity across risk reporting processes. Risk Governance, Systems Enablement & Cross-Functional Delivery Maintain and enhance risk control, reporting, and governance frameworks. Support ETRM configuration and enhancement for new products and market structures by coordinating with internal system owners and external vendors. Contribute to credit risk frameworks, policy updates, governance documentation, and new market entry assessments. Technical Skills Profile Candidates should be prepared to demonstrate proficiency or working knowledge in the following areas during the selection process: SQL / Database tools: Data extraction & querying: Ability to write queries to extract and join data from relational databases or ETRM system data exports. Python: Scripting & analysis: Pandas, NumPy for data manipulation; ability to automate recurring analytical tasks or reporting workflows. Tableau / Power BI / Excel: Visualization & reporting: Dashboard development, data modeling, and building reports suitable for executive and operational a