Time left to apply End Date: February 25, 2025 (5 days left to apply)
job requisition id R9342
Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.
It’s not every job where you make a difference for the people of Scotland: At Scottish Water Horizons (SWH), we harness Scottish Water (SW) expertise and assets to generate income. All profits are reinvested by Scottish Water Horizons for the benefit of our customers and communities. Sound good?
It’s an exciting time to be joining our team as we enter a new phase of growth. We have bold ambitions. We are ramping up the pace and scale of our projects and we’re working with some of the brightest people in the industry.
Who are Scottish Water Horizons
SWH are a part of Scottish Water and play a key role in helping housing developers and commercial property developers ensure that water and wastewater infrastructure has the capability to meet Scottish Water’s requirements.
We are looking for a Management Accountant to work in our Finance team in Scottish Water Horizons.
What you'll do
You will be responsible for providing clear and relevant financial information and analysis to Scottish Water Horizons business teams to enable them to track, understand, forecast and effectively control costs.
In this role, you will be responsible for providing both regular and ad-hoc financial reports that track and explain operating costs, ensuring that this critical information is communicated regularly to the business team. Your support will be essential as the team plans ahead, helping to set financial performance targets for business plans, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasts.
Additionally, you will focus on developing new tracking reports and analysis that strengthen control over project costs, while enhancing the understanding of whole life costs. This includes creating innovative methods for capturing and presenting both financial and non-financial information, such as linking costs to specific activities and developing new performance reports.
Moreover, you will play a key role in supporting and coaching the business team on financial policy, processes, and controls, ensuring that everyone is aligned and equipped to manage financial matters effectively.
What you'll bring
You must have a relevant accountancy qualification, be part way through study for this or be able to demonstrate equivalent ‘qualification by experience’. You’ll need a strong grasp of accounting principles and management accounting techniques.
In this role, you must be able to explain financial concepts and information to business professionals in a way that is easily understandable, and you should be able to grasp business processes, terminology, and their applications. It’s essential to feel confident in challenging and influencing others, particularly those in more senior positions.
You will also need to analyse data and transform it into actionable information. This involves reviewing cost data, identifying what drives those costs, and looking for trends and correlations. Your conclusions must be robust and clearly articulated to ensure they are meaningful.
Strong IT skills are crucial, particularly proficiency in Excel and knowledge of Peoplesoft or an equivalent financial system, as you will be using these tools in most aspects of your work. Additionally, you should be able to work agilely and effectively within a team, contributing beyond your individual day-to-day responsibilities to deliver ad-hoc improvement projects.
It would be an advantage to have experience of activity-based analysis of costs and / or implementing new reporting tools (eg: performance dashboards / scorecards or equivalent).
While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.
But you’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.
When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.
For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), as well as life assurance.
As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.
The not-so-small print
This role will be a Grade 7. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £41,000. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £51,970.
If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until the updated date of midnight on 24th of February 2025. Please also include a cover letter with your application.
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