Finance Manager

Base pay range

Ready to combine your financial expertise with your passion for leading people? The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire‑fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland. The Agency administers these public service pension schemes on behalf of Scottish Ministers to over 640,000 members with annual payments of over £3.7 billion, together with the related agency administration expenditure of c.

£31 million.

As Assistant Finance Manager, you will play a key role in supporting Financial Operations, having management responsibility for financial reporting, treasury management, and ongoing engagement with key stakeholders. The role involves applying financial expertise, management skills, and a strong understanding of departmental objectives to ensure efficient processes, alignment with organisational standards, and delivery of value‑for‑money outcomes.

• Manage service delivery and monitor continuation of service.
• Become an expert in your own work area, providing advice to business units on financial processes and on specific end‑to‑end processes.
• Responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of data in the finance system, ensuring that financial procedures are fully documented and up to date.
• Oversee audit requests and provide prompt responses to PQs and FOIs.
• Support the ongoing provision of transaction processing services, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management.
• Identify potential improvements to finance processes with a particular focus on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations.
• Review non‑compliance and monitor performance.

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience, and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.

You should hold or be working towards a Level 4 qualification (AAT, CCAB, CIMA or equivalent) OR have relevant financial experience.

• Business process improvement – Practitioner

Business process improvement involves analysing and modifying existing and new processes to make them more efficient, identifying how technology can be used.

• Interrogation of finance systems – Practitioner

Interrogation of finance systems involves connecting finance information together from one or more systems/sources in a logical way in preparation for analysis and interpretation. Working with stakeholders to ensure relevancy of data to support insight‑driven finance decisions.

Practitioner – Strong understanding of the topic with regular use in role/moderate prior experience.

• Lead Criteria:
  Delivering at Pace (Level 3)
• Leadership (Level 3)
• Making Effective Decisions (Level 3)

Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement of no more than 1500 words which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. Candidates will have their applications assessed against all criteria. If a large number of applications are received an initial sift will be conducted on the Lead Criteria highlighted above.

Candidates who pass the initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against all remaining criteria.

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.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.

Assessments are scheduled for January/February 2026 however this may be subject to change.

The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police…