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Project Specialist Finance, Enterprise Risk Management

Consolidated Edison

New York, NY · Posted November 9, 2026

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Con Edisons Enterprise Risk Management team plays a critical role in helping the company anticipate, assess, and respond to the risks and opportunities that shape its future. As a Project Specialist, you will partner with leaders across the business to strengthen risk practices, support high-impact decision-making, and contribute to strategic initiatives that advance companywide goals.

This role is ideal for a collaborative, highly organized professional who can build trusted relationships, synthesize complex information, and drive work forward across multiple stakeholders. You will gain broad exposure to Con Edisons operations, work directly with senior leaders, and support materials and discussions that inform executive and Board-level oversight.

Core Responsibilities Train, influence, and marshal risk leaders and risk officers across all of Con Edisons businesses.

Participate in ERM conferences and in benchmarking activities to stay abreast of developments in ERM best practices and employ learnings to evolve the Companys ERM framework.

Facilitate annual and quarterly meetings with risk leaders and senior management to assess and monitor existing corporate and department risks.

Run risk workshops and guide risk leaders through annual risk assessment activities.

Facilitate discussions with business leaders to identify emerging trends, challenges, opportunities, and business risks that may impact company objectives.

Participate in the preparation and documentation of department risk portfolios, including risk profiles, assessments, and other information for each department.

Compile and track quantitative metrics related to risk management and generate associated reports and action plans.

Help prepare materials for ERM meetings with risk leaders from across the organization.

Provide support in the preparation of ERM presentations to the Board and its Audit Committee, the ERM Steering and Corporate Risk Committees, the New York State Department of Public Service staff.

Track emerging risks, threats and opportunities and develop associated reports and action plans to address.

Required Education/Experience Bachelor's Degree in project management, operations, regulatory affairs, auditing, compliance, strategic planning, data analytics, consulting, or related discipline and 3 years of related work experience or

Master's Degree and 2 years of related work experience

Relevant Work Experience Experience within utility operations, energy, financial services, risk management, engineering, regulatory affairs, compliance, audit, data analytics or consulting sectors, preferred.

Experience working with teams of people across various functions and disciplines, required.

Proficiency with spreadsheets and databases and other standard applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel and Word), required.

Flexibility to adapt to a new and changing environment, required.

Time management skills to meet deadlines on multiple concurrent tasks, required.

Skills and Abilities Demonstrated problem solving skills

Ability to build strong customer relationships

Develops and delivers effective presentations

Ability to lead/manage others

Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, etc.

Licenses and Certifications Driver's License Required

Additional Physical Demands The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.

Mission Statement:

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company’s mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities – safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Benefits:

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:

Rich medical & pharmacy benefits, including vision benefits

Dental benefits

Health Savings Accounts

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

401(k) with robust matching

Employer paid Pension Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a generous matching contribution

State of the art Employee Assistance Program

Paid Parental Leave

Generous paid time off plus paid holidays

Family support: emergency backup child, & elder care assistance

Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities

Employee discount program

Commuter Benefits

Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program

Life and Long-Term Disability Benefits

*Please be aware that some benefits may not apply to provisional or part-time job titles.