Finance Manager; Maternity Cover

Organisation:
The Scottish Seabird Centre

Salary: £40,000 - 45,000 p.a. pro rata, based on experience

The Scottish Seabird Centre The Scottish Seabird Centre (SSC) works to ensure that Scotland’s seas and coasts are alive with wildlife, celebrated and protected by all. We act to save seabirds and restore Scotland’s marine environment through conservation, learning, and unforgettable wildlife experiences:

• Conservation – In partnership with RSPB Scotland, we care for internationally important seabird islands, including Bass Rock, which is home to one of the largest gannet colonies in the world, and Craigleith, where our community conservation project, SOS Puffin, has quadrupled the population of breeding puffins.
• Learning – We seek to build an understanding of and a passion for the marine environment. Over 60,000 children and young people have engaged with our education programme.
• Experience – We operate one of the leading nature visitor centres in the UK, welcoming over 170,000 visitors a year, and were awarded the Gold Green Tourism Award in April 2025. We recently published our strategic plan for 2026 – 2031. You can read it here.

The Finance Manager will work collaboratively with the CEO, members of the senior management team and department heads to ensure strong financial management is in place throughout the charity. They will provide timely financial information to the Senior Team and the Board, and work with colleagues across the charity to support the development of 2 budgets for fundraising applications and to monitor and report on funded expenditure.

• A recognised accountancy qualification (CA/ACCA or similar) with post qualification experience in a financial management role, or partial qualification with substantial experience.
• Experience preparing management accounts, budgets and cashflow forecasts, with 3 the ability to analyse business, financial and risk information and make clear recommendations to the Senior Management Team and…