Senior Finance Manager (Capital) (3450)

Job summary

Do you have good numerical and analytical skills with an eye for detail? Can you confidently engage with a wide range of stakeholders to support effective decision making? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a Senior Capital Finance Manager within the Financial Reporting and Planning Team. You will provide dedicated financial expertise to support the transfer of significant capital assets and to enable the continuation of service development and delivery following Social Security Programme’s closure in March 2026. This will include the preparation of all capital year end accounting entries and notes to support the Annual Report and Accounts.

This role will also involve regular engagement with policy colleagues and Social Security Scotland’s Executive Team to establish future requirements and timescales, supporting robust decision making for future investment across the organisation. You will liaise with Scottish Government Central Finance colleagues and External Audit around the correct accounting treatment for capital expenditure and depreciation calculations, including the provision of assurance and evidence to support the delivery of value for money.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Monitoring in-year and future year capital expenditure for Social Security Scotland, providing necessary assurance to senior leaders and core Scottish Government Finance colleagues, ensuring forecasts remain accurate and explaining any variances.
• Working with Senior Leaders to develop a capital strategy which delivers on the organisation’s key priorities.
• Impacting the future benefits and efficiencies to be delivered from capital investment, and tracking the delivery and outcomes of this.
• Assessing expenditure plans to ensure appropriate accounting treatment in line with relevant accounting standards.
• Provision of expert advice and guidance to budget holders and Executive Team around the in-year and future year capital programme.
• Leading the completion of notes to accounts which are relevant to capital (including Fixed Assets, Intangible Assets and Capital Commitments) for the Annual Report and Accounts, and liaising with External Audit during the audit process.
• Manage the safe and secure transfer of assets from Social Security Programme.
• Regular review of Social Security Scotland’s Capitalisation Policy.
• Supporting Senior Responsible Officers in adhering to internal and Scottish Government-wide governance processes associated with major investment projects.

Person specification

Qualifications
The successful candidate must be fully CCAB qualified, with up to date Continuing Professional Development. Please include details of your qualifications and CPD in your CV.

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:

Technical / Professional Skills:
You will demonstrate the following skills within the

• Budget Management (Practitioner)
• Government Financial Reporting (Expert)

(Please note, if you are an external candidate or applying from another Government Department please email recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot to request a copy of the framework).

Experience

• Experience in financial management of a complex capital programme.

• Demonstrable ability to develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders.

Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing (Level 4)
• Delivering at Pace (Level 4)

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

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)
Interviews – w/c 27th March 2026 or w/c 4th April 2026
Location - in person in Glasgow

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

Security

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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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 : Michelle Ward
• Email : Michelle.Ward@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