Commercial Finance Manager\Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Scottish Government Full time

Head of Finance Business Partnering and Commercial Finance
Recruiter Scottish Government
Transport Scotland is the national transport agency for Scotland and is accountable to Parliament and the public through Scottish Ministers, with a budget of around £3.Transport is a vital feature of the Scottish Government's focus on increasing sustainable economic growth, and transport investments and policies have major impacts on the economy, people, and the environment. This vacancy is for a C2 Head of Finance Business Partnering and Commercial Finance.
This role sits within Transport Scotland's Finance and Corporate Services (FCS) Directorate, which is one of 9 directorates within the agency. FCS consists of three distinct functions - Corporate Services, Transport Scotland Finance and Transport Portfolio Finance.
Reporting into the Head of Finance, you will lead one of the two Finance Business Partnering Teams. The team consists of approximately 6 members of staff and delivers key finance business partnering and management accounting to the Transport Scotland Directorates who are responsible for our sponsored and arm's length bodies. The team develops awareness of drivers of financial performance to date, and accurate forecasting and outturn reporting and provides professional financial advice to support achievement of objectives within available resources.
This role is key support for the Head of Finance, Director of Finance and Corporate Services, other Transport Scotland Directors and Senior Managers in our supported arm's length bodies providing high quality advice with an opportunity to deputise on a regular basis, as well as regular access to Cabinet Secretaries, Ministers and senior managers across Transport Scotland and the Scottish Government.
A suitable candidate will bring experience from a strong background and knowledge of commercial finance in either the public or private sector, as well as a proven track record of delivering results in financial management and excellent leadership and people management skills.
Provide effective leadership, oversight and strategic and operational support to one of two Finance Business Partnering Teams to provide management accounting support, financial and commercial advice and guidance to other Transport Scotland Directorates.
• Work with colleagues across the agency to develop financial awareness and to provide advice to support the achievement of objectives within available resources, bringing constructive challenge to ensure robust decision-making.
• Bring extensive knowledge of commercial finance to assist Transport Scotland Directors with high profile financial and contractual negotiations and transactions.
• Robustly assess projections of future expenditure and ensure regular updates to financial plans to support corporate and Scottish Government budgeting, risk management and long-term financial planning.
• Support the Transport Portfolio Finance team, stakeholders and Ministers by engaging in the budget setting process, contributing to the development of applicable documents and advice for Transport Scotland.
• Deputise for the Head of Finance or Director of Finance and Corporate Services as appropriate in matters relating to finance business partnering and management accounting.
Financial Management
Analysis and Use of Evidence
Improving Performance
Strong commercial finance experience, with the ability to provide high quality advice to Senior Civil Servants and to negotiate with stakeholders.
Strong background in finance business partnering or management accounting, with the ability to communicate and explain complex financial concepts to non-accountants.
The ability to think and act strategically and make links across policy and organisational boundaries to achieve positive outcomes.
You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.
This post is based in Glasgow, with hybrid working in line with current Transport Scotland policies. You will be expected to be office based twice per week, pro rata.
The post is a full time role, but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply, and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.
Interviews may be conducted in a virtual/remote setting. All applicants must ensure that they have a suitable space to complete the virtual interview via MS Teams and ensure that Wi-Fi/Broadband capacity will be sufficient to carry both audio and video feeds to undertake the interview.
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