Entergy Corporation

Federal Infrastructure Policy Manager - Compliance

Entergy Corporation • $95K — $115K *
New Orleans, LA 70119In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in technical, business, policy, or related field preferred; or high school diploma with 7 years of utility or relevant experience.
  • Master's degree or advanced degree preferred.
  • Compliance-related certifications (e.g., contract administration, contract law, project management) are advantageous.
  • 3+ years in leading programs, initiatives, or contract administration roles.
  • Strong knowledge of federal regulations and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Support compliance strategies for infrastructure in line with applicable policies and standards.
  • Build and enhance the compliance framework in coordination with federal and state agencies.
  • Collaborate with internal auditing to establish auditing protocols and compliance alignment.
  • Work with multiple departments to ensure interdepartmental compliance on federal projects.
  • Analyze contracts for adherence to laws and regulations and develop compliance training initiatives.
  • Conduct risk-based compliance testing to identify and rectify non-compliance issues.
  • Manage day-to-day compliance for federal/state funded grants and maintain accurate documentation.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work flexibility.
  • Opportunity to work with federal infrastructure funding.
  • Supportive team environment with cross-functional collaboration.
  • Potential for career advancement in compliance and project management.
Full Job Description
Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Manager, Federal Infrastructure Policy (Compliance)

Job Summary/Purpose

This position supports Entergy's strategy to secure federal and other non revenue infrastructure funding and ensures compliance across all jurisdictions. It directly supports the federal infrastructure team and helps build and maintain the compliance framework for projects funded through federal programs. The role manages day to day contract and compliance oversight, working with corporate compliance, internal auditing, capital projects, and other departments. It also provides leadership in contract negotiations and serves as the contracts administrator for federal grants, including those from the Department of Energy or related agencies.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:
  • Support designing, implementing, monitoring, and adjusting strategies to ensure infrastructure compliance with applicable policies and standards.
  • Support building out the compliance framework and coordinate with DOE and other federal and state organizations; work directly with consultants on compliance framework activities.
  • Work directly with internal auditing to establish audit protocols and with corporate compliance to align compliance infrastructure.
  • Coordinate with external affairs, corporate compliance, internal auditing, legal, regulatory, finance, accounting, capital projects, system planning and operations, power generation, supply chain, transmission, distribution, legal commercial transactions, and all operating companies.
  • Support compliance, negotiation, and grant application efforts for all federal and/or state funded projects to ensure alignment with company objectives.
  • Develop risk-based compliance testing of procedures and controls to identify, detect, and correct noncompliance.
  • Analyze contracts to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
  • Establish communication and training initiatives to inform stakeholders about compliance requirements.
  • Build rapport with capital projects teams and finance business partners to ensure strong financial controls.
  • Establish and track KPIs for compliance performance and infrastructure funding; coordinate with external affairs.
  • Provide weekly and monthly coordination updates for Federal Infrastructure Policy leadership.
  • Take necessary steps to minimize project risks and ensure all records are accurate and up to date.
  • Liaise with and support project managers to ensure safe and proper project execution.
  • Ensure compliance with the company's work health and safety policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Attend meetings, assess project progress, prepare monthly project reports, and deliver presentations as needed.
  • Manage day-to-day compliance for federal and/or state funded grants, including documentation, procurement compliance, construction compliance, and audit-ready recordkeeping.
  • Maintain records for federal and/or state reporting, cost tracking, match documentation, and subrecipient monitoring to meet DOE reporting requirements.
  • Coordinate reimbursement requests and ensure costs are allowable, supported, and compliant with federal regulations (2 CFR 200).
  • Manage budget, scope, and timeline modifications requiring DOE Contracting Officer approval.


Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, policy, or related field preferred OR High school diploma plus 7 years of utility or related experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Master's degree or advanced degree desired
  • Compliance-related certifications (e.g., contract administration, contract law, project management) are a plus.

Minimum experience required of the position
  • 3+ years leading programs and initiatives and/or the ability to effectively influence others and contract administration role or a related field.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position
  • Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams, and use strong project management skills and previous experience as a project manager, or coordinating large projects is an asset.
  • Highly organized and results oriented.
  • Success managing complex initiatives with matrixed resources and strong negotiation and mediation skills.
  • Comfortable with and astute in dealing with senior executives and leaders in all functional organizations.
  • Tracks and communicates strategy progress and setbacks.
  • Acknowledges and addresses challenges, obstacles, and opportunities.
  • Ability to understand applicable laws, regulations, and government requirements and their impact on the business and skills and experience with navigating and understanding federal and state politics and legislative processes.
  • Excellent communication skills (internal and external to Entergy) including written communication, executive presentations, and stand-up speaking skills; comfortable presenting to and facilitating work with all key stakeholders.
  • Strong knowledge of Entergy's business models preferred.
  • Ability to understand Entergy's operating units and operating systems.
  • Ability to manage time to meet aggressive deadlines, appraise, monitor, audit and evaluate projects.
  • Ability to demonstrate and articulate analytical information, capabilities, and opportunities to functional and executive leaders based on a clear understanding of company and strategy and objectives.
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking, policy acumen, and strong relationship skills.
  • Exhibit high ethical and moral standard and strong work ethic.
  • Ability to influence and hold others accountable for adhering to rules, policies and regulations.
  • Must exhibit trust and display honesty, integrity, and a commitment to always act in the highest ethical and moral manner in dealings with all parties.


Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || District of Columbia : Washington || Texas : Woodlands
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124990
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

Please Note: Limited travel to New Orleans, Louisiana office if needed.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

About Entergy Corporation

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power.

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Learn more about Entergy Corporation
Size
1,357 employees
Market Cap
$23.1 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
$1.4 billion
Founded
1913
5 Year Trend
+1.6%
Revenue
$10.1 billion
NASDAQ
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