Financial Analyst
Location
Wales, United Kingdom
Posted At
9/3/2025
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Description
The role
Natural Resources Wales is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented finance professional to take on a key role in managing, controlling, and reporting on staff budgets across our organisation. This is more than just a numbers role - it's an opportunity to influence how we plan and invest in our people, helping shape the workforce that delivers vital environmental outcomes for communities across Wales.
As part of our Finance team, you'll work closely with senior leaders and key internal stakeholders to provide accurate, timely, and strategic financial insights that inform workforce planning and business decisions. You'll play a pivotal part in ensuring our financial governance is robust, transparent, and aligned with our commitment to public service excellence.
We're looking for someone who can thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment - balancing multiple priorities while maintaining a sharp eye for detail. Flexibility, adaptability, and a proactive mindset are essential, as you'll contribute to a range of finance activities beyond your core responsibilities.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Andrea Morgan. [email protected]
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
What You Will Do
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method .
Please keep reading
We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.
Natural Resources Wales is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented finance professional to take on a key role in managing, controlling, and reporting on staff budgets across our organisation. This is more than just a numbers role - it's an opportunity to influence how we plan and invest in our people, helping shape the workforce that delivers vital environmental outcomes for communities across Wales.
As part of our Finance team, you'll work closely with senior leaders and key internal stakeholders to provide accurate, timely, and strategic financial insights that inform workforce planning and business decisions. You'll play a pivotal part in ensuring our financial governance is robust, transparent, and aligned with our commitment to public service excellence.
We're looking for someone who can thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment - balancing multiple priorities while maintaining a sharp eye for detail. Flexibility, adaptability, and a proactive mindset are essential, as you'll contribute to a range of finance activities beyond your core responsibilities.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Andrea Morgan. [email protected]
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
What You Will Do
- Support other Finance staff and budget managers throughout the organisation on the management of resources, including the provision of advice, guidance and training.
- Supporting cost centre and project managers is establishing expenditure and income plans, where applicable, for medium term financial planning escalating as appropriate to Business Finance Accountants and Financial Performance Accountants
- Support the detailed budget setting exercise (for designated area of responsibility). Supporting cost centre and project managers is establishing expenditure and income profiled plans for the financial year.
- Monitor financial performance (for designated area of responsibility), providing advice and guidance, as relevant, to Programme Boards, Workforce Planning Groups, Enterprise etc. and identify areas of risk/opportunity. Ensure these are communicated and acted upon appropriately. Escalate where necessary.
- Ensure the control and accuracy of financial information held on MyNRW and Reports, including the maintenance of cost centre and project structures.
- Advocate compliance with our Financial Scheme of Delegation, identifying and then either resolving or referring issues to the specialists for resolution.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy , together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method .
- Accounting Technician qualification or qualified by experience.
- Experience working within Finance environment at a technical level.
- Knowledge of 'Managing Welsh Public Money' Principles & HMT's 'Classification of Receipts'.
- Understand a wide range of our business and environmental activities.
- Knowledge and understanding of our Finance Scheme of Delegation with an ability to advise others.
- Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)
Please keep reading
We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.
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