Trade Compliance Manager

NextEra Energy • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Trade Compliance Manager coordinates NextEra Energy Resources’ compliance initiatives related to SOX, CFTC, and FERC requirements across business units. The role supports the compliance team and Director of Trade Compliance in coordinating internal and external compliance activities and works with business units to implement and maintain a sustainable culture of compliance. It also provides leadership and guidance to compliance analysts, develops strategic compliance initiatives, and drives process improvements with minimal oversight.

The position works with business units, legal counsel, internal and external audit partners, regulatory affairs, trading risk management, commercial groups, and IT. It monitors trading activities and reporting obligations, supports risk assessments and control testing, prepares compliance reports and metrics for management, and helps ensure compliance-related technology enhancements are delivered on time. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Management, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience.
• At least 1–2 years in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Implement, oversee, and improve policies, procedures, processes, and controls to ensure compliance with applicable regulations; train and educate business unit employees.
• Lead and assist with SOX compliance, including understanding and editing narratives, documenting controls, supporting testing, meeting with internal and external auditors, reviewing potential deficiencies, and supporting IT remediation.
• Monitor trading activity, business unit processes, procedures, and reporting obligations for compliance with FERC and CFTC regulations; analyze data, build or modify reports, run queries, and track trading exceptions.
• Liaise with General Counsel, Internal Audit, external audit partners, the Corporate Responsibility Office, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Trading Risk Management groups, and commercial groups.
• Develop or execute processes to review trade and communications data for potentially manipulative activity and assess when suspicious behavior should be escalated.
• Prepare annual compliance reports required by internal management or regulatory agencies.
• Support applicable CFTC risk assessments, rule impact analyses, and control testing.
• Gather and analyze compliance metrics and report them to senior management.
• Work with IT on system enhancements, compliance functionality testing, task prioritization, and timely delivery of projects; this may involve Power BI, SQL, and Power Automate.
• Keep the Director and VP within Trading Risk Management informed of work supporting compliance activities.
• Supervise compliance analysts, provide guidance and performance feedback, develop strategic initiatives and policies, and participate in compliance-related decision making.
• Complete other job-related and ad hoc duties as assigned.

Benefits

• NextEra Energy offers a range of benefits to employees and eligible family members; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
• Relocation assistance is provided if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager