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The Contracts Analystis responsible forsupporting the full contract lifecycle, including drafting, reviewing, analyzing, negotiating, and managing contracts to ensure compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and businessobjectives This role partners closely withStructuring and Origination, Front Office Trading,Legal, Procurement, Finance, RiskManagement, and business stakeholders to mitigate contractual risks and support operational efficiency.
The addition of a Contracts Analyst is critical to support increasing contractual complexity, regulatory requirements, and operational demands across energy trading, settlements, andcontractsfunctions. This role will reduce financial risk, improve contract lifecycle efficiency, and strengthen compliance—particularly in preparation for evolving market structures such as EDAM.
Drafted, analyzed, and redlined NDAs, MSAs, and SOWs while ensuring alignment with legal standards and commercialobjectives Ability to read, interpret, and analyze contracts for risk and compliance. Identify unfavorable or non-standard terms. Understand clause interaction and downstream impacts. Summarize contract terms and provide recommendations to stakeholders .
This role supportspower wholesale marketmanagement byidentifyingand analyzing potentialcontractual risks,strongknowledgeand familiarity with master agreements,ensuringcontractscomply withapplicable laws, regulations, and internal policiesSupport regulatory, audit, and risk management reviewsand monitor changes incontract relatedpolicies or standardsProtectsthe organization’s financial, legal, operational, and reputation interests
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities for this role aredeterminedby P-level and are outlined separately below.
Responsibilities – Senior Financial Risk Analyst (Grade 7 / P3)
ComplianceandRisk Management
Ensure contractscomply withapplicable laws, regulations, and internal policies
Support regulatory, audit, and risk management reviews
Monitor changes in contract related policies or standards
ContractsTerms
Coordinate thenegotiation ofcontractsterms with vendors and counterparties (including guarantees, letters ofcontracts,contractssupport annex, etc.).
Enterprise Risk Management
Developscontractrisk definitions; works with management to design, implement and sustain an effective risk management program and coordinates efforts across the organization to ensure alignment with programobjectives
Risk Analysis
Conducts analyses and develops reports across complex data sets requiring unique/new analysis approaches; develops reportscontainingrecommendations for management and works with internal clients to implement approved recommendations.Design and implement controls for contract accuracy and settlement alignment.Support SOX controls including contract review,approvalworkflows, and documentation.Ensure segregation of duties and proper approval authority in contract execution.
Regulatory Analyses
Evaluates contracts to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations throughout the contract lifecycle.
Data Management Tools
Leads increasing efficiency of business processes (automated and manual) and data gathering/processing for analysis and reporting purposes.
Contracts Management
Maintains, makes recommendations for improvement and updatescontractspolicies, procedures and scoring matrices; trains others incontracts review andanalysis; performscontracts riskanalyses; makes recommendations to management onappropriate actions; negotiates and prepares letters ofagreements
Responsibilities – Principal Financial Risk Analyst (Grade 8 / P4)
ContractsRisk Assessment
Leveraging the analysis of others, identifies broad risks to the company and leads the development and implementation of recommended mitigation strategies; establishes and maintains department's operating plans and budgets related to specific mitigation strategies; works, leads, and/or coordinates work with outside specialists and effectively leads/teaches others how to interpret and perform complex analysis.
ContractsTerms
Provides oversight/leadership to team on negotiatingcontractsterms with vendors and counterparties (including guarantees, letters ofagreements,contractssupport annex, etc.).
Enterprise Risk Management
Develops common definitions of risk for the entire organization; works with executive management to design, implement and sustain an effective risk management framework and program and coordinates efforts across the organization to ensure alignment with programobjectives; reports out to executiveseniorleadership and Board of Directors.
Risk Analysis
Leads analyses and report development for companywide risk analysis assessments;leadsanalyses, reporting and implementation of counterparty/vendorcontractsreview and risk mitigation
Regulatory Analyses
Evaluatescontracts to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations throughout the contract lifecycle.
Data Management Tools
Serves as an expert resource in the organization's risk management tools.
Contracts Management
Serves as an expert resourceand consultantin the organization on how to analyzecontractsrisk and developcontractsrisk mitigationstrategies; maintains, makes recommendations for improvement, and updates corporatecontractspolicies, procedures and scoring matrices; trains others incontracts review andanalysis; performscontractsanalyses and makes recommendations to management on appropriate actions; negotiates and prepares lettersof agreements
Education / Experience / Certifications
Education
Requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/economicslegal studiesor other related field or equivalent experience.
Experience
P3:Typicallyfive or more years in related field
P4:Typicallyeight or more years in related field
MinimumCompetencies
Functional Competencies
Proficiencyby level:
P3: Advanced
P4: Advanced
Advanced knowledge of risk management concepts includingdisputesand litigation,non-compliant data privacy clauses,missing governing law orjurisdiction,poorly defined service levels (SLAs),and invalid limitation of liability
Advanced financial modeling skills and experience using Microsoft Excel
General Competencies
Proficiencyby level:
P3: Intermediate to Advanced
P4: Advanced
Enterprise/business acumen
Decision-making skills
Written and oral communication skills
Negotiation and diplomacy skills
Organization and prioritization skills
Analytical thinking skills
Physical, Schedule/Attendance, and Cognitive Demands
The following requirements apply to both P-levels of this position.
Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)
Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
Environment
Office
Hybrid onsite 3 days per week, and remote 2 days per week
Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.
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For generations, we’ve been powering lives and we are committed to representing social, economic, and environmental progress. Energy is essential to everyday life and when disaster strikes, we’re proud to spring into action to support our community. Whether it’s powering our customers’ lives, fighting climate change, or responding in times of crisis, the stakes are high, but the work is incredibly rewarding. We’re up for the challenge – are you? Not only are we dedicated to adapting to change, but we also create the positive progress we want to see in our communities.
Our world and our industry are faced with new and exciting challenges driven by evolving technology, changing customer expectations and a shared desire for a cleaner energy future. Every day, we take new steps that get us closer to the energy transformation we want to see in Oregon.
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