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Brook Street; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Brook Street in partnership with the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as a Finance administrator. The role involves providing administrative and operational support in a fast-paced environment, handling sensitive financial data, and liaising with internal teams and external customers.

We require strong IT skills (Excel) and experience with invoicing or payments, plus the ability to maintain records across systems.

Qualifications

• Experience handling sensitive financial and personal information.
• Strong IT skills, especially MS Excel.
• Experience with invoicing or payments.
• Familiarity with data protection and confidentiality requirements.

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.

Skills

Highly organized

Attention to detail

MS Excel

Stakeholder mgmt

Adaptability

Customer focus

Financial processes

Confidential information

SharePoint

Teamwork

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

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

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.

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.
• 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.

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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