Closing Date: 23:59pm,Sunday 3 May
Interview Date: Friday 5 June
About Us:
The Cairngorms National Park is an incredible place to live and work. The UK’s largest national park is a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is also home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species. It is a truly unique place to work, with our dedicated and passionate Corporate Services team who are committed to providing the best people experience, every day. Furthermore, there is access to some of the most beautiful countryside straight from our Headquarters office door.
The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top best not- for-profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join the the Park Authority in a role that provides an excellent opportunity for hands on involvement in the full range of financial processes and reporting carried out within the organisation.
Equalities:
CNPA is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities, as they are under-represented in the environment sector.
We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances CNPA appoints on merit-based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.
The Role:
The role provides an excellent opportunity for hands on involvement in the full range of financial processes and reporting carried out within the organisation; it offers both breadth and depth of experience within an organisation that is passionate about delivering for the Cairngorms National Park.
You will manage financial support services to all funded projects, and help provide an excellent financial management and accounting service to the Park Authority. This includes the management of key finance systems, such as: creditor payments, debtor management, nominal ledger, budgeting, cash flow management, and the development and maintenance of financial regulations and internal controls.
The functions of the role are fulfilled by two post holders who collaborate to provide robust and resilient service to the Park Authority. The full list of responsibilities will typically be divided between both post holders and some of the key responsibilities for this particular post holder are to lead our financial support for delivery of the £42 million Cairngorms programme, manage the payroll and pensions function which is carried out by the payroll and finance team, and to line manage our finance team. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone wishing to further their career in finance, offering a broad range of work experience together with line management of a small, enthusiastic team.
We are seeking applicants who are either fully qualified (accountant/CCAB professional accountancy qualification), or part qualified with relevant experience. You will also have demonstrable aptitude to deliver payroll and pensions services, and to provide line management of staff.
So, if you are keen to be our Finance Manager and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.