Are you experienced Payroll 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 our new Payroll Lead on a full-time, permanent basis.

It's a very exciting time to join our team as we embark on sourcing and implementing our brand new HR & Payroll system.

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

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.

Reporting to our Head of Finance, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of a comprehensive payroll and pensions service, ensuring timely payments, legal compliance, and excellent customer service.

You’ll also ensure that all policies, processes and procedures relating to payroll and employment tax are reviewed and maintained regularly in line with legislative or best practice changes.

Working with the payroll team and with the wider finance and HR team, you’ll be a subject matter expert in all aspects of pensions, employment and benefits tax, National Insurance, and other associated taxes.

About You

What we'll need you to bring: -

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline
• Recognised chartered institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP/IPPM equivalent)
• A minimum of 3 years’ post qualification payroll experience
• 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

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.

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.

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.

Key and our partner organisation Community Lifestyles are recruiting a new Team Manager to complete our Staff Development, Policy and Practice Team. You will be joining us at an exciting time to help influence and lead practice and systems changes within our well established and dedicated learning and training function.

You will be at the heart of the organisation, empowering and supporting our Staff Development Team and operational managers in embedding robust systems and processes that enable us to build on our commitment to workforce learning and development.

You will work with some amazing people, especially the people we support who are co-trainers, in the development and delivery of a high quality and proactive learning and development service that supports our entire workforce.

In addition to supporting and leading our committed, experienced trainers you will co-ordinate, agree, and monitor objectives and work plans, ensuring the delivery of an effective, efficient, responsive high-quality service.

You’ll be thinking carefully about relationships, wellbeing, and collaboration, as well as best practice in the use of systems and processes. You should be able to demonstrate experience in fostering positive employee relations and solution-focused strategies.

You will understand the knowledge, skills and values needed by our workforce to deliver truly person-centred human rights-based support, so having previous service management experience would be ideal.

You will have significant experience in delivering learning and development activities in a social care setting, having designed, delivered, and evaluated learning resources for social care workers and managers.

You will have a relevant qualification in health and social care, and a learning and development qualification would be advantageous.

Excellent people, organisational, communication and influencing skills are essential as are good working knowledge of Microsoft packages and systems.

If you’re ready for an amazing challenge, then we would love to hear from you!

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Sheila Hanney, Head of Staff Development, Policy and Practice by emailing Sheila.hanney@key.org.uk

Are you an experienced facilities manager with experience in resources and procurement? If this sounds like you, then this could be the role you have been waiting for!

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

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

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.

As an integral part of our business support team, you’ll be responsible for provision of high-quality property and facilities management.

You’ll use your specialist knowledge to deliver an effective corporate procurement function and will be responsible for all policies and procedures relating to properties and facilities.

Key deliverables of this role include: -

• Property management
• Energy & utility supply management
• Procurement & contracts management
• Fleet management
• Insurance

As part of our Wider Leadership Team, you’ll contribute to our organisation’s strategic, operational and departmental plans.

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: -

• Proven experience of working within a resources and procurement role
• A relevant professional qualification at Degree/SCQF level 9
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• Excellent customer service skills with a strong commitment to delivering solutions and improving processes
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and organise work across several inititiatives
• The ability to identify, develop and implement compliant policies, processes and procedures and communicate these clearly verbally and in writing
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Comfortable learning new systems, developing and implementing new procedures and proposing solutions for problems with systems.

If you’re up for the challenge and think you have what it takes, then apply now, 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 a virtual interview on Wednesday 14th August 2024. Second stage interviews will take place on Monday 19th August 2024 at our Glasgow office.

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

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