Corporate Finance Lead (5042)

Job summary

Do you have excellent attention to detail, strong analytical capabilities and experience of working in a finance team? If the answers to the above are yes, then this exciting opportunity could be for you.

Job description

Do you have excellent attention to detail, strong analytical capabilities and experience of working in a finance team? If the answers to the above are yes, then this exciting opportunity could be for you.

This post is embedded in the National Records of Scotland (NRS) Finance Team, part of the Corporate Services Directorate.

This role is offered as a 6-month Fixed Term Appointment (Fair and Open) and provides a unique opportunity to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including NRS Senior Management and Budget Managers. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and working closely with the NRS Accountable Officer, you will help ensure the delivery of value-for-money outcomes across the organisation.

You will lead the financial planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting on our varied core budgets and income. You will provide robust management information and financial challenge, technical accounting expertise and broad technical financial insight to support delivery of NRS priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support the CFO in producing the NRS Annual Report and Accounts, coordinating contributions from staff and consulting with the Chief Executive and Directors as required. Select appropriate accounting policies, oversee key accounting judgements, ensure the accounts are free from material misstatement, and lead engagement with external auditors.
• Contribute to Spending Reviews, Portfolio Budget processes, and Autumn and Spring Budget Revision submissions, including negotiations with Portfolio and Scottish Government finance colleagues.
• Lead the annual budget commissioning exercise and mid-year financial review, working closely with budget holders to monitor performance against budgets and provide professional accounting, budgeting and financial advice to Directors and senior managers.
• Maintain and continuously improve financial processes to ensure expenditure on NRS Corporate budgets complies with NRS and Scottish Government financial governance requirements, advising on governance and control improvements where necessary.
• Deputise for the CFO on the Executive Management Board and Audit and Risk Committee, providing authoritative financial advice and insight, and contributing to discussions and decision-making on organisational management and strategic priorities.
• Provide accounting expertise and financial insight to corporate strategic planning activities and business cases, ensuring financial plans support and align with organisational objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across organisational boundaries and professional groups, particularly with Directors, promoting good financial practice and supporting the planning and delivery of business priorities.
• Lead the NRS Corporate Finance Team (currently comprising 2 B3s, 4 B2s, 1 B1, 2 A4s and 1 A3), ensuring effective day-to-day oversight, appropriate resourcing, training and development, efficient financial procedures, and compliance with the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM), the UK Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM), and Consolidated Budgeting Guidance.

Person specification

Qualifications

Must be fully CCAB qualified with relevant post qualification experience in a similar financial environment and up-to-date CPD.

Please ensure you clearly demonstrate this qualification in your CV/Supporting statement otherwise you will be automatically sifted out at application stage.

Proof of qualifications will be checked at the assessment stage.

Success profileSuccess profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) that candidates will be assessed on.
Technical / Professional Skills:

1. Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing (Practitioner)
2. Government Financial Management (Practitioner)
3. Strategic Financial Analysis and Insight (Practitioner)
4. Understanding International Accounting Standards (Practitioner)
5. Data Analysis (Expert)

You can find out more about the skills required, here: Finance Profession Capabilities Framework
Experience

• Strong technical accounting skills and ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and succinctly to a wide range of audiences, including to non-finance colleagues.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and collaborate effectively with key stakeholders and a proven ability to explain financial information effectively to stakeholders and non-financial professionals.
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage a diverse workload and team, and able to adapt to changing situations and manage competing priorities.
• A track record in leading and managing teams to deliver a range of finance and/or management functions. Demonstrating effective leadership and delegation skills and the ability to develop and motivate staff.

Behaviours:

1. Making Effective Decisions (Level 4)
2. Communicating and Influencing (Level 4)
3. Delivering at Pace (Level 4)

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot

Qualifications

Must be fully CCAB qualified with relevant post qualification experience in a similar financial environment and up-to-date CPD.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing (practitioner)
• Government Financial Management (practitioner)
• Strategic Financial Analysis and Insight (practitioner)
• Understanding International Accounting Standards (practitioner)
• Data Analysis (practitioner)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £62,111, Scottish Government contributes £17,993 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Apply using the link below

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Tracey Thompson
• Email : tracey.thompson@nrscotland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot

Further information

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