Finance Business Partner

Are you looking for a role with autonomy and the opportunity to work closely with government colleagues? We are seeking a motivated finance professional to play a key role in supporting the effective financial management of Higher Education Student Support within the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS).

Requirements

• Provision of high quality monthly financial reports to required timescales, providing accurate, relevant and timely management information.
• Provide financial advice and assistance to stakeholders, and build and maintain effective working relationships with business areas including with the wider Scottish Government.
• Contribute to the completion and quality assurance of input to corporate financial exercises in accordance with corporate timetable.
• Providing assistance in updating the financial ledger for example performing monthly reconciliation’s and preparing and processing journal entries.
• Review budget monitoring returns, undertake the first check of forecasts, year to date actual, and budget data, and ensure that explanations make sense and support the figures, challenging areas where more explanation is required.
• Assisting in the maintenance of overall financial control, to ensure the integrity of financial data on the ledger and the accuracy of the supporting systems and records.
• Ensuring adequate financial controls and clear audit trails are in place around accounting and reporting processes.
• Working flexibly across the team and shifting direction quickly to meet changing priorities and demands.
• Management of staff across the finance function.
• Leading the annual accounts and audit processes.