Retail Risk and Compliance Analyst
£37,000 to £45,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)  
Manchester city centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way, splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy)

2-year fixed term contract 

We’re looking for a Retail Risk and Compliance Analyst to join our Risk Health and Safety team. You’ll focus on process optimisation and reviewing our data to make sure we are compliant and trading legally and safely. We'll look to you to analyse data, identify trends and issues relating to health and safety compliance and potentially fraudulent transactional activity and develop data solutions that alert the business to fraud and health and safety risks. 

You’ll be working with the development of new automation and processes whilst using the latest Microsoft Power platforms. You’ll have a great opportunity for career development and the chance to make a huge impact leading the Co-op with integrating AI, reducing business loss, and making stores safer for our colleagues and customers. 

What you’ll do

• Be responsible for compliance reporting to make sure stores are operating safely and legally 
• Manage the continued development of PowerBI applications 
• Proactively look into automation and streamlining of processes 
• Embrace latest business tools and new technology, including Power Automate and Power Apps 
• Analyse all transactional data, looking at what’s outside the norm and identifying trends and investigating suspicious transactions, collating information together to build a case 
• Look at the data to identify opportunities to improve processes or spot training needs 
• Complete weekly and period reporting, showing trends and highlighting opportunities for improvement
• Manage cases end-to-end, monitoring an inbox and responding to queries

This role would suit people who have

• Advanced experience with Microsoft Power Platform, with the ability to confidently manipulate data, use basic formulas and functions and produce reports
• Experience working with large sets of data, able to analyse and tell the story behind it
• An inquisitive mind-set, with the ability to spot trends and find solutions 
• The ability to use data to tell a compelling story for other areas of the business 
• Great communication skills, with a talent for building strong relationships with partners across the business

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training (e.g. Certified Scrum Product Owner and Reforge) to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.