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Scottish Government Hiring for Disclosure Scotland – Head of Finance Job at Glasgow, Scotland Full Time

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Overview:

The Head of Finance is responsible for financial planning and management for the Agency. This includes advising the Agency’s Strategic Board and supporting the Chief Executive in his Accountable Officer role while ensuring that robust arrangements are in place for accurate financial management and reporting.
The role involves working closely with colleagues in the Scottish Government Finance Directorate and Disclosure Scotland’s Head of Strategic Finance; building and maintaining excellent working relationships and communication arrangements with them. You will understand the needs of the business while having the ability to connect with and support the corporate financial landscape will be essential in this role.
You will be responsible for managing the Agency’s finances in accordance with Scottish Government’s financial policies and guidelines as outlined in the Scottish Public Finance Manual. You will also be responsible for the preparation of the Agency’s annual accounts on an accrual basis. In addition, you will be looked to for the application of your technical accounting advice in relation to the development of policy and business issues affecting the future direction of the Agency.
The post is based in Pacific Quay in Glasgow. It offers the opportunity to contribute to the strategic development of a delivery focused revenue generating organisation.

Responsibilities:

  • Providing professional technical accounting and budgeting advice, analysis and scrutiny of financial proposals to support business areas and contribute to future business strategies.
  • Preparing the Agency’s annual accounts in accordance with the FReM and other accounting guidelines and regulations.
  • Completing the associated Scottish Government Consolidation and Whole of Government Accounts packs.
  • You will liaise with Audit Scotland and Internal Audit, on both annual accounts and activity audits, throughout year, and provide comments and management responses on draft audit reports. Advise the Chief Executive as Accountable Officer on any responses required to audit reports.
  • Presenting complex financial information clearly both verbally and in writing to support organisational decision-making. Additionally the post holder will advise on financial implications of policy developments within Scottish Government and, on specific issues, from other Government Departments (e.g. Home Office).

Competencies
Communications and Engagement
Analysis and Use of Evidence
Financial Management
People Management

Essential Criteria & Qualifications:

You must be a qualified (CCAB) accountant with relevant post qualified experience in an accountancy environment. You must have knowledge of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) requirements.

Essential Criteria
1. As a current member of a CCAB professional accountancy body, with up to date CPD, you will have relevant technical skills and direct experience of current central government accounting and budgeting practices.
2. You will have the ability to present and communicate technical advice and information to specialist and non–specialist staff in a clear and concise manner and use your professional expertise to support policy development and strategic planning.
3. Experience preparing annual accounts and working closely with internal and/or external audit.
4. A track record in leading and managing teams to deliver a range of finance and/or management functions. Demonstrating effective leadership and delegation skills and the ability to develop and motivate staff.

Provisional Interview Dates
To be confirmed.

Additional Information
For further information on this vacancy please download and review the “Person Specification” which you will find below.

Person Specification
To apply, you must fully complete and submit an online application via this website before the closing date using evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.
To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Lynne McMinn at [email protected]

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Job Overview

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  • Job Title: Scottish Government Hiring for Disclosure Scotland – Head of Finance Job at Glasgow, Scotland