Finance Officer

Description

Are you interested in finance and keen to develop a career in this area? Do you have good prioritisation, communication and analytical skills? Do you like to work in an environment that is always looking for ways to continually improve their service to our clients? If so our Finance Officer role could be a great fit for you. We are seeking an enthusiastic new team member to join the Benefits Expenditure and Debt branch of Social Security Scotland’s Corporate Finance.

This role you’ll have many opportunities to work on varied activities with a range of stakeholders and will be fully supported in developing your skills and career.

• Engagement and support for the implementation of financial systems and processes for all new benefits, while ensuring continuous improvement and refinement of existing processes.
• Banking reconciliations and related activities, account reconciliation including reporting, analysis and journaling in the finance system.
• Administration and review of financial controls for banking processes, including user access monitoring and review.
• Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders within Social Security Scotland, the wider directorate, the Scottish Government and the Department for Work and Pensions.
• Assist in completing monthly financial reconciliations, carrying out analysis and posting accounting journals in the finance system.
• Line‑management responsibility (currently for one colleague), providing support and guidance.
• Support preparation of the Annual Report and Accounts, ensuring a clear audit trail and maintaining integrity of financial data.

We use an assessment framework called Success Profiles which lists the elements we test and provides detailed descriptions of each. Find out more about how we assess the Success Profile elements.

• Demonstrating good communication skills when working with your team and stakeholders to effectively ensure delivery of outputs.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.

• Working Together (Level
  2)
• Delivering at Pace (Level
  2)
• Making Effective Decisions (Level
  2)

Working with Data in Finance:

• Data Analysis – Applies knowledge of relevant data analysis packages and methodologies in conjunction with strong analytical skills to examine varied sources of information to support decision‑making. Working level required.
• Interrogation of Finance Systems – Connects finance information together from one or more systems/sources in a logical way to prepare for analysis and interpretation. Works with stakeholders to ensure relevancy of data to support insight‑driven finance decisions. Practitioner level required.

Skill Levels:
Awareness – Basic understanding of the topic with minimal use in role/prior experience;
Working – Moderate understanding of the topic with occasional use in role/prior experience;
Practitioner – Strong understanding of the topic with regular use in role/moderate prior experience;
Expert – Expert knowledge of the topic with day‑to‑day use in role/extensive prior experience.

Apply online. You must provide a CV and a Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the Success Profiles above. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified, applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment. If invited for further assessment this will consist of an interview and presentation. We aim to provide feedback on request. However if we receive a large number of applications it may not be possible to provide specific feedback on your application. We will provide feedback on request to candidates who attend an interview/assessment.

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