Finance manager (3197)

Job summary

Are you a fully qualified accountant and are you looking for a new role within finance?

If you are, then this role may be for you. Corporate Reporting, within Social Security Scotland’s Financial Reporting and Planning branch are looking for a Finance Manager to join their team.

The Financial Reporting and Planning team is primarily responsible for ensuring the organisation has robust financial management arrangements, whilst ensuring value for money for the taxpayer. The team also plays a key role in the preparation of the Annual Report and Accounts. As a Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the provision of regular financial management advice and support to non-finance staff and play a lead role in the Annual Report and Accounts Audit.

You will play a key role in producing robust monthly forecasting information and supporting and challenging our key stakeholders spending plans and reporting these results using the new Oracle finance system, Enterprise, Resource and Planning (ERP). You will improve the financial capabilities of the organisation through engaging with stakeholders and developing and delivering tailored training across the organisation.

This opportunity will provide you with excellent opportunities to broaden your finance experience, work with a range of stakeholders, and develop your budget monitoring skills.

Job description

• Provide challenge of financial forecasts to budget holders through delivery of financial reports and analysis on a regular basis, including key budget revisions throughout the financial year to encourage the effective use of public funds whilst delivering value for money.
• Lead, support and line manage finance colleagues to ensure delivery of team priorities, while also providing support and guidance to direct reports
• Develop and continually improve financial capabilities across the organisation by supporting in producing and delivering training and awareness sessions to stakeholders.
• Contribute to the Annual Report and Accounts process and liaise with external audit in the planning, fieldwork and completion processes, including responsibility for the operation of the centrally managed Audit Mailbox.
• Completion of key financial reconciliations to support the Annual Accounts process.
• Provide support and guidance to Oracle Finance and Purchase to Pay system users across business areas following the introduction of the Enterprise, Resource and Planning (ERP) module. Utilising the outputs of Oracle to continually improve the financial information provided to stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting and financial regulations, including the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM), specific regulations and accounting standards.

Person specification

Qualifications
Fully CCAB qualified (or equivalent) with up-to-date Continuing Professional Development.

Success Profiles
We use an assessment framework called ‘Success Profiles’ which lists the elements we test and provides detailed descriptions of each. Find out more about the framework here.

For this post, the following Success Profile elements will be assessed:

Experience

• Demonstrable financial management experience with the ability to identify, generate and interrogate financial data to support decision making.

Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing (Level 3)
• Delivering at Pace (Level 3)
  

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here: Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Technical / Professional Skills

You will demonstrate the following skills within the Finance Profession Capability Framework:

• Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing: Budget Management – (Level: Practitioner)

Benefits

Annual Leave - You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexi-time. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.

A Civil Service Pension - This job comes with a Civil Service pension. New joiners to the Civil Service will join a career average pension scheme as standard. Read more here - www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk.

Healthy work life balance - We can offer the possibility of full-time, part-time, term-time, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.

Discounts - You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.

Personal support for you - Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/7.

Volunteering special leave - Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.

Great locations - Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

Expected Timeline (subject to change)
Sift – From 18th February to 4th March 2026
Interview – w/c 16th March 2026

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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.

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Christopher Young
• Email : Christopher.Young@socialsecurity.gov.scot
• Telephone : 08001577194

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot

Further information

https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/working-with-us/help-with-your-application