Finance Manager - Infrastructure

Hays PLC; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Finance Manager - Infrastructure

Your new company

Hays is excited to be partnering with The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT).

SFT was established in 2008 as an arms' length company and is owned by the Scottish Government. The organisation is a centre of infrastructure expertise and drives best practice in strategy, investment, delivery and the management of Scotland's infrastructure.

SFT has a number of exciting finance opportunities to join the organisation, covering a number of infrastructure sectors and working with a range of commercial professions to attract investment in Scottish infrastructure.

Your new role

You will have expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Housing
• PPP investment models
• Transport decarbonisation - particularly heavy-duty vehicles
• Energy transition infrastructure

Within this varied role you will understand the barriers to private investment across a range of public and private infrastructure sectors, bringing market insights and exploring with government how these may be mitigated. You will develop an understanding of the public sector policy perspective and investigate private sector responses to inform public sector interventions which can promote infrastructure investment and be an effective bridge / broker between the public and private sector to catalyse progress.

The organisation is looking to recruit candidates at manager or associate director level, and you will provide the public sector with an improved understanding of new and emerging infrastructure funding and investment models and their applicability to a range of infrastructure sectors, assessing the financial viability of commercial proposals from private and public entities for Scottish infrastructure opportunities.

You will also monitor technical regulations/standards relevant to investment routes which bring private investment into public infrastructure, including those relating to classification, procurement and interface with budgeting and accounting standards.

In addition, you will support the progression of project structuring from early-stage scoping and development through to delivery and undertake senior stakeholder engagement with UK and international governments to understand best practice.

What you'll need to succeed

You will be a qualified Chartered Accountant or equivalent, and you will have extensive experience and a successful track record in the development and delivery of project-financed transactions either through public private partnerships such as public private partner partnerships, concession arrangements, joint venture arrangements in the public and private sectors, along with an understanding of debt, equity and other financial instruments for investment.

You will also have experience of dealing successfully with complex contractual issues, stakeholder management and negotiating a solution between organisations. You will also have the ability to interpret and articulate investment barriers through market insight and demonstrate thought leadership and experience of the commercial underpinnings of infrastructure investment models and an understanding of the dynamics of the public/private interface.

What you'll get in return

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will have exposure to interesting work which has an impact on the wider community. This role is a permanent, full-time position (35 hours per week), although SFT are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, including part-time.

An attractive salary is offered together with a car allowance for a low-emission vehicle, membership in the Lothian Pension Fund defined benefit pension scheme, as well as 34 days annual leave - increasing to 39 after 5 years' service - including public holidays.

As an equal opportunities employer, SFT is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. SFT aspires to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join SFT.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.