Finance Manager

Closing Date: 23:59pm, Sunday 3 May 2026

Interview Date: Friday 5 June 2026

About Us:

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.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join the the Park Authority in a role that provides an excellent opportunity for hands on involvement in the full range of financial processes and reporting carried out within the organisation.

Equalities:

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.

The Role:

The role provides an excellent opportunity for hands on involvement in the full range of financial processes and reporting carried out within the organisation; it offers both breadth and depth of experience within an organisation that is passionate about delivering for the Cairngorms National Park.

You will manage financial support services to all funded projects, and help provide an excellent financial management and accounting service to the Park Authority. This includes the management of key finance systems, such as: creditor payments, debtor management, nominal ledger, budgeting, cash flow management, and the development and maintenance of financial regulations and internal controls.

The functions of the role are fulfilled by two post holders who collaborate to provide robust and resilient service to the Park Authority. The full list of responsibilities will typically be divided between both post holders and some of the key responsibilities for this particular post holder are to lead our financial support for delivery of the £42 million Cairngorms 2030 programme, manage the payroll and pensions function which is carried out by the payroll and finance team, and to line manage our finance team. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone wishing to further their career in finance, offering a broad range of work experience together with line management of a small, enthusiastic team.

We are seeking applicants who are either fully qualified (accountant/CCAB professional accountancy qualification), or part qualified with relevant experience. You will also have demonstrable aptitude to deliver payroll and pensions services, and to provide line management of staff.

So, if you are keen to be our Finance Manager and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

Further information regarding the role can be found in the job description.

CNPA Benefits:

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 – some of the benefits include:

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

About You:

To be considered as our Finance Manager, you’ll need:

Fully qualified accountant / CCAB professional accountancy qualification or part-qualified with relevant experience

Demonstrable aptitude and skills to deliver payroll and pensions administration services, managing all associated tax and other returns

Aptitude and skills to provide line management of a team of staff

Must have excellent numerical skills and substantial, proven experience of using excel spreadsheets and manipulating financial data and figures

Demonstrable capacity to analyse information and to present the results of that analysis in a clear and accessible manner

Must have experience of handling confidential information, and respecting and adhering to that confidentiality

Excellent communication skills – verbal, written and presentational

IT skills – competent user of the standard Microsoft suite of products

Permission to work in the UK

How to apply:

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button

Please note, we do not accept Curriculum Vitae (CV).

If you require more information, or if you require any adjustments to be made to the application process due to disability please contact us on 01479 873535 or email: recruitment@cairngorms.co.uk

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