Senior Finance Business Partner

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

- 261574**Salary**:

- £42,353 - £49,866**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- RoS - Operations - Finance**Type of role**:

- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Edinburgh, GlasgowAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Registers of Scotland (RoS) is looking for an experienced finance professional to manage and develop our Finance Business Partnering (FBP) team. This exciting role is responsible for embedding the FBP approach at RoS to ensure we are financially sustainable now and in the long term.

As Senior Finance Business Partner you will be responsible for “owning the numbers” by overseeing the production and reporting of the monthly financial position and for providing an accurate forecast outturn position for all budget areas to inform operational and strategic decision making.

The post holder will lead the annual and quarterly budgetary cycles and subsequent Scottish Government budget revisions, working with budget holders to identify and manage opportunities and cost pressures as well as drive improvements in business areas.

The post holder will also be a vital member of RoS’s Finance Leadership Team, representing Finance across RoS, driving improvements across the Finance team and deputising as required.

**Job description**:
**Embedding Finance Business Partnering (FBP) in RoS**
- Continue to develop and embed the FBP approach at RoS ensuring we meet our strategic objectives and are financially sustainable now and in the long term.
- Support senior managers and budget holders by providing specialist advice on key strategic financial management issues including budgeting and forecast outturns, financial planning, risk management, capital accounting and VAT compliance.
- Design and manage the delivery of a Financial Training programme for RoS staff involved in Finance.
- Ensure finance guidance documents are meaningful, accurate, up to date and in line with best practice to support our Budget Holders and our Budget Liaison Officers.

**Managing and developing the Finance Business Partner team**
- Line management responsibilities of the Finance Business Partners including managing, supporting and continuing to develop the team and its role in RoS.

**Owning the numbers**
- Lead the production of the monthly management accounts and investigate and report on significant budgetary variances. Recommend remedial actions required to deliver a balanced financial position and monitor the implementation of these actions.
- Manage the annual and quarterly budget process including the production of key data and financial analysis in line with RoS / Scottish Government timetable.
- Collaborate with the Financial Accountant to produce timely and relevant monthly financial and management reports to the Executive Management Team, Audit and Risk Committee, Board and the Scottish Government.
- Support the financial management of functions and projects, inputting to business cases and developing an understanding of key cost drivers at the RoS consolidated level.
- Collate, analyse, and present appropriate financial data for information and decision-making purposes as required e.g. Pay Remit, VAT returns, unit costing, Freedom of Information requests, Scottish Government returns.
- Responsibilities for capital accounting in accordance with the relevant IFRS accounting standards, policies and procedures.
- Support the preparation and delivery of the year end accounts and provision of supplementary accounting information.

**Key member of the Senior Finance Leadership Team**
- Be a key point of contact for the Finance Business Partner team and other Finance Leaders, providing support and guidance and enabling improvements within the Finance function.
- Work with others within the Finance team, in other functions at RoS and with outside agencies to continuously improve service provision.
- Represent Finance at Governance boards and Senior Management meetings where required.
- Cover for the Head of Finance (C1) as required.
- Any other ad-hoc duties commensurate with the role/grade.

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

**Collaborating and partnering / Leading and communicating**

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate the strategic implications of complex financial issues. Effective at building and maintaining relationships with Budget Holders and Senior Management. Confident in challenging when required.

**Building capability for all**

Experience of managing, leading, and developing a team to its full potential. Confident building and implementing a finance capability plan for the organisation.

**Delivering value for money**

Demonstrates a commercial, financial, and sustainable mind set to ensure all activities and services delive