Regulatory Compliance Attorney
immediately
Full-time, Unlimited
Houston
Regulatory Compliance Attorney
Your responsibilities
- Handle regulatory and compliance matters for Uniper Global Commodities North America LLC, and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) by providing regulatory legal support and advice in the United States and Canada
- Drafting of compliance policies, procedures and programs
- Conduct internal trainings of compliance and regulatory matters
- Support with all regulatory registrations, licenses, permits, exchange approvals and related matters, including the monitoring of the same
- Identify, assess, research, and monitor current and emerging regulatory and compliance issues impacting the business, including state and federal legislation and administrative agency regulations
- Liaise with regulators and clients in the United States and Canada to address regulatory queries and investigations
- Coordinate with other members of the global legal team in order to support global initiatives on an as-needed basis
- Advise on and monitor the Company’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations;
- Know Your Counterparty:
- Perform due diligence on new trading counterparties, including requesting KYC documentation, reviewing and verifying received documentation and analyzing findings
- Periodically reassess existing trading counterparties according to the KYC policy
- Monitor and investigate alerts generated by KYC system on previously screened trading counterparties
- Track KYC approvals and pending KYC assessments
- Support Corporate Secretary with corporate governance documentation, filings, registrations, meeting minutes and other related workstreams
- Support Trade Surveillance Department with guidance on policies and procedures, monitoring, investigations, enforcement actions and reporting
- Support with the selection, retention, management and evaluation of all outside regulatory compliance support, including establishing and managing project budgets
Your profile
- J.D degree with strong academic credentials required;
- Must be a member in good standing of the Bar, preference for attorneys admitted in Texas and/or New York;
- 5 or more years of experience advising clients on regulatory compliance issues related to natural gas, experience with additional commodities (LNG, hydrogen, ammonia, etc.) would be helpful;
- Specific experience working independently but closely with front office personnel to ensure regulatory compliance
- Specific experience with issues related to the FERC and the CFTC;
- Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, judgment, enthusiasm and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced, global environment;
- Ability to take the lead and work independently on any responsibilities within the job description.
Job ID:
87381
Application deadline:
12/13/2024
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:
career@uniper.energyPlease note: Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications by e-mail for data protection reasons. We would therefore like to ask you to apply exclusively here via our career page. The process is very simple and only takes a few minutes.
As long as our positions are online here on the career page, the application process is not yet complete and the positions are still vacant.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team
Living diversity, fairness and inclusion (DEI) at Uniper
As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. That's why we encourage applications from suitably qualified and suitable people regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We embrace inclusion and support flexible working.
What makes Uniper stand out as an employer
With a mix of digital and analog learning formats and topic-specific communities, we promote your personal and profossional development and lifelong learning.
Further education
Experienced specialists and managers are happy to support you in strengthening your skills and advancing your career development.
Coachings and Mentoring
Performance discussions, 360-degree feedback and employee surveys will help you and the company move forward, strengthen our collaboration and give you room to contribute your ideas.
Open feedback culture
Safety and well-being are our top priorities. That's why we offer you regular free preventive medical checkups as well as a variety of learning impulses on occupational safety, health and well-being, and support programs.
Health care
With our online exercise courses, sponsorship of your participation costs in central sports events and a large sports community, we offer you a healthy working environment.
Sport and Fitness
You can enjoy a wide range of healthy and balanced meals in our canteen. In addition, you can participate in nutrition programs.
Healthy nutrition
We take care of you and offer you a wide range of coverage beyond the legal requirements with our company pension plan, accident insurance, company health insurance and continued salary payments in the event of illness.
Insurance and coverage
We pay capital-forming benefits and offer you a wide range of financial benefits through our corporate benefits program
Financial benefits
We support you in balancing your private and professional life through flexible working time models, job sharing, sabbaticals and extensive offers in the area of child care and nursing.
Work Life Balance
We provide you with free parking spaces.
Free parking spaces
We are Uniper
At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy and at the same time securing the supply of energy. As a company operating internationally, we work in very diverse teams and offer our employees as much flexibility as is possible. Equity, mutual appreciation and respect are the core of our corporate culture. At our company you will have the opportunity to shape new technologies, work on solutions for a modern and future-oriented energy supply and actively design change processes.
Application process
Online application
Have you found a suitable job posting? Then you can apply online right here. The application process is very simple and only takes a few minutes. Once we have received your application successfully, you will receive confirmation by e-mail immediately afterwards.
