Finance Business Partner

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A national park authority in Inverness is seeking a Finance Business Partner to produce high-quality financial information while supporting strategic collaboration across departments. The role involves preparing management accounts and providing financial advice. Candidates should have experience in financial systems and be a part qualified accountant. This position offers a hybrid work model and is fixed term for one year.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Annual leave allowance

Access to wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience of preparing and presenting management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
• Working knowledge of financial systems including nominal ledger coding structures.
• Experience of month-end processes including Trial Balance, variance analysis and reconciliations.
• Able to extract data from finance systems for reporting purposes.
• Excellent understanding and ability to interrogate finance systems.
• Articulate with excellent interpersonal skills, including good report-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reporting.
• Assist in the development of new reporting from our finance system.
• Provide financial advice, guidance and support.
• Preparation and monitoring of budgets.

Skills

Preparing and presenting management accounts

Working knowledge of financial systems

Month-end processes

Data extraction from finance systems

Excellent interpersonal skills

Hands-on experience

Articulate report writing

Self-starter

Education

Part Qualified Accountant

Tools

Advanced Excel skills

Job description

Salary: £36,176 - £43,355 (Band D) per annum

Contract Type: Temporary

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Work From Home: Hybrid

Join us to help shape a nature-positive, carbon-negative and thriving future for people and nature in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. As the National Park Authority, we are focused on leading bold, collaborative action with a range of partners to tackle the twin crises of climate change and nature loss and create a thriving, welcoming place for all.

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Salary: £36,176 - £43,355 (Band D) per annum

Working Hours: 35 hours per week - we are happy to talk part time and flexible working.

Contract: 1 year fixed term (maternity cover)

Location: Balloch, with hybrid working model in place

The Role:

We’re looking for someone to join the finance team for a year to help us produce high quality financial information. You’ll work closely with other members of the finance team to aid strategic collaboration and performance optimisation across directorates.

In an organisation when no two days are the same, you’ll be a self-starter who puts communication and collaboration first to ensure stakeholder expectations are met.

Working with the Finance Manager there will be opportunity to add value creation through process improvements thus maximising the value we get from our limited finances.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reporting to managers, the Executive, the Board and Board Committees, including commentary and variance analysis
• Completion and submission of monthly budget monitoring reports to the Scottish Government
• Act as business partner with budget holders. Preparation, profiling and monitoring of budgets (salary budget/ team budgets/ organisational level budgets).
• Assist in the development of new reporting from our finance system
• Support the preparation of the annual statutory accounts and liaise with External Audit
• Review, interpret and advise on statutory and regulatory changes in public body financial accounting and determine appropriate changes in internal policies, controls and financial accounting to comply with statutory requirements and best practice.
• Provide financial advice, guidance and support to the organisation to support business needs
• Prepare and assist with the documentation of policies, procedures and controls.
• Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as required.

Who we are looking for:

Your skills, abilities and experience should include:

• Experience of preparing and presenting management accounts, budgets and forecasts;
• Working knowledge of financial systems including nominal ledger coding structures
• Experience of month-end processes including Trial Balance, variance analysis and reconciliations;
• Able to extract data from finance systems for reporting purposes.
• Excellent understanding and ability to interrogate finance systems
• Self-starter, collaborative and flexible worker
• Articulate with excellent interpersonal skills, including good report-writing skills
• Part Qualified Accountant with significant hands-on experience

Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:

• Experience of preparing end of year statutory accounts, liaising with internal and external auditors;
• Experience of working within a finance unit in a public sector environment (ideally NDPB)
• Bank payment processing including use of appropriate software
• Advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge and understanding of Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) and Financial Reporting Manual (FReM)
• Experience of working in a small finance team
• Qualified Accountant with membership of a CCAB/ professional accountancy body

How to apply:

If you are interested in this role, please complete your application by 20th August 2025 @ 9am.

• Access our application form on our job portal
• Interviews will be virtual
• Interviews taking place on: 4th September 2025

Who we are and our values:

We offer flexible and remote working, with a generous pension scheme and annual leave allowance. Staff have access to wellbeing services and there is a strong focus on wellbeing throughout the organisation.

Being part of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority means being passionate about what you do, working hard to inspire and lead the way for others. We care about each other and are accessible and friendly treating each other with respect and understanding, we think about our planet with each decision we make. Together, we are the difference.

Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority are proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience is vital in our success we want our business to be representative to the communities we work alongside. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.