Audit Administrator - Office of Gas and Electricity Markets - London

Specific minimum qualifications and expertise

Essential:
• Educated to A level or relevant equivalent professional qualification or relevant professional experience

• IT literate, proficient in the use of MS Office with advanced Excel skills (e.g. VLookup and pivot tables)

• Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to pay particular attention to detail

• Proven ability to proactively prioritise, plan and demonstrate flexibility in high pressure situations

• Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders

• Administrative experience

Desirable:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience or interest in compliance and/or audit

• Experience and or knowledge of environmental schemes.

Competencies

Setting Direction

• Changing and Improving

• Making Effective Decisions

Engaging People

• Collaborating and partnering,

• Building Capability for all

Delivering Results

• Delivering Value for Money

• Delivering at pace

Purpose

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a major Government environmental programme administered by Ofgem E-Serve. Worth up to £860m in the current Government spending period, the programme aims to incentivise people to switch from fossil fuel heating to renewable heating through the payment of an ongoing financial incentive. Ofgem has been administering the RHI for the non-domestic sector since November 2011. The RHI was extended to domestic applicants in April 2014.

The purpose of this role is to support the Payments Manager on all issues related to the accurate and timely scheme payments to participants and the accurate forecasting and management of funds to support the RHI. There is also scope to be involved in individual ad-hoc projects across the team.

Key outputs and deliverables

• Support the smooth administration of the internal and external audit programmes, ensuring planning documents are maintained, key documents and decisions are recorded and filed appropriately and checking audit packs to ensure all necessary information is provided to auditors.

• Assist the team in delivering compliance activities & audit objectives through collection of key documentation maintaining tracking spreadsheets

• Support the team manager(s) to plan, schedule and administer the audit programme(s) of Domestic RHI.

• Review the draft audit reports from the audit contractor within the agreed timescales, checking quality of reports and highlighting any material issues to the manager and assistant manager.

• Engage with external and internal stakeholders of the audit programmes, answering queries and managing correspondence as required.

• Support the team to administer audit strategies, ensuring that the control environment is robust, and reflects the E-Serve and scheme risk appetite.

• Maintain and update internal systems and administrative controls as required.

• Assist the team in their risk management responsibilities as required

• Support the team in undertaking other scheme-specific and E-Serve project work as required

Key stakeholder relationships

External

• Department of Environment and Climate Change

• External auditors (consultants)

• Scheme participants and industry participants

Internal

• Legal, Technical, Finance staff

• Operational team(s)

• Counter Fraud and Other Audit personnel

Key accountabilities

• Supporting the administration of the audit activities Domestic RHI

• Supporting the administration of the compliance activities of Domestic RHI

• Ensuring accurate record-keeping

• Maintaining professional communications with internal and external stakeholders

As part of your application process, we will check your details against CIFAS fraud prevention databases.

Should our investigations identify fraud or the commission of any other criminal offences by you when applying for, or during the course of your employment with us, we will record the details of this on the relevant fraud prevention databases. This information may be accessed from the UK and other countries and used by law enforcement agencies and by us and other organisations to prevent fraud.

Further details of the CIFAS fraud prevention databases, through which we share information, can be obtained by contacting ofgem@capita.co.uk.

Closing date: 9am, 23rd May 2016.

Ofgem is an equal opportunities employer.

Protecting consumers and powering the future of the energy debate.

Benefits Pensions Civil Service pension schemes may be available for successful candidates. Benefits Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which includes:

• Up to 30 days’ annual leave

• Excellent training and development opportunities

• The opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements, which include a valuable range of benefits

• Flexible working hours and family friendly policies

• Subsidised gym and restaurant

• Interest free season ticket loan.