Management Accountant

Salary: £46,171 - £53,819 (Band

E)

Location:

Grantown on Spey

Job Type: Permanent contract

Hours:

Full time; 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59pm, Tuesday 3 March 2025

Interview Date:
Thursday 26 March 2026

The Cairngorms National Park is an incredible place to live and work. The UK’s largest national park is a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is also home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species.

It is a truly unique place to work, with our dedicated and passionate Corporate Services team who are committed to providing the best people experience, every day. Furthermore, there is access to some of the most beautiful countryside straight from our Headquarters office door.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top 100 best not‑for‑profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.

CNPA is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities, as they are under‑represented in the environment sector.

We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances CNPA appoints on merit‑based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.

As the Management Accountant you will manage financial support services both to core services and to externally funded projects, including the National Lottery Heritage Funded “Cairngorms 2030” Programme. You will support the Head of Finance and Corporate Operations by providing an effective and efficient financial management and accounting service to the Park Authority, including integration with corporate budgeting, financial accounting and final accounts.

The postholder will support non‑financial colleagues to develop their financial expertise and to comply with financial procedures. As the Management Accountant, you will also oversee the payroll and pensions service and provide line management to the finance team.

• Manage financial support services to core services and externally funded projects, including the National Lottery Heritage Funded “Cairngorms 2030” Programme.
• Support the Head of Finance and Corporate Operations by providing an effective and efficient financial management and accounting service to the Park Authority, including integration with corporate budgeting, financial accounting and final accounts.
• Support non‑financial colleagues to develop their financial expertise and comply with financial procedures.
• Oversee the payroll and pensions service and provide line management to the finance team.

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays
• Professional development
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Use of pool cars
• Civil service pension scheme – member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector, tax relief on your contributions, generous employer contributions, a secure, inflation‑proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty, the option of tax‑free lump sum on retirement, potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work, life assurance cover, benefits for loved ones and dependants, options to increase your pension, keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere, support from our trusted charity partners

• Fully qualified accountant / CCAB professional accountancy qualification
• Knowledge and experience of running an organisational payroll and managing all associated tax…