Are you experienced Finance professional who’s on the lookout for a fresh new challenge? We could have just the role you are looking for!

We have a brand new and exciting opportunity to join Cornerstone as a Depute Finance Lead on a full-time, permanent basis.

Reporting to our Finance Lead, you will be responsible for taking ownership of the transactional finance functions within our organisation. You’ll manage and develop these functions ensuring that they are compliant, accurate, reliable and contributing to timely management information.

Location

This role can be based in any of our main offices (Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow), or part of our hybrid working model. If opting for hybrid, we would need you to live within a reasonable commute of Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow. There will be occasions that we'll need you to travel to other Cornerstone branch locations (travel expenses would be reimbursed as set out in Cornerstone’s expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation).

The Role

You’ll support our Finance Lead in the delivery of monthly management accounts, undertake variance analysis activities and the creation of budgets, forecasts and financial plans.

A key focus of this role is to improve the Internal Controls of each of the transactional functions: Billing and Credit Control, Treasury and Purchase Ledger. This will involve evaluating current processes and documenting procedures and looking for control gaps.

Please see the Role Profile attached to our advert for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About You

What we'll need you to bring: -

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline
• Recognised chartered accountancy CCAB qualification or qualified by experience (QBE) OR Working towards a CCAB with evidence of recent exam passes and expectation of qualification date
• Attention to detail, delivering accurate, reliable and timely outputs
• The ability to implement quality processes and procedures and communicate these clearly verbally and in writing
• Comfortable learning new systems, developing and implementing new procedures and proposing solutions for problems with systems
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and organise work to tight deadlines
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships and communication with team members
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience of working in a varied finance role in a complex organisation.

About Us

Cornerstone is one of Scotland's largest charities with over 40 years' experience providing great care and support for adults and children with various support needs across Scotland.

We are always flexible and responsive in meeting the ever changing needs of the people we support and work closely with individuals and families to agree what sort of support will work best for them.

Our strategic aims

• To become an expert provider of services to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs
• To be the best employer in social care in Scotland
• To achieve stability and sustainability which supports future developments.

If you’re up for the challenge and think you have what it takes, then apply, we'd love to hear from you.

Have any questions? Contact Lynn Wallace, our Finance Director at lynn.wallace@cornerstone.org.uk.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited along to an interview in person at our Dundee office on Thursday 15th August 2024. Second stage interviews will take place virtually on Thursday 22nd August 2024.

The successful candidate will need to undertake a Standard Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

* Agencies please note - We have our own in-house Recruitment Team working to fill this vacancy and are not looking to work with an agency at present. Any unsolicited emails will not be responded to.