Finance Officer B1
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Are you interested in playing a key role in delivering the Scottish Governments flagship activities directly supporting key financial reporting as well as the ongoing roll-out of the new Oracle Cloud system
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a corporate setting at the heart of the Scottish Government. Youll be joining 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
As a Finance Officer you will be a key player in the DG Corporate finance team within Financial Management and Reporting supporting monthly budget monitoring and reporting enabling senior leaders to make informed decisions based on timely and high-quality financial information and supporting the provision of professional advice on financial issues. Communication and effective stakeholder relationships are an essential aspect of the role with Finance Teams the link between business areas and the wider Corporate Reporting Division.
The post-holder will report to aB2AssistantFinance Manager and can be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow.
Responsibilities
- Support timelyandaccuratecompletion of budget monitoring and reporting exercises to provide robust information and explanations toassistmanagement decision making.
- Review budgetmonitoringdata on the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) system undertaking the first check of forecasts year to date actuals and budget data and ensuring that explanations make sense and support the figures.
- Support Treasury and Cash Management deliverables.
- Support provision of regular high quality financial information and analysis developing and using knowledge to review and challenge business returns.
- Support monthly and ad-hoc financial exercises including ABR and SBR and provisional and final outturn.
- Work with business areas to quality assure information on the ledger and support their input for the annual accounts ensuring that working papers provide a full audit trail and areretainedand easily accessible.
- Support financial advice and assistance to stakeholders and engagewith colleagues across Financial Management Directorate business areas and bodies to build andmaintaineffective working relationships.
- Engagewith the development of EPMandcontribute to how teammembersand stakeholdersimplementand use it effectively.
Qualifications
Working pattern
This role is a permanent level transfer position.
How to Apply
Applications for this position will only be accepted from substantive B1 employees.
Please submit a statement outlining your suitability for the role relevant skills and experience and what you would bring to the team (maximum 500 words).
Vacancy closes at 12:00pm onMonday the 30th March.
Selection Process
All applications will be invited to an informal discussion with the hiring manager.
Informal discussions are to be confirmed.
Further Information
If you have specific questions about the role please contact Gillian Campbell at .
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
