Senior Analyst - Regulation

Job Description

Our Regulation team plays a vital role in ensuring ScottishPower's Customer Business is responsive to changing energy regulation and policy. We work closely with a variety of internal stakeholders and represent our business interests externally. As a Senior Regulation Analyst, your expertise will be key to achievement of our business goals. You will be at the forefront of influencing regulatory policy decisions and providing essential advice across our internal teams.

What you’ll be doing

Influence Regulatory Policy and manage requests for information

• Collaborate with the business to produce responses to regulatory consultations and requests.
• Prepare and submit regular and ad-hoc submissions to the Government, Ofgem, and other parties.

Provide Expert Advice

• Review business communications, policies, and other materials from a regulatory perspective, to ensure that we can comply with regulatory obligations while maintaining operational flexibility and cost efficiency.
• Help colleagues navigate the complex regulatory landscape, interpreting primary and secondary Legislation, Licence Conditions and industry codes to provide expert advice and opinion on internal business developments

Monitor emerging opportunities and risks

• Work with colleagues across the business to understand emerging business opportunities due to regulatory reform.
• Monitor and mitigate regulatory risks, supporting our response to regulatory changes so our policies remain aligned and effective.

What you’ll bring

• A high degree of professional integrity
• Knowledge of the GB energy regulatory, commercial and compliance framework – should this be in the minimum criteria?
• Ability to present concise and clear findings and conclusions to senior management.
• Excellent ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing
• A high standard of written English to enable the presentation of arguments and ideas in a clear, logical and persuasive manner at a variety of levels
• Ability to assess the scale of risk and make sound business decisions based on reasoned judgment.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the ScottishPower business within the context of the wider Iberdrola group.
• Understanding of risk management, internal control and governance
• Appropriate experience in a professional role.
• Ability to prioritise workload whilst focusing on quality and delivery to agreed timelines.
• Well-developed data analytics skills are desirable.

Minimum Criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience of working in high pressure environment to tight deadlines
• Experience of communicating at all levels including Senior Management, within an organisation and with external stakeholders
• Well-developed planning and organisation skills
• Highly literate with good communication, negotiation and influencing skills

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options including Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].