Senior Financial Supervisor

Location

Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations – Cardiff, Glasgow or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow.

Ofgem is at the forefront of the fight to strengthen Britain’s energy market and protect consumers from financial instability, driving bold action to ensure a resilient and investable retail sector. We’re looking for a Senior Financial Supervisor to join our Financial Supervision team and help shape a greener, fairer and more financially robust energy system.

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. We’re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers, especially vulnerable people.

We’re offering a permanent opportunity within our Financial Resilience and Controls Directorate at a pivotal time for the energy market.

You’ll join a dynamic and friendly team that plays a central role in strengthening supplier resilience, helping to ensure risks are appropriately managed and that consumers are protected from the impact of supplier failure.

This is a high‑profile role with direct engagement across the sector and influence over how financial risks are understood and addressed.

You’ll work across finance, risk and regulation, contributing to the supervision of energy suppliers and supporting the development of a resilient, competitive and investable retail market.

Through close engagement with regulated companies and collaboration across Ofgem, you’ll help form evidence‑based judgements that inform decision‑making and shape market outcomes.

We’re looking for someone with a strong background in finance, insolvency or risk management, who brings robust analytical capability and sound judgement.

You’ll be confident working with complex financial data, influencing stakeholders, and communicating technical insights clearly to a range of audiences.

A recognised finance qualification or relevant commercial experience is essential.

In return, you’ll join an inclusive organisation that values expertise, collaboration and continuous improvement.

You’ll benefit from flexible working arrangements, generous civil service pension and leave entitlements, and the opportunity to work in a mission‑led environment where your contribution directly supports consumer protection and market stability.

We have a critical purpose to foster financial resilience across the energy retail market, ensuring a better balance of risks between suppliers and consumers and reducing the likelihood and cost of widespread failures.

In this role, you’ll help drive that resilience, supporting sustainable competition, protecting consumers and enabling the market conditions needed to deliver Net Zero.

This role is for a Senior Financial Supervisor in the Financial Supervision team.

It will sit in the Financial Resilience & Controls division that focuses on fostering financial resilience and undertakes supervision of domestic and non‑domestic energy suppliers, and as part of Ofgem’s Analysis Profession.

In our division, we have supervisors dedicated to the direct supervision of each UK licensed supplier. In addition, specialised supervisors may have particular areas of expertise and support all supervisors in carrying out in‑depth analysis and evaluation in such areas.

• Has a proven background in finance, insolvency or risk management.
• Can demonstrate delivery of positive change for consumers, communities, or society in a role across regulation and enforcement, compliance, risk management, strategy, operational delivery or policy development.
• Enjoys developing new skills, capabilities and expertise and being engaged across a broad range of diverse activities, including stakeholder engagement, analysis, policy development and project management.
• Is interested in the energy sector in the broad sense, passionate about ensuring good outcomes for current and future consumers, protecting consumers, and eager to help drive Ofgem’s contribution to delivering Net Zero.
• Champions our culture of inclusion and encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our…