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Financial Planning and Analysis Assistant
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Registers of Scotland
Location
Hybrid working model. Contractual base either at Meadowbank House, Edinburgh (EH8 7AU), or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow (G2 5LD). You will be expected to visit one of these locations as per the requirements of the role.
Job Summary
About the job
The role
This role sits within the Finance Directorate and supports the delivery of high-quality financial planning and analysis across Registers of Scotland. The postholder will play a key role in providing robust financial insight, analysis and reporting to support decision-making, business planning and the effective management of resources.
Working closely with the Financial Planning and Analysis Lead and wider RoS colleagues, the role will contribute to medium- and long-term financial planning, unit cost analysis, and business partnering activity. The postholder will engage with a range of internal stakeholders, helping to ensure financial information is accurate, timely and clearly communicated, supporting the organisation to deliver its strategic objectives while achieving value for money.
Job Description
On a typical day you will...
- Support the development, maintenance and review of medium- and long-term financial plans, ensuring assumptions are robust, well evidenced and clearly documented.
- Produce and maintain financial models, forecasts and scenario analysis to support business planning, fee modelling, projects and investment decisions.
- Contribute to unit cost analysis and overhead reviews, preparing clear analysis and reports that support transparency and effective cost management.
- Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, explaining variances, trends and key drivers to support informed decision-making.
- Support business partnering activity by working collaboratively with budget holders, project teams and other stakeholders to understand financial impacts and improve financial management.
- Assist with the financial aspects of business cases, ensuring compliance with relevant guidance, governance and approval processes.
- Identify and help implement improvements to financial processes, reporting and automation, contributing to continuous improvement within the finance function.
- Monitor financial risks, issues and dependencies, escalating concerns appropriately and supporting effective financial control.
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for financial analysis and insight, prioritising work effectively to meet deadlines.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships across Finance and the wider organisation, contributing positively to team objectives.
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Person specification
Experience/Technical
Essential Criteria – Skills and Attributes for Success
Technical
We will assess you against the following Technical skills during the application process:
- Part-qualified or qualified CCAB/CIMA accountant (actively studying with exam progress), AAT or equivalent qualification, or qualified by experience (demonstrable financial planning and analysis experience).
Experience
We will assess you against the following Experience during the application and assessment process:
- Experience of financial planning, forecasting, analysis or management accounting within a complex organisation, including production of accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Strong financial modelling capability, with experience building, maintaining and using models to support planning, decision-making, business cases, projects or investment proposals.
- Ability to analyse financial data, identify trends and explain variances and key drivers clearly to non financial stakeholders.
- Good working knowledge of financial systems and advanced analytical capability using tools such as Microsoft Excel including the ability to present insights clearly through dashboards or visualisations (e.g. charts, models, or reporting tools).
Behaviours
At application stage, you will be scored against the bolded Behaviour only and against all Behaviours for the assessment:
Changing and Improving
- Use financial data, analysis and feedback to identify opportunities to improve forecasting, reporting and planning processes.
- Proactively suggest practical improvements to financial models, templates or ways of working that increase efficiency, accuracy or clarity.
- Adapt approach in response to changing priorities, new information or emerging risks, maintaining focus on delivery outcomes.
- Support the implementation of agreed changes, ensuring improvements are embedded into business-as-usual activity.
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Working Together
- Build effective working relationships with RoS colleagues, budget holders and project teams to understand needs and deliver timely financial support.
- Share financial information clearly and openly, supporting others to understand financial impacts and constraints.
- Collaborate constructively with stakeholders across teams to resolve issues, manage dependencies and support shared objectives.
- Contribute positively to a supportive and inclusive team environment, valuing diverse perspectives and expertise.
Managing a Quality Service
- Deliver accurate, timely and well-structured financial analysis and reports that meet agreed standards and stakeholder expectations.
- Ensure financial outputs are quality checked, well-evidenced and clearly explained, with risks and assumptions made transparent.
- Manage own workload effectively to balance competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
- Take responsibility for resolving issues within own area of work, escalating appropriately when required.
Delivering at Pace
- Plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines, responding flexibly to urgent or ad-hoc requests while maintaining quality.
- Remain focused and resilient when working under pressure, delivering outputs to agreed timescales.
- Monitor progress against commitments and adjust plans proactively to ensure delivery.
- Take ownership for completing tasks and analysis, following through on actions and commitments.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
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