Financial Accountant & Finance Manager (x2 posts)

at  Scottish Government

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION

The successful candidate should be fully CCAB (or equivalent) qualified with up-to-date CPD. Consideration may be given to an exceptional candidate in the final stages of their professional exams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Producing timely and accurate financial information, for use in management reporting, consolidation and external publications including playing a key role in producing the TS Annual Report and Accounts and other corporate publications.
• Ensuring all financial transactions are compliant with relevant accounting and financial regulations, including the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM), Finance Reporting Manual (FReM), IFRS, HMRC legislation and other relevant regulations.
• Ownership of balance sheet maintenance and reconciliation and provide up to date advice to the team and others on technical accounting principles and treatment in areas including, but not limited to Trunk Roads valuations, VAT, other fixed assets and lease treatments.
• Developing and maintaining robust and secure financial processes and controls, ensuring that appropriate guidance and support is provided to the agency and other stakeholders.
• Managing and supporting a small team, motivating them to be fully engaged in their work, encouraging learning and development and ensuring wellbeing needs are met.
• Deputise for the Senior Financial Accountant where appropriate.

You will be responsible for:

• Producing timely and accurate financial information, for use in management reporting, consolidation and external publications including playing a key role in producing the TS Annual Report and Accounts and other corporate publications.
• Ensuring all financial transactions are compliant with relevant accounting and financial regulations, including the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM), Finance Reporting Manual (FReM), IFRS, HMRC legislation and other relevant regulations.
• Ownership of balance sheet maintenance and reconciliation and provide up to date advice to the team and others on technical accounting principles and treatment in areas including, but not limited to Trunk Roads valuations, VAT, other fixed assets and lease treatments.
• Developing and maintaining robust and secure financial processes and controls, ensuring that appropriate guidance and support is provided to the agency and other stakeholders.
• Managing and supporting a small team, motivating them to be fully engaged in their work, encouraging learning and development and ensuring wellbeing needs are met.
• Deputise for the Senior Financial Accountant where appropriate

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting in the provision of professional accounting, budgeting and wider financial stewardship advice across Transport Scotland, improving financial awareness and overviewing the robustness of financial controls within your assigned post.
• Collaborating with colleagues across the agency to develop awareness of drivers of financial performance to support the achievement of objectives within available resources, bringing constructive challenge to ensure robust decision-making.
• Robustly analysing and assessing projections of future income and expenditure, supporting regular updated and ensuring data accuracy for financial plans to support corporate and Scottish Government budgeting, value for money decision-making, risk management and financial planning.
• Supporting stakeholders by engaging in the budget setting process, contributing to the development of applicable documents and advice for Transport Scotland.
• Deputise where appropriate for the Finance Business Partner