33676 - Portfolio Finance and Systems Senior Advisor
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £54,940 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 March 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 33676 |
Summary
The Environment Agency is committed to building an inclusive workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity — we actively seek it, embrace it, and embed it into everything we do.
Our newly established (Environment and Business) E&B Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) is focused on creating a centralised portfolio that drives change, transformation, and continuous improvement. The E&B PfMO is recruiting a Finance and Systems Senior Advisor to drive forward the PfMO vision.
This role plays a pivotal role in E&B’s PfMO, providing expert oversight of financial reporting and systems. The role ensures high‑quality financial insights, robust system management, and timely, accurate responses to internal and external commissions.
This position also provides day‑to‑day leadership to a small team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement in portfolio financial management processes.
Key responsibilities:
Provide day to day leadership, professional development, coaching, and support to a small team within the PfMO.
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
Lead the development, consolidation, and delivery of high-quality financial reports through partnership with finance colleagues to improve financial transparency.
Ensure financial data integrity, accuracy, and alignment with organisational standards and reporting cycles.
Monitor and analyse portfolio level financial performance, risks, variances, and opportunities and provide recommendations to senior leaders to support strategic, informed decision-making.
Lead on the allocation refresh and prioritisation activities required of the PfMO to maintain and develop clear, consistent, and controlled portfolio oversight.
Act as local data custodian and user support for P3M systems and tools, ensuring data quality, user access control, and process compliance.
Act as a trusted advisor on financial reporting, systems, and portfolio management best practice.
Represent the PfMO in cross directorate working groups, governance forums, and strategic discussions.
The team
E&B fosters an inclusive, supportive culture and uses evidence and innovation to influence policy and delivery.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in change and transformation in the E&B directorate under the Change Implementation team. You’ll creatively shape a brand-new PfMO, with development opportunities and strong support from your team and peers.
The team is supportive and plays a vital role in shaping and optimising the Portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment and enhancing decision-making.
Experience/skills required
This role is central to ensuring the E&B directorate has clear, reliable financial insights, data accuracy and system management. By combining technical expertise with leadership capability, the Finance and Systems Senior Advisor strengthens decision‑making, enhances portfolio transparency, and supports the effective delivery of strategic outcomes across the directorate.