Senior Regulatory Data Analyst

Role OVO-View

Team: Policy and Regulation

Salary banding: £48,500 - £60,000

Experience: Mid-level

Reporting to: Senior Regulation Manager

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Analytical, Collaborative, Insight

Top 3 qualities for this role: Organisation, Detail-oriented, Communication

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub‑based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in person. You’ll be assigned to the closest of our three hub offices—Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field‑based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity’s biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That’s why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:
We’re hiring world‑changers. The Regulation team plays a critical role in understanding and influencing the boundaries within which we operate, ensuring we are able to affect and adapt to industry change. The Regulatory Reporting team is responsible for providing accurate reporting to our regulator and using that data to provide insight to the rest of the business. Our clear focus is to enable OVO to drive progress and support customers on our Zero Carbon journey.

You will lead OVO’s small but important regulatory reporting and data insight unit, ensuring that OVO meets its regulated reporting obligations through the development, delivery and maintenance of a wide suite of reporting capabilities. You’ll work with colleagues from across the business to deliver robust and accurate data sets for submission to external stakeholders such as Ofgem and government, while also building out key value‑add insights to support business decision‑making through the surfacing of key risks and opportunities.

• Coordinating and managing the Regulatory Reporting workload between yourself and a supporting analyst, delivering a strategic agenda that contributes to our team and business objectives.
• Owning the coordination and submission of core regulatory data reports to external bodies such as Ofgem, DESNZ and Citizens Advice, including creation, maintenance and robust validation of data sets to ensure a high level of accuracy.
• Continuous review of reporting sources to ensure robust and accurate data, aligning with Ofgem’s Market Data requirements and internal best practice.
• Lead on developing and providing insight to support business awareness and decision-making, including the creation and maintenance of business‑facing regulatory insight dashboards that provide a “regulator’s view” of OVO to senior stakeholders.
• Create and maintain positive relationships with external regulatory bodies.
• Provide analytical support to other business units, such as Regulatory Schemes (ECO, Warm Home Discount and Feed‑in‑Tariff) and operational teams.
• Managing compliance with internal governance processes to ensure submissions are appropriately reviewed and approved by the right stakeholders prior to submission.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the business to provide commentary to regulators and external stakeholders on trends and anomalies within submissions as necessary.
• Analyse and distill complex datasets, communicating key findings to senior stakeholders to ensure awareness of key areas of regulatory risk and opportunity.

• Have proven experience in a similar data or analytical role, with an in‑depth knowledge of key data analysis tools such as Big Query, Dataform, SQL, Git Hub, and advanced MS Excel / Google Sheets abilities.
• Are highly numerate and analytical with an…