Regulatory Analyst
Posted Today by Reed Professional Services
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Regulatory & Infrastructure Investment Analyst will play a vital role in the Investment Determinations Team, contributing to significant infrastructure investment programs in the UK, particularly in electricity transmission. This position involves reviewing investment applications, conducting quality assurance checks, and engaging with stakeholders to support the UK's energy transition. The role requires strong analytical skills and experience in regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance and effective decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and conduct quality assurance checks on major infrastructure investment and funding submissions.
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and areas of non-compliance in applications and supporting evidence.
- Carry out initial assessments of business cases and investment proposals.
- Draft questions and information requests for applicant organisations.
- Prepare handover packs and assessment summaries for the Investment Determinations Team.
- Assess costs, benefits, and investment rationale while reviewing commercial assumptions and supporting evidence.
- Support benchmarking and comparative analysis activities and contribute to evidence-based decision support materials.
- Capture lessons learned from previous assessment rounds and help improve assessment frameworks, templates, and guidance.
- Engage with electricity transmission companies, support workshops, meetings, and information-gathering activities, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to review complex business cases, funding submissions, or investment proposals.
- Experience working within governance, assurance, or regulatory frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Proven track record in assurance and assessment activities, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, risks, and areas of non-compliance.
- Experience in evaluating investment rationale, costs, benefits, and supporting evidence to support robust decision-making.
- Desirable: RIIO price control experience, electricity transmission or wider energy-sector knowledge, and regulatory assessment or assurance experience.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Regulatory & Infrastructure Investment Analyst
Contract Duration: 80 Days
Location: Hybrid (remote with occasional attendance in London)
Daily Rate: Outside IR35
We are currently seeking an experienced Regulatory & Infrastructure Investment Analyst to join the Investment Determinations Team. This role involves a significant contribution to one of the UK's most crucial infrastructure investment programmes, focusing on major electricity transmission investment applications. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on high-profile projects that are pivotal to the UK's energy transition.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Review and conduct quality assurance checks on major infrastructure investment and funding submissions.
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and areas of non-compliance in applications and supporting evidence.
- Carry out initial assessments of business cases and investment proposals.
- Draft questions and information requests for applicant organisations.
- Prepare handover packs and assessment summaries for the Investment Determinations Team.
- Assess costs, benefits, and investment rationale while reviewing commercial assumptions and supporting evidence.
- Support benchmarking and comparative analysis activities and contribute to evidence-based decision support materials.
- Capture lessons learned from previous assessment rounds and help improve assessment frameworks, templates, and guidance.
- Engage with electricity transmission companies, support workshops, meetings, and information-gathering activities, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to review complex business cases, funding submissions, or investment proposals.
- Experience working within governance, assurance, or regulatory frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Proven track record in assurance and assessment activities, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, risks, and areas of non-compliance.
- Experience in evaluating investment rationale, costs, benefits, and supporting evidence to support robust decision-making.
Desirable: RIIO price control experience, electricity transmission or wider energy-sector knowledge, and regulatory assessment or assurance experience.