Compliance Data Specialist

Biffa; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Life cover

Job summary

Biffa Producer Compliance Solutions in Nottingham is seeking a Compliance Data Specialist to manage customer data from receipt through final submission, applying advanced Excel skills to cleanse, validate and standardise datasets for regulatory submissions.

You will act as the main contact for customers during submission periods, collaborate with internal teams, and help ensure accurate, well-documented submissions and audits, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Excel with data validation, formulas and advanced manipulation.
• Analytical and detail-oriented with strong problem-solving.
• Able to manage multiple priorities during busy submission periods.
• Confident in clear, professional customer communication.
• Experience with data cleansing and standardisation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Receive and review customer data submissions in Excel formats.
• Cleanse, validate and standardise datasets for compliance.
• Perform calculations, reconciliations and data checks with high accuracy.
• Identify data gaps and proactively resolve issues.
• Be the main point of contact for allocated customers during submissions.
• Provide guidance on data requirements and timelines.
• Support audits and prepare required data/documentation.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure efficient processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of data handling and compliance.
• Assist colleagues with new business leads as needed.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Multitasking

Proactive

Job description

Join Biffa Producer Compliance Solutions as a Compliance Data Specialist, where you'll play a key role in ensuring accurate, compliant regulatory submissions for a portfolio of producer customers.

This is a predominantly data-focused role (approximately 80%), centred on analysing, validating and standardising customer‑submitted data to meet regulatory requirements. Alongside this, you'll act as a trusted point of contact for customers, providing clear guidance and support throughout compliance submission periods.

We're looking for someone highly analytical, detail‑oriented and confident working with complex Excel datasets — as well as comfortable communicating clearly with customers when needed.

A quick look at the role.

As a Compliance Data Specialist, you will take ownership of customer data from receipt through to final submission. Customer datasets often vary in structure and format, so you'll use advanced Excel skills and logical problem‑solving to cleanse, manipulate and standardise information in line with regulatory requirements.

You will work closely with internal teams to ensure smooth submission cycles, resolve data queries efficiently, and maintain high standards of accuracy and documentation.

Your Core Responsibilities.

• Receive and review customer data submissions in various Excel formats
• Cleanse, validate and standardise datasets to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Perform calculations, reconciliations and data checks with high accuracy
• Identify inconsistencies or gaps in data and proactively resolve issues
• Act as the main point of contact for allocated customers during submission periods
• Provide clear guidance on data requirements and submission timelines
• Support customers during Environment Agency audits, including preparing and reviewing required data and documentation
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure efficient and documented processes
• Contribute to continuous improvement of data handling and compliance processes
• Support internal colleagues with new business leads as required

Requirements

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel (including formulas, data manipulation and validation techniques)
• Naturally analytical with strong problem‑solving ability
• Meticulous, organised and comfortable working with large datasets
• Confident communicating clearly and professionally with customers
• Able to manage multiple priorities during busy submission periods
• Proactive and self‑motivated

(Prior knowledge of environmental regulations, such as Extended Producer Responsibility and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, is helpful but not required — full training will be provided).

Benefits

• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – because if you don't grow, we don't grow
• Competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme
• Retail and leisure discounts
• Holiday and travel discounts
• Life cover

About Biffa

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we're turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It's a view that's shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that's always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.

Dedicated to Diversity

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you'll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.