Finance Officer

We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax, Landfill Disposals Tax and the introduction of the Visitor Levy in Wales. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.

Join a place with purpose

You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.

Our people

You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance – there’s a place for you in our friendly team.

You’ll be our greatest asset

You’ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.

We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits – our People Survey results say it all!

We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.

More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028 .

Working directly to the Finance Manager, the Finance Officer will play a significant role in delivery of all the daily tasks required to make the Finance department function, supporting the Corporate and Tax Finance areas. It is a broad role, covering a wide variety of tasks that ensure the Finance department can meet the needs of all their internal and external customers. The successful candidate will enjoy the detail-oriented nature of the entry of Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) documents onto the finance system alongside the preparation of daily bank reconciliations.

The Finance Officer will need to be organised and resilient to ensure that they can work efficiently across a variety of tasks, covering the team’s needs by having the ability to learn in an ever-changing environment. They will be visible internally within our close-knit Finance team, while building cross-functional relationships with members of other teams within the WRA to ensure purchases, expenses and operations continue to run smoothly. To be successful in the role, they will be confident in explaining how decisions have been reached within our processes while providing excellent, timely customer service to both internal and external customers.

The finance function is still growing. We are looking for individuals who are flexible and adaptable, who appreciate that the WRA is still forming and there is much to do, and that the role could evolve as we become more established as an organisation.

“Working at the WRA has been a breath of fresh air from day one. It is exciting to be part of a new tax authority in Wales responsible for collecting and manging the first devolved taxes, helping to support Welsh public services. The WRA has provided me with the opportunities to develop and utilise my finance and leaderships skills in an organisation committed to supporting the process of delivering a fair tax system for Wales. We are a small, close-knit team of specialist individuals who support each other and the wider organisation to provide the best possible service for our taxpayers. Since joining in 2019, I have never looked back and would recommend anyone looking for a new and exciting opportunity look no further than the WRA.”

• Stephen Cooper, Senior Finance Manager

AAT fully qualified or CCAB/CIMA part qualified

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

We’ll always be clear about how we assess your application at each stage of the process. This will usually include:

• Assessment of your Application Form and CV against the relevant Success Criteria
• A panel interview (if you’re successful at the initial sift stage) Interviews will take place in person.
• If any additional assessments are needed for this role, such as a test or presentation at interview, we’ll let you know in advance.
• Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted using the lead behaviour, Making effective decisions.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader so we’ll ask you if you need any adjustments at each stage of the recruitment process. So that we can support you in a way that works for you, we’ll offer a pre-interview accessibility chat to anyone that declares a disability, or needs any adjustments. This will take place with someone who is independent of the recruitment process and you won’t be placed at any disadvantage as a result of needing adjustments.

A reserve list may be held for this role for applicants that have scored above the appointable threshold at interview. This means that if a similar vacancy becomes available in the next 12 months we may contact you to offer you the role.

Success criteria

Behaviours

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Making effective decisions

Talk to relevant people to get advice and information when unsure how to proceed. Explain how decisions have been reached in a clear and concise way, both verbally and in writing.

Yes

Yes

Managing a quality service

Keep colleagues and stakeholders fully informed of plans, possibilities and progress. Identify common problems that affect service, report them and find possible solutions.

Yes

No

Delivering at pace

Regularly review the success of activities in the team to identify barriers to progress or challenging objectives. Identify who and what is required to ensure success, set clear goals and areas of responsibility and continually assess workloads considering individual needs.

No

Yes

Working together

Develop a range of contacts outside own team and identify opportunities to share knowledge, information and learning. Contribute to an inclusive working environment where all opinions and challenges are listened to, and all individual needs are taken into account.

Yes

Yes

Strengths

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Team player

You work well as part of a team and strive to ensure the team pulls together and is effective.

No

Yes

Organiser

You make plans and are well prepared. You seek to maximise time and productivity.

No

Yes

Technical knowledge

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

Technical knowledge of month-end financial procedures.

No

Yes

Qualifications

Criteria

Assessed in personal statement and CV

Assessed during interview or assessment

AAT fully qualified or CCAB/CIMA part qualified

Yes

No

We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.