Finance Business Partner

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 368227**Salary**:

- £57,141- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- C1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Accountancy
Finance**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Glasgow or EdinburghAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner within Transport Scotland’s Finance and Corporate Services (FCS) Directorate. This is one of nine directorates within the agency and the FCS consists of three distinct functions - Corporate Services, Transport Scotland Finance and Transport Portfolio Finance.

***Reporting into the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will provide professional accounting, budgeting and wider financial stewardship advice to at least one Transport Scotland Directorate. The Finance Business Partnering team delivers key finance business partnering and management accounting to Transport Scotland Directorates. 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.

**Job description**:

- Providing professional accounting, budgeting and wider financial stewardship advice at senior levels, improving financial awareness and overviewing the robustness of financial controls within your assigned Directorate(s).
- Working 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 assessing projections of future income and expenditure and 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.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**

1. 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.

2. Highly effective management, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and collaborate effectively with a range of staff and stakeholders.

3. Strong background in finance business partnering or management accounting and experience of both supporting and challenging partners.

4. The ability to think and act strategically and make links across policy and organisational boundaries to achieve positive outcomes.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £57,141, Scottish Government contributes £15,428 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:
**Minimum Time in Post**
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.

**Location**
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.

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