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Scottish Government Hiring for Finance Officer Job at Glasgow, Scotland Full Time

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Overview:

Would you like to work for an organisation that really wants to make Scotland better?
Do you thrive in a fast paced environment?
If the answers are yes then we may have the opportunity for you.
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 £3.5 billion per year. 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. For more information visit http://www.transport.gov.scot/.
This vacancy is for a B2 Finance Officer post within the Concessionary Travel and Integrated Ticketing Unit (CTITU) within the Bus, Accessible and Active Travel (BAAT) Directorate at Transport Scotland.
The unit delivers two key activities within Transport Scotland, the national concessionary travel schemes and the Government’s vision ‘That all journeys on Scotland’s bus, rail, ferry, subway and tram networks can be made using one form of smart ticket or payment’.
The Concessionary team has been delivering free bus travel to the over 60’s and disabled people since 2006, and also supports concessionary services on rail, ferry and air. The Smart and Integrated Ticketing (SIT) Programme supports project delivery for both these schemes and multi-modal smart ticketing and (or) payment objectives.
Due to new Programme for Government commitments, the unit is reshaping and now seeks a B2 Finance Officer to support the whole unit. The post will provide the holder with excellent opportunity to work within an dynamic unit at the forefront of smart technologies and the lifeline concessionary services.
You will Report directly to the Finance Manager, the post will play a key role in delivering financial reporting and management across the unit, supporting the operational delivery of concessionary travel scheme and smart and integrated ticketing projects.
You will be based in Buchanan House, Glasgow, but may be required to attend other locations from time to time.

Responsibilities:

  • Play a key role in financial forecasting and budget monitoring for CTITU, including providing narrative and advice to senior managers on a regular basis and assisting with the preparation and submission of monthly budget monitoring reports and CTITU finance dashboard.
  • Complete monthly ledger/financial reconciliations, preparing accruals, pre-payments and year-end reports, taking corrective actions where required and working with stakeholders and senior managers to escalate and resolve issues appropriately where required.
  • Source, collate and present financial information to meet requirements of regular and occasional requests from Audit Scotland.
  • Provide expert advice to support the delivery of enhanced financial capabilities on the CTITU Fareshare system, including the automated forecasting tool, supporting unit cash management, invoice approvals/enquiries and purchase order requests.
  • Provide support to colleagues regarding SEAS (Scottish Government Enterprise Accounting System) reports and payment enquiries.
  • Line manage the B1 Finance Assistant, provide support and resilience to other team members and maintain effective relationships with other stakeholders at all levels and across organisational boundaries.

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

Essential Criteria & Qualifications:


Essential Criteria
1. Ability to produce accurate financial reports by extracting relevant data from automated systems and applying Advanced Excel skills to help interrogate, analyse and present data.
2. Ability to work on your own initiative to deliver high quality outcomes and outputs for finance tasks, with varied user output requirements, meeting deadlines whilst managing competing priorities.
3. Ability to effectively liaise with and provide challenge to a range of internal and external stakeholders, in both written and oral form regarding finances, delivering to often strict deadlines.
4. Ability to fully understand Government accounting and to apply this across all aspects of the role, therefore a part qualified accountant or comparable qualification is required.

Further Information
For further information on this vacancy please download and review the “Person Specification” which you will find below.
Band B 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 Gillian Kelly at [email protected] or Sam Akorah – [email protected].

The Scottish Government is a diverse and inclusive workplace and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]

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Job Overview

  • ID: 216234
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  • Job Title: Scottish Government Hiring for Finance Officer Job at Glasgow, Scotland