Senior Energy Analyst

Senior Energy Analyst (Billing)

 

 

 

Hello there and thank you for stopping by!

 

We have an exciting opportunity for an Senior Energy Analyst (Billing) to join the Energy Team and make a positive impact right across the Yorkshire Water business.

 

•    We offer a salary from £43,792- £54,740 per annum, depending on experience

•    Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)

•    Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)

•    Development opportunities in line with the Senior Energy Analyst (Billing) progression plan

•    25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra two wellness days!

•    Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary

•    A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover

•    Retail savings scheme

•    Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

 

Location:  Leeds Valley Park/Yorkshire - Hybrid Working (a mix of office and home working)

 

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday between the working window of 8:00am-6:00pm.

 

 

What we do!

 

 

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

 

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

 

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. 

 

 

Where you fit in!

 

 

The Energy Team sits within the wider commercial team and manages some of the largest areas of operating expenditure across the business. The Senior Energy Analyst (Billing) will be responsible for the monthly billing of our electricity and gas supplies (worth £120m annually) over 4,500 sites every month.

 

Utilising an understanding of energy industry regulation and flexible supply contracts, the Senior Energy Analyst (Billing) will be an experienced billing manager, ensuring accurate and timely billing and payments to suppliers. They will support the business in driving continual improvement in reflecting industry best practise, reducing organisational risk.

 

This important role will interface closely with a number of internal business areas, particularly Finance and with key industry stakeholders including energy suppliers, TPI’s, MOP’s, DNO’s, and regulatory bodies including Ofgem and Ofwat.

 

 

Some of the key responsibilities include the following – 

 

•    Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to optimise & ensure continuity of service 

•    Build and maintain relationships with YW Finance to improve service delivery and aid effective payment of bills & issue resolution

•    Manage & optimize monthly billing process including validation, authorisation and payment processing of Edi’s and paper bills

•    Evaluate contract pricing mechanisms relating to flexible electricity supply to ensure billing accuracy

•    Support site investigations on queries & suspended accounts, non-commodity charges, settlement, AMR

•    Oversee Meter query faults process in relation to Billing and Accruals

•    Manage process for billing new sites, COT’s, closed sites and update Energy Management System accordingly. Feed into Accruals and Business Planning activity accordingly

•    Support Accruals process for debt, unbilled, fault