Finance Business Analyst Manager
| Posting date: | 29 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,263 to £50,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Oban, Argyll & Bute |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Scottish Association for Marine Science |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | D24/24.JB |
Summary
- Location: SAMS, Oban (we are open to discussing hybrid arrangements)
- Contract Type: Open-ended
- Working Pattern: Full Time (37hrs per week)
- Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
The Role:
You will work closely with the Head of Finance and Senior Finance Partners to provide a business partnering approach, ensure compliancy across services, working together to provide regular and accurate information to internal/external customers, funders and regulatory bodies.
You will provide in-depth analysis of the financial drivers of the organisation – revenue, cost and cash in order to improve reporting to stakeholders and assist with the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes, including the preparation of monthly Management Accounts for the Group.
In this role, you will oversee financial management of circa 100 research contracts, through regular monitoring and the provision of accurate financial and administrative advice to science project leaders across the organisation. This is to ensure that funding proposals are prepared in line with funder financial guidelines and SAMS internal financial requirements.
You will also provide supervisory and coaching support to the Finance team.
In addition, you will also assist the Head of Finance with accounting activities and deputise, as required.
Our Ideal Candidate:
You will hold a recognised accountancy qualification – CA, CIMA, ACCA.
You will have excellent communication skills: Ability to communicate well at all levels and to communicate financial information to non-financial managers. You will also have some people supervision or team management experience, and some experience of dealing with external auditors and finance providers.
You will have experience of providing and developing financial information in a diverse organisation, experience and understanding of charity accounting, research and/or education organisation is preferred, and commercial sector experience is desirable also.
You will bring energy, enthusiasm and integrity and create a positive and inclusive culture within the department.
Interested?
We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to HR@sams.ac.uk
Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to recruitment@sams.ac.uk quoting Job Ref. ‘D24/24.JB’ in the subject heading.
Please note, we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Please see our website for full details: https://www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/finance-business-analyst-manager-d2424jb/
- Contract Type: Open-ended
- Working Pattern: Full Time (37hrs per week)
- Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
The Role:
You will work closely with the Head of Finance and Senior Finance Partners to provide a business partnering approach, ensure compliancy across services, working together to provide regular and accurate information to internal/external customers, funders and regulatory bodies.
You will provide in-depth analysis of the financial drivers of the organisation – revenue, cost and cash in order to improve reporting to stakeholders and assist with the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes, including the preparation of monthly Management Accounts for the Group.
In this role, you will oversee financial management of circa 100 research contracts, through regular monitoring and the provision of accurate financial and administrative advice to science project leaders across the organisation. This is to ensure that funding proposals are prepared in line with funder financial guidelines and SAMS internal financial requirements.
You will also provide supervisory and coaching support to the Finance team.
In addition, you will also assist the Head of Finance with accounting activities and deputise, as required.
Our Ideal Candidate:
You will hold a recognised accountancy qualification – CA, CIMA, ACCA.
You will have excellent communication skills: Ability to communicate well at all levels and to communicate financial information to non-financial managers. You will also have some people supervision or team management experience, and some experience of dealing with external auditors and finance providers.
You will have experience of providing and developing financial information in a diverse organisation, experience and understanding of charity accounting, research and/or education organisation is preferred, and commercial sector experience is desirable also.
You will bring energy, enthusiasm and integrity and create a positive and inclusive culture within the department.
Interested?
We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to HR@sams.ac.uk
Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to recruitment@sams.ac.uk quoting Job Ref. ‘D24/24.JB’ in the subject heading.
Please note, we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Please see our website for full details: https://www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies/finance-business-analyst-manager-d2424jb/
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