Regulatory Affairs Specialist - Hybrid

Drax
Hambleton
6 days ago
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Compliance Analyst (Surveillance) Full time, permanent We generate dispatchable, renewable power and create stable energy in an uncertain world. Building on our proud heritage, we have ambition to become the global leader in sustainable biomass and carbon removals. You’ll be joining our teams of practical doers, future thinkers and business champions. We’re enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future for all, and working hard to decarbonise the planet for generations to come. Day to day you’ll aid in the development and maintenance of a surveillance framework that meets Drax’s regulatory obligations to monitor trade and order activities for market abuse and facilitate with advisory and assurance compliance activities across the group’s trading and generation businesses. Using your trade surveillance system experience you will investigate alerts and calibrate abuse patterns, and feed this information to the business as required. You’ll provide support in the development and maintenance of an effective compliance framework that meets Drax’s regulatory, industry codes and generation licence obligations, protecting the business against regulatory sanctions and reputational risk to preserve Drax’s licence to operate. You’ll demonstrate an understanding of energy/financial wholesale markets and will increase your knowledge in the regulated risks associated with Energy Market regulatory framework, including but not limited to REMIT, MAR, MiFID II, EMIR, TCLC, S&P and FSMA/RAO. Your negotiation and communication skills will be key to success in this role, working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders throughout the business, including Generation, IT, Treasury, Trading & support functions, building trust, confidence and respect whilst challenging the status quo. Experience using the Scila system would be ideal, however we are more interested in your Data Analytics experience and ability to model and understand complex data sets and identify solutions to data queries! In a varying and fast-paced environment, you’ll also be involved in investigations, including large volumes of data gathering, complex analysis, conducting interviews, developing/presenting conclusions and recommendations to management. As you help us to shape the future, we’ve shaped our rewards and benefits to help you thrive and support A discretionary bonus depending on company performance · Private Healthcare with Vitality · SAYE (Sharesave): discretionary scheme from time to time · Group personal pension plan where we’ll pay up to 10% · Holiday 25 days plus bank holidays · To make this a reality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in, foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we build the trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectives and talents, no matter their background. Talk to us about flexible working! If you want to find out more about Drax, check out our LinkedIn page to see our latest news. If you’d like to have a confidential chat to discuss the role in more detail, please email -HYBRID

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