Senior Ethics & Compliance Manager

Join us, be part of more. 

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

About your team: 

You’ll be working centrally within our mission control room, aka Centrica’s group functions. From Finance and Data Science, to our Wellbeing and People teams - this is the engine of our energy system, where our various Centres of Excellence power up each of our brilliant businesses, ensuring they have all the support, technologies, and capabilities they need to get our customers to Net Zero by 2050.

We have an exciting new requirement for a Senior Ethics & Compliance 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.

The Group Ethics pillar is a small, innovative, dynamic, and highly visible team that is responsible for Our Code, Speak Up (whistleblowing system), Conflicts of Interest and Gifts and Hospitality, alongside other key projects in the Ethics and Compliance (E&C) space. We are seeking an experienced individual who can display specialist knowledge and proactiveness to maintain and develop all elements of our ethics programme. 

Location: We work flexibly in line with our Flexible First working arrangements believing that empowered colleagues are happier and more productive. The successful candidate will, however, need to be comfortable commuting to our Windsor office on a once-weekly basis.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for strategy and policies, procedures, systems and guidance documents relating to all pillars of the Ethics Programme (including design, implementation and continuous improvement), in particular Gifts & Hospitality, Conflicts of Interest, annual Code certifications, and Speak Up whistleblowing management.
• Provide guidance to senior management, staff, and employees on ethics and compliance.
• Lead the team who manage central registers and processes required within the Centrica Ethics & Compliance programme (including but not limited to: Speak Up, conflicts of interests register, gifts and hospitality register), driving innovation and updates as required.
• Build and maintain an integrated ethics communications and awareness plan, working with Internal Comms and internal stakeholders to agree
• Track and report current status of ethics & compliance education, policy acknowledgements, complaints, investigations, inquiries and other metrics as required.
• Provide support and assist with Ethics considerations towards the Responsible use of AI.
• Responsible for the co-ordination of the Modern Slavery Steering Committee and compiling/updating Centrica’s Modern Slavery statements.
• Responsible for the design, implementation, and coordination of global E&C training on all matters (including all E&C risks, all E&C foundational training – Code, conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality).

Who are we looking for?

• Leadership and management skills, with the ability to lead and manage a small team.
• Negotiating, influencing and communication skills to command professional respect at the highest levels. Developing close ‘trusted adviser’ relationships with key business leaders.
• Clear understanding and absolute adherence to ethical principles, company values, Business Principles and policies.
• Good oral and written communication skills with analytical skills and the ability to identify and explain compliance requirements and convey difficult messages to all stakeholders.
• Track record of collaborating with senior leaders to help facilitate their role in ensuring the effectiveness of the ethics and compliance program.
• Experience of managing ethics and compliance processes and controls (essential).
• Relevant or comparable professional experience, i.e., compliance and energy market experience, law firm or regulatory agency, relevant U.S. or UK compliance, regulatory, legal, risk, whistleblowing, auditing or internal controls work experience (essential).
• Experience of managing data and data analysis (desirable).

We are proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer. Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world for everyone. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by The Times for being one of the Top 50 Employers for Women.

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being FlexFirst. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows;

• Competitive salary and bonus potential
• 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

We are committed to creating a cleaner and greener future. And we’re making big changes to help us get there. That means cutting customers' emissions and our own to reach net zero. And because our people are the beating heart of our business, we will continue to champion inclusivity, develop future skills and invest in our local communities to create a better world for everyone. As part of our reforestation project with WeForest, for every new employee that joins our family, we plant trees in underprivileged areas in Tanzania to offer farming and wildlife economy opportunities for locals.

Why should you apply?
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centrica

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

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