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Finance and Corporate Services (FCS)

Information Management

We co-ordinate SEPA’s obligations with respect to Access to Information regulations and legislation. This involves agreeing SEPA’s prioritised portfolio of information related projects, and managing SEPA’s main collections of book, paper publications and reports. We also provide SEPA’s data for use commercially through licence agreements.

Information management coordinate SEPA’s response to customer service complaints and provide internal guidance on records management. We prioritise spend on information projects and are a key contributor to work on corporate information security. We are the contact point in SEPA on compliance with EU Services Directive and EU INSPIRE and SEIS Directives.

Information Systems

We develop, implement and support operational business systems, and support the IS infrastructure to provide an efficient, customer-focussed service.

We provide effective, efficient and integrated communications systems, including telecoms and email, and an informative and effective internet site that makes environmental information available to all SEPA customers.

We ensure information is secure, and report on the performance of these security measures.

Facilities/Procurement and Estate Management

We provide an efficient, safe, clean, flexible and secure working environment for all SEPA staff.

We aim to minimise the impact of facilities and estates management on the environment.

We provide an efficient, compliant procurement service that maximises SEPA’s resources, ensures legislative compliance, is customer focussed and meets SEPA’s ambitions to lead on sustainable procurement.

Finance

We support SEPA in delivering its organisational objectives; its primary function being the provision of a range of customer focussed finance services.

We ensure that SEPA meets its statutory requirements, and that robust financial controls are in place. We also develop and maintain SEPA’s charging schemes.

National Administration Services

We provide administrative support to all SEPA directorates.

We support Floodline and associated initiatives as well as other SEPA business such as the Pollution line through SEPA’s Communications Centre (SCC).  We also support external agency business, eg Stopline and Bathing Waters signage.

Corporate Legal Services (CLS)

We provide commercial, corporate and administrative legal advice to SEPA.

Business Support

This department provides dedicated business support to Finance and Corporate Services, including business planning, performance management, benchmarking, improvement plans and succession planning. Corporately, it co-ordinates SEPA’s approach to risk management and also leads SEPA’s Customer Focus Programme.

Programme Management Office

We provide a standard, flexible, customised governance model for the commissioning, delivery and closedown of projects which fall within our remit.

We provide a portfolio management framework for the management of the SEPA programme and project portfolio.

We ensure that the status of a programme or project (normally under the control of a project board) is made available for reporting widely within SEPA.

Health and safety

We provide in-house technical, legal and best practice advice and guidance on health and safety issues to SEPA line managers and staff to ensure a safe and healthy working environment within the legislative framework.