Compliance Analyst

OFGEM
Delivery & Schemes is part of the delivery directorate of Ofgem and works on the administration and delivery of Environmental and Social schemes. We operate under 3 hubs Operations, Policy, and Assurance. This role sits within the Assurance Hub.

Compliance Analyst roles within the Hub are expected to be adaptive in providing support to meet the needs of the Hub. These roles could involve; supporting managers assessing supplier or participant compliance, identification of suspected fraud or error, implementation of audit programmes, risk management, or providing support on specific Assurance projects.

Key areas of work within the Hub include:

• Reviewing cases of non-compliance from internal and external stakeholders
• Planning and supporting the delivery of a programme of supplier or participant audits
• Monitoring energy supplier performance against statutory obligations and audits of the supplier activity and compliance activity
• Risk management: providing support to the business to effectively identify, report and manage operational and strategic risks and issues.
• Counter Fraud: identifying, investigating and mitigating fraud on the environmental and social schemes that we administer for the government

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will vary depending on the needs of the Hub but may include:

• Ensuring that suppliers and participants comply with Delivery & Schemes requirements. Includes critical analysis of data received from those parties and other sources.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of scheme audit programmes including setting terms of reference, liaison with appointed auditors & audited parties and assessment of reports.
• Interacting with external stakeholders (in particular obligated suppliers or participants) providing challenge to their data and seeking management responses where required.
• Making reasoned evidence-based recommendations to line management including identifying & escalating key issues as well as assisting in the management of risk.
• Meeting relevant KPI targets and statutory deadlines.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please refer to the Candidate Pack attached for full details.

Benefits

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; up to 30 days annual leave. Excellent training and development opportunities. The opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements which include a valuable range of benefits. Flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Restaurant and subsidise gym (London only). Interest free season ticket loan.

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the Apply now button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word supporting statement evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.