Do you have excellent attention to detail, strong analytical capabilities and experience of working in a finance team? If the answers to the above are yes, then this exciting opportunity could be for you.
This post is embedded in the National Records of Scotland (NRS) Finance Team, part of the Corporate Services Directorate.
This role is offered as a 6-month Fixed Term Appointment (Fair and Open) and provides a unique opportunity to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including NRS Senior Management and Budget Managers. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and working closely with the NRS Accountable Officer, you will help ensure the delivery of value-for-money outcomes across the organisation.
You will lead the financial planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting on our varied core budgets and income. You will provide robust management information and financial challenge, technical accounting expertise and broad technical financial insight to support delivery of NRS priorities.
Must be fully CCAB qualified with relevant post qualification experience in a similar financial environment and up-to-date CPD.
Please ensure you clearly demonstrate this qualification in your CV/Supporting statement otherwise you will be automatically sifted out at application stage.
Proof of qualifications will be checked at the assessment stage.
Apply online, providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above. Both the CV and the supporting statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role.
If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
Assessment schedule to be confirmed.
Sponsorship
Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.
Recruitment Principles
As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.
National Records of Scotland (NRS) is Scotland’s record keeper. Our purpose is to collect, preserve and produce information about Scotland's people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
NRS is a Non-Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government & and our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.
We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.
As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.
Our standard hours are 35 hours per week, we offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options, office working is required for a minimum of 1-2 days per week, days to be determined based on business requirements. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.
Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).
You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.
For further information about the role, please contact Tracey Thompson at [email protected]
Apply before: 14/10/2026 (23:59).
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