Senior Fees Modelling Lead – salary 60,778 p.a. + benefits

Canary Wharf, London

Job Summary
We are currently looking for a
Senior Fees Modelling Lead
to join our
Planning and Performance
team within the
Corporate
group.

This is a
full-time
opportunity, on a
permanent
basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.

Government departments and agencies are working towards implementing a minimum 60% attendance in office sites.

We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 8 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 12 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly.

Who are we?
The Corporate Group covers Finance, Commercial, HR and Infrastructure and Laboratory Services. We deliver core corporate functions that support the wider agency deliver its public health and regulatory activities as effectively and efficiently as possible.

This post sits in the Planning and Performance Team in Finance. We are responsible for developing the agency's fee strategy and statutory fee uplifts; reporting on business performance measures and encouraging a high-performance culture; and ensuring the agency's fees continue to cover our costs to secure finance sustainability both short and long term.

Job Description
What's the role?
We are looking for a dynamic individual to help drive the culture in the agency towards embedding our fees uplifts, their implementation through digital and operational platforms and supporting a key corporate priority – ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

The successful applicant will be responsible for demonstrating technical as well as strong leadership skills to implement successful fees uplifts, influencing and developing productive relationships with staff working across a unique range of agency functions as well as wider stakeholders such as HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, our Sponsor DHSC and industry.

You will be someone who loves to troubleshoot, undertake and confidently present high-quality impactful analysis and advice to our Executive Committee and Board on statutory fees.

*Key Responsibilities:*

• Design, development and costing of the Agency's Fee and Models
• Data insight, Analytical challenge and Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Management Lead for IT integration for fee uplifts
• Management of fee mapping to MHRA systems for accuracy and audit

What's the role?
We are looking for a dynamic individual to help drive the culture in the agency towards embedding our fees uplifts, their implementation through digital and operational platforms and supporting a key corporate priority – ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

The successful applicant will be responsible for demonstrating technical as well as strong leadership skills to implement successful fees uplifts, influencing and developing productive relationships with staff working across a unique range of agency functions as well as wider stakeholders such as HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, our Sponsor DHSC and industry.

You will be someone who loves to troubleshoot, undertake and confidently present high-quality impactful analysis and advice to our Executive Committee and Board on statutory fees.

*Key Responsibilities:*

• Design, development and costing of the Agency's Fee and Models
• Data insight, Analytical challenge and Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Management Lead for IT integration for fee uplifts
• Management of fee mapping to MHRA systems for accuracy and audit

Person specification

Who are we looking for?
Our Successful Candidates Will Have:

• Strong analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data; create clear visual, tabular and summary reports that distil insight for senior leadership.
• Independent, proactive and excellent at project planning and management, the ability to plan, set up and run projects and balance competing priorities and working with others easily.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for variety of audiences; able to write papers for senior leaders in non-technical language; good eye for detail / quality control.
• Must have demonstratable or proven financial modelling and forecasting, analytical experience to confidently create and provide costing analysis and insight for senior stakeholders to support decision making (Essential Criteria).
• A good understanding of the HMT's Managing Public Money guidance and principles on fees and charges is invaluable.

*Person Specification:
Method of assessment: A=Application, I=Interview
Behaviour Criteria:*

• Seeing the Big Picture (A, I)
• Communicating and Influencing (A, I)
• Delivering at Pace (A, I)
• Making Effective Decisions (A, I)

*Experience Criteria:*

• Strong analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data; create clear visual, tabular and summary reports that distill insight for senior leadership. (A, I)
• Independent, proactive and excellent at project planning and management, the ability to plan, set up and run projects and balance competing priorities and working with others easily. (A)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for variety of audiences; able to write papers for senior leaders in non-technical language; good eye for detail / quality control. (A)

*Technical Criteria:*

• Must have demonstratable or proven financial modelling and forecasting, analytical experience to confidently create and provide analysis and insight for senior stakeholders to support decision making (A, I)

*Strengths Criteria:*

• Challenger (I)
• Adaptable (I)

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Alongside your salary of £60,778, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency contributes £17,607 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays
• Privilege Leave: 1 day
• Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
• Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay
• Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
• Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please see the link for further information For enquiries relating to the Civil Service Pension Schemes please contact MyCSP's Pension Service Centre directly on
• Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan
• Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund
• Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA)
• Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs
• On-going learning and development

Selection process details

*The Selection Process:*
We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates, find out more here.

• Application, which will include a CV, which should demonstrate how you meet the Experience and Technical Success Profile criteria. Please submit your application to Archer Mac by visiting this link
• Interview, which can include questions based on the Behaviour, Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles.

Closing date: 04 January 2026

Shortlisting date: w/c 09 January 2026

Interview date: 15 & 16 January 2026

Candidates will be contacted within a week of the sift and the interviews completed to inform them of the outcome.

Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check as well as animal rights and pro-life activism checks. People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Certain Roles Within The MHRA Will Require Post Holders To Have Vaccinations, And In Some Circumstances, Routine Health Surveillance. These Roles Include:

• Laboratory-based roles working directly with known pathogens
• Maintenance roles, particularly those required to work in laboratory settings
• Roles that involve visiting other establishments where vaccination is required
• Roles required to travel overseas where specific vaccination may be required.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Any move to the MHRA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.

Successful candidates may be subject to annual Occupational Health reviews dependent on role requirements. If you have any queries, please contact

In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment on the basis of merit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should firstly contact Florentina Oyelami, Head of Talent Acquisition –

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at:

Civil Service Commission

Room G/8

1 Horse Guards Road

London

SW1A 2HQ

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : Stephanie Robinson
• Email :

Recruitment team

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Further information

In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment on the basis of merit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact the Resourcing Team at , in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: - - Civil Service Commission Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ