Finance Administrator

Location: APHA,Isca Building, Manley House, Exeter, EX2 7LQ
Salary: £13.47 per hour
Contract Type: fill time, temporary assignment initially for 3 months with a possibility for extension.

Hours: Hybrid, Monday-Thurs-9AM to 5 Pm and Friday 9 AM to 4.30 pm

Clearance: Basic DBS

Training: on job training

Join a Team That Makes a Difference

Brook Street in partnership with the Animal & Plant Health Agency – (APHA) has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as a Finance administrator.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and operational support in a fast-paced environment.
• Process sensitive financial and personal data accurately and confidentially.
• Maintain records and update information across multiple systems.
• Manage shared mailboxes, telephone enquiries, and customer queries.
• Liaise with internal teams, stakeholders, delivery partners, and external customers.
• Process invoices and high-value compensation payments.
• Ensure compliance with data protection and internal procedures.
• Support team meetings, training activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Deliver excellent customer service and manage customer expectations effectively.

Essential Skills & Experience

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a busy, fast-paced environment.

• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Experience handling sensitive financial and personal information.
• Strong teamwork and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and workload demands.
• Customer-focused with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working with financial processes, invoicing, or payments.
• Experience handling sensitive or confidential information.
• Knowledge of SharePoint or similar systems.

Additional clearance if applicable:
Please note that period of 6 months or longer spent outside of the UK in the last 5 years will unfortunately require an additional overseas police check, this will be the responsibility of the candidate to provide.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who have been selected to progress to the next stage of the recruitment process. If you have not heard from us within 1 week of your application, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion. We encourage you to keep an eye on our current vacancies and welcome applications for any future roles that match your skills and experience.

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