Validation Analyst

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?
At M Group Energy, we're enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our
Metering team
, you'll join the leading provider of metering services in the UK energy retail sector, we provide efficient and flexible services for gas, electricity and water meters.

Our meter readers install, maintain and manage meters to make sure customers are billed correctly and energy usage patterns are monitored.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?
We are looking for a
Validation Analyst
to join our Operations Centre team. You'll play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our pricing structures, customer invoicing, and financial security across our Energy and Water client base.

This is a
hybrid role
, combining remote working with some time at our Newcastle office based in
Cobalt Business Park
.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, maintaining and validating pricing tables, rate cards and scorecard updates
• Generating, reviewing and validating customer invoices to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Producing timely and accurate client performance reports and ad-hoc data sets
• Resolving discrepancies and liaising with internal teams and clients on billing issues
• Supporting audits with relevant documentation and analysis
• Driving continuous improvement to enhance accuracy and efficiency in reporting and invoicing

This is a role where your analytical skills and attention to detail will make a real impact on service quality and customer experience.

What You'll Bring

• A strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and identify trends
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in everything you do
• Clear and effective communication skills to engage with internal teams and clients
• Problem-solving ability and a proactive approach to resolving issues
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under pressure
• A collaborative attitude - you enjoy working as part of a team and sharing best practices
• Commitment to continuous improvement and finding smarter ways of working
• Previous experience in data handling

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Power BI for data visualisation
• SQL skills for data extraction and analysis
• Understanding of pricing structures and invoicing processes
• Academic history of data science / data analysis

What's in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• 25 days plus bank holiday

About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3
rd
party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.