Senior Analyst

Senior Analyst

Location : Lister Drive / Prenton

Salary: From £51,240

Permanent / Full Time, hybrid working

Closing date: 20/12/2024

Role

Our SPM Commercial and Performance Team is key to delivering our goals of a transition to a sustainable future. Supporting a wide range of activities to deliver business plans, we’re focused on delivering innovative solutions to increase efficiency and achieve our Net Zero future.

The Senior Analyst within Connections Compliance Reporting Team is responsible for leading Compliance Reporting, co-ordinating timely submissions and data assurance with opportunity to influence and interact across the connections business. The compliance reporting team monitors business performance to review and challenge financial and non-financial performance to ensure progress toward business objectives and enable reporting on key performance indicators. You will lead SPM regulatory reporting submissions and compliance reporting, ensuring the business meets its licence and regulatory commitments. Providing subject matter expertise and guidance for business areas as it relates to day-to-day needs, This is an ideal role for someone who is analytical and data-minded an organised multitasker, able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines, whilst achieving results.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead on the provision of timely, accurate and relevant reporting to provide commentary and insight on operational performance and potential impacts.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders by fostering open communication and collaboration.

• Provide analysis and lead in developing, maintaining, and improving business processes, ensuring adherence to compliance and governance across Connections Business, promoting Operational Excellence.

• Lead for Regulatory Reporting submissions to OFGEM to ensure robust and accurate cost and volume information is reported.

• Co-ordinate development and review of compliance process documentation

• Lead to ensure robustness and accuracy of data collection and reporting mechanisms are in place with thorough and carefully analysis and data assurance applied to meet all regulatory requirements.

• Work with all parts of Network Connections to ensure systems can provide the required support to actively manage Regulatory and business requirements.

• Support activities relating to internal and external audits

• Streamline current reporting processes and assist as required with data automation.

• Provide support across C&P functions as directed.

• Coaching/developing and mentoring the team to ensure business objectives are met.

• People management responsibilities as directed.

What you’ll bring

• Knowledge and experience, bringing valuable insights and understanding in analytical and compliance reporting.

• Experience implementing and managing governance processes, leading compliance reporting in a regulatory environment.

• Strong problem-solving ability gained from previous analyst experience and attention to detail.

• Possess excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence and communicate well with multiple peer groups and varying levels of seniority.

• Numerically articulate and commercially aware.

• Proven ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions.

• People management experience – with a capability of communicating with all levels of the business in financial, governance and business delivery terms.

• Demonstrate an ability to work with, develop, coach and mentor others

• Experience with Power BI or similar systems including data modelling and report production

• Experience assimilating a large amount of complex, interlinked data and to make balanced decisions and management recommendations based on that data.

• This role will involve some travel, e.g. to Prenton for meetings with senior stakeholders

Minimum Criteria

• Educated to Degree level or significant relevant experience in similar governance compliance or analytical positions.

• Experience of reporting within a regulated environment.

• Proven ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions.

• Experience working in a role where you need to be organised, multitask and prioritise workload to meet deadlines and achieve results.

• Experience of analysing complex data, identifying anomalies and providing guidance.

• Previous experience of influencing and commu