Charges Accountant

NATURAL RESOURCES WALES; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental regulatory body in the United Kingdom is seeking a Charges Accountant to develop and manage charging schemes that raise significant income. This role involves collaboration with various teams to support regulatory processes and the development of guidance. The successful candidate will play a key role in public consultations and contribute to sustainable funding models. The position supports hybrid working and reports to the Regulatory Business Management Team manager.

Qualifications

• Ability to develop internal and external guidance.
• Experience in charge modelling and consultation.
• Strong skills in collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop charging schemes for public consultation.
• Support annual regulatory service plan development.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners.

Skills

Development of charging schemes

Collaboration with teams

Evidence-based charge modelling

Training development

Job description

The role

This role provides an opportunity for you to be at the forefront of progressive change in the strategic resourcing and management of our regulatory processes within Natural Resources Wales, supporting the delivery of our corporate plan.

You will be part of a specialist team responsible for developing our charging schemes that raise £50m of charge income annually which represents around 20% of NRW's annual funding.

As a Charges Accountant you will work closely alongside and collaborate with existing Teams within EPP, Operations and Finance and Corporate Services, as well as external partners, supporting their work by developing new processes that support new or changing areas of work that arise from ongoing revision of our charging schemes. This will include developing internal and external guidance, as well as training for internal staff in support of these new approaches.

You will play a key role in developing future full cost-recovery charging proposals for public consultation, building a sound evidence base for charge modelling that will deliver sustainable funding for the medium to long-term. The role will focus on NRW's ability to charge as a statutory consultee, as well as reviewing other regulatory areas to ensure full cost-recovery.

You will also support the development of our annual regulatory service plan that is key to delivering the standard of regulatory service we expect to deliver.

The role is suitable for hybrid working, has no line-management responsibility and will report to the Manager of the Regulatory Business Management Team, under the Regulation and Permitting department which sits within the EPP Directorate.

About us

Natural Resources Wales is responsible for the regulation of over forty regimes, from major industry to cockle fisheries. Our regulation underpins much of what we do to protect, maintain and enhance our natural resources so that people can live better and healthier lives and our wildlife can thrive. Regulation contributes to this by reducing the risk of harm to the environment, people and communities of Wales and promoting responsible behaviour that manages our natural resources in a sustainable way.