Job title: Finance Officer
Attributes
Experience
Essential:
- Minimum of two years relevant financial experience.
- Demonstrable successful track record in a similar role.
- Experience of working with internal and external contacts at all levels.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in a public sector environment
- Oracle financial systems experience including developing financial statements.
Education, qualifications and training
Essential:
- Finance qualification eg HNC / Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification.
- Candidates without minimum qualification criteria who have significant experience may be considered.
Desirable:
- Degree in a relevant discipline.
Skills and knowledge
Essential:
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Word.
- A thorough knowledge of integrated financial accounting systems.
- Understanding of financial controls and financial environment.
- Able to work collaboratively.
- Experience of supporting budget managers in the development and management of their budgets.
- Uses systematic approach to make efficient use of time and manage workload, prioritising own work effectively to meet deadlines and objectives.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills. § Good judgement and decision-making skills.
- Ability to analyse numerical and written information and present results in a clear and concise format.
- Ability to understand the limits of their knowledge and experience and knowing when decisions need to be referred to others.
Desirable:
- Analytical experience of providing statistical data.
- Awareness of sustainability and climate change.
Key performance outcomes
Effective communication
Essential:
- Demonstrate clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
- Selects appropriate communication style and methods depending on the needs and abilities of the audience.
- Portrays a positive image of the organisation when communicating both inside the organisation and externally.
- Ability to explain complex financial information to a range of audiences including non-specialists.
- Listens to feedback and ideas from others and takes appropriate and considered action.
Impact and influence
Essential:
- Demonstrates ability to influence at all levels.
- Ability to give realistic advice, based on relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
- Evidence of building positive relationships, engaging and collaborating effectively with others internally and externally.
Improvement focus
Essential:
- Identifies gaps in process and performance and makes appropriate suggestions for improvements.
- Aware of trends and changes and maintains professional knowledge and skills.
- Uses knowledge and experience to gather and consolidate information in order to make appropriate changes and improvements.
Objective decision-making
Essential:
- Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to problem solving.
- Ability to make appropriate and realistic judgments, based on professional expertise, relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
- Ability to analyse complex information.
Planning and organising
Essential:
- Involves others where appropriate and optimises resources to achieve desired results.
- Regularly reviews joint goals and targets and reprioritises where necessary.
- Recognises the need to be flexible in order to meet changing priorities.
Team working
Essential:
- Contributes to and supports the work and decisions of the team.
- Contributes to the shared vision and purpose and shares this effectively.
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with a wide range of teams across the Care Inspectorate.
- Develops good working relationships at all levels.
Please note – these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role.