Finance Manager

The Scottish Government; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Scottish Government is seeking a Finance Manager for their Financial Management Directorate in Edinburgh. This role involves leading budget monitoring, improving financial reports, and fostering team development while ensuring high-quality financial management and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will be CCAB qualified with strong interpersonal and financial skills, and will thrive in a dynamic environment focused on delivering effective public services.

Qualifications

• Fully CCAB qualified with up-to-date CPD.
• Strong financial management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead budget monitoring and support financial reporting.
• Build relationships with finance team and budget-holders.
• Contribute to annual accounts and quality assurance processes.

Skills

Government Finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Costing

Leadership

Communication

Decision Making

Teamwork

Education

CCAB qualification (or equivalent)

Job description

Job Description

Would you like to join an innovative, forward-looking division with a vision to apply global best practice, and a commitment to support all staff grow their professional knowledge, skills, and experience?

Financial Management and Reporting (FMR) teams sit at the heart of the Scottish Government within the Financial Management Directorate, and provides monitoring and advice to support effective allocation and management of resources, and to maintain and enhance value for money.

Finance Teams are the link with business areas, and so as well as your financial skills, communication and effective stakeholder relationships are essential. You will need to be adaptable and responsive to change, leading continuous improvement of the team as it evolves to maximise the benefits of new technology and policies. You’ll also need to have a flexible approach to any changing requirements, working in partnership with colleagues across other finance roles and the wider Scottish Government community.

Responsibilities

• Lead the budget monitoring output of your finance team, reinforcing the level of standard required, identifying improvements and supporting training needs.
• Support the continuous improvement of financial reports, ensuring they are of a high quality that uses compelling and persuasive language to influence and challenge areas and to assist budget-holders to make informed decisions.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues across the Financial Management Directorate, in business areas, and bodies to work effectively together to deliver corporate financial exercises and provide professional advice on a range of finance topics.
• Support your Finance Team, leading by example to develop and coach them to ensure effective and efficient working with delegation as appropriate, with the aim of developing an effective and high performing team.
• Lead your Team’s contributions to the annual accounts and Provisional and Final Outturn, undertaking quality assurance of input in accordance with the corporate timetable.
• Supporting change arising from the implementation of Oracle Cloud, ensuring that sound budget monitoring principles and enhanced financial reporting are taken forward.
• As Finance Manager, you will lead a Finance Team with support from Assistant Finance Managers, and reporting to a Senior Finance Manager.
• You’ll be responsible for budget monitoring in relation to a specific part of the Scottish Government, enabling senior officials to make informed decisions based on timely and high-quality financial information.
  
  

Qualifications

The successful candidate must be fully CCAB qualified (or equivalent) with up-to-date CPD.

Success Profile

Technical / Professional Skills

• Government Finance - Practitioner Level
• Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing - Practitioner Level
• Business and Organisation - Working Level
  
  

Finance Profession Capability Framework

Experience

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

Behaviours

• Leadership – (Level 3)
• Communicating and Influencing - (Level 3)
• Making Effective Decisions - (Level 3)
• Working Together - (Level 3)
  
  

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

How To Apply

Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1500 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.

Assessments are scheduled for w/c 30th June however this may be subject to change.

About Us

The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.

Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.

As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

Working Pattern

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week. We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options depending on the needs of the role. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.

Equality Statement

We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.

Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.

Further information

Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.

Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.