Branch Accountant - Treasury and Banking Edinburgh, Scotland
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This is a great opportunity to join the Scottish Government’s Treasury and Banking Team as Branch Accountant.
Treasury and Banking is one of three branches in Financial Services Division (FSD), within the Financial Management Directorate. The Division is responsible for the operation, support and development of SEAS, the Scottish Government’s finance system, and a number of ancillary systems.
These systems are shared by the Scottish Government and a range of public sector bodies, and are essential for transaction processing, accounting records, and financial controls and reporting.
Treasury and Banking provides services to various SEAS customers in relation to cash flow management and forecasting, bank account management and processing receipts and payments.
It is also responsible for managing funding for the Scottish public sector through the Scottish Consolidated Fund, and is the custodian of the Scottish Government banking contracts.
As Branch Accountant, you will help ensure that Scottish public sector funding totalling over £45 billion is available as and when required, and support Scotland’s participation in H M Treasury’s Cashflow Management Scheme.
You will work alongside the Deputy Head of Branch in the supervision of receipts and payments processed by the branch, helping to ensure that payments on behalf of the Scottish Government and other bodies are made accurately and in line with the 10 day Ministerial payment target.
The post holder will help liaise with a wide range of stakeholders, including a range of Scottish central government organisations, internal and external auditors.
This is an exciting time to be joining the organisation as it progresses the introduction of cloud-based shared services and payment systems in 2023, and you will support the Head & Deputy Head of Branch in leading staff through the successful testing and implementation of relevant elements of this model.
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- Undertaking monthly key control reconciliations on a timely basis and investigate/resolve errors with branch/external staff.
Ensuring that departmental month end journals are prepared and posted.
Managing the funding requests and approvals with Audit Scotland/Scotland Office.
Developing and improving reporting functionality of the Branch.
Supervising processing of receipts into, and payments from, the Scottish Consolidated Fund, ensuring that all transactions comply with the relevant statutory requirements.
Assisting in preparing draft Scottish Consolidated Fund annual accounts to enable audit and publication by the statutory deadline, and maintaining complete and accurate accounting records and documentation.
Helping to supervise processing and accounting for receipts credited to, and payments made from, the main Scottish Government bank accounts, including payment recalls and processing of returned payments.
Supervising monthly financial reconciliations of bank and other asset and liability accounts for which the branch is responsible.
Assisting the support and development of corporate systems for which the branch is the lead user, including BACS payment processing, cheque processing and printing, and bank account management and receipt and payment processing systems (training will be provided).
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Essential Criteria
1. Experience of working in a banking or financial operations function.
2. Experience of reconciling control accounts and investigating and resolving related issues.
3. Experience of operating a packaged accounting software application and delivering finance services to system users and stakeholders.
4. Intermediate Excel and/or data management experience.
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- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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