Regulatory Manager: Wholesale and Retail Market Design and Policy

Centrica is going through a fascinating period of change at the moment. We’re evolving to become a truly purpose-led organisation, helping millions of customers to live more sustainably, simply and affordably. We truly believe that we have a huge role to play in helping the nation to cut carbon emissions and prepare for a net zero future.

We’re excited about a future where we can help every driveway in the UK to have an EV charger, thousands of homes to be powered by a heat pump, and so much more.

Change of this magnitude doesn’t happen overnight, but we truly believe that we have a huge role to play in helping the nation to cut carbon emissions and in helping millions of households through a once in a generation cost-of-living crisis.

In order to set our company up for further success, we need a Regulatory Manager to join our Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Ethics & Compliance and Secretariat Function (LRECS). LRECS focusses on providing a diverse and inclusive environment with a strong emphasis on wellbeing and delivering opportunities for growth and personal development.

Package details:

• Up to £100,000 salary dependant on experience plus bonus

• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap

• Pension scheme

• Company Funded Healthcare Plan

• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days

• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

The role

• We are looking for a proactive, inquisitive and creative Regulatory Manager to support Centrica deliver our ambitious growth and net zero objectives.

• The Wholesale and Retail Market Design and Policy team supports three Centrica business units: British Gas Energy, Centrica Business Solutions and Net Zero Ventures. We engage with Ofgem and Government to enable these business units to invest with confidence.

• We are particularly focussed on assets, products and services that will help our customers reduce their carbon emissions, and decarbonise Britain’s energy supply. These include solar farms, grid scale batteries, heat pumps and demand side response.

• The Regulatory Manager will support at least one of these business units in its engagement with Ofgem and the Government. You will give tactical and strategic advice to commercial colleagues, including on risk. You will regularly engage with Ofgem directly. You will respond to formal consultations and Requests for Information.

About you

• You will be a self-starter: you will take the initiative to deliver your objectives. You will be constantly thinking about different ways of going about this.

• You will be creative, inquisitive and committed to continuous improvement. You will respond positively to feedback and be keen to give feedback.

• You will encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace, ensuring that everyone feels comfortable, valued and listened to. You will welcome different views and perspectives.

• You will have high quality written and verbal communication skills.

• You will have strong analytical skills and be able to effectively assess the commercial implications of different regulatory proposals.

• You will have significant relevant experience – for example having worked for a regulator, in Government, for a regulated company or consultancy.

• You will be interested in working in the energy sector, and ideally interested in net zero.

Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue to champion inclusivity, develop future skills and invest in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world, for everyone.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.