Academic Accounting Finance Business Partner

5 days ago

Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Scottish Government Full time
Job Title: Academic Accounting Finance Business Partner

Location: Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Academic Accounting Finance Business Partner to join our team at Transport Scotland. As a key member of our Finance and Corporate Services (FCS) Directorate, you will provide professional accounting, budgeting, and financial stewardship advice to at least one Transport Scotland Directorate.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide high-quality financial advice to senior levels, improving financial awareness and overseeing the robustness of financial controls within your assigned Directorate(s).
  • Work with colleagues across the agency to develop awareness of drivers of financial performance, supporting the achievement of objectives within available resources.
  • Assess projections of future income and expenditure, ensuring regular updates to financial plans to support corporate and Scottish Government budgeting, value for money decision-making, risk management, and long-term financial planning.
  • Support the finance teams, 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 Business Partnering, as appropriate, in matters relating to finance business partnering and management accounting.
  • Lead a small team, inspiring and motivating them to be fully engaged in their work, encouraging learning and development, and ensuring wellbeing needs are met.
Essential Criteria & Qualifications
  • Strong finance experience, with the ability to provide high-quality advice to a wide range of Civil Servants and stakeholders, with the ability to communicate and explain complex financial concepts to non-accountants.
  • Strong background in finance business partnering or management accounting and experience of both supporting and challenging partners.
  • The ability to think and act strategically, making links across policy and organisational boundaries to achieve positive outcomes.
Location and Working Arrangements

This post is based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh, 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.

What We Offer

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