Finance Administrator
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Finance Administrator for a contract until 31 March 2025 with the possibility of extension on a rate of £15.78/hour PAYE. This role will be a mix of home and office working.
Responsibilities:
– Carrying out and taking ownership of administrative processes from end to end, including processing invoices, dealing with customer enquiries, completing BACS payments, banking work, issue remittances, calculating prompt payment data and giving reasons for any late payments, inputting either sales invoices or sales credit notes and receipts, debt collection, update and maintain authorised signatory database
– Managing own and the office’s generic mailboxes, including responding to enquiries and escalating any issues in accordance with the office’s service level agreements
– Using your IT and digital skills to enhance how you carry out your role and support the work of your team, including daily use of Microsoft Office packages and applications (including excel)
– Preparing information in accordance with the team’s service level agreement, including monitoring the procedures involved and suggesting changes and efficiencies to enable the continual improvement of service quality
– Establishing positive and effective internal and external relationships to deliver high quality services
– Working within the values of the organisation’s and contributing to an inclusive working environment
– Contributing to building effective and supportive working relationships within your team, by participating in discussions, listening, and considering the views of others
– Provide support to team members when required in a proactive manner
Essential Skills:
– Must have accounts payable experience
– Excellent time management and organisational skills and ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines to meet team’s service level agreements
– The ability to explain or pass on complex or detailed information precisely and clearly to a diverse range of people, at different levels, demands and requirement.
– An ability to take account of others’ needs when delivering a service and use a proactive approach to ensure expectations are being met
– The ability to openly share knowledge and skills to help other members of the team to develop and is approachable and sensitive towards others
– The ability to take on new or additional responsibilities to further own development, including trying new ways of working and embracing technology
– The ability to balance and prioritise competing demands with the foresight to plan and anticipate workload peaks
– Sound analytical skills and good judgement to make informed decisions about your own work responsibilities and those of others
– The ability to approach problems you face in a politically sensitive way, always maintaining confidentiality and ensuring the security of data
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Carrying out and taking ownership of administrative processes from end to end, including processing invoices, dealing with customer enquiries, completing BACS payments, banking work, issue remittances, calculating prompt payment data and giving reasons for any late payments, inputting either sales invoices or sales credit notes and receipts, debt collection, update and maintain authorised signatory database
– Managing own and the office’s generic mailboxes, including responding to enquiries and escalating any issues in accordance with the office’s service level agreements
– Using your IT and digital skills to enhance how you carry out your role and support the work of your team, including daily use of Microsoft Office packages and applications (including excel)
– Preparing information in accordance with the team’s service level agreement, including monitoring the procedures involved and suggesting changes and efficiencies to enable the continual improvement of service quality
– Establishing positive and effective internal and external relationships to deliver high quality services
– Working within the values of the organisation’s and contributing to an inclusive working environment
– Contributing to building effective and supportive working relationships within your team, by participating in discussions, listening, and considering the views of others
– Provide support to team members when required in a proactive manner
Essential Skills:
– Must have accounts payable experience
– Excellent time management and organisational skills and ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines to meet team’s service level agreements
– The ability to explain or pass on complex or detailed information precisely and clearly to a diverse range of people, at different levels, demands and requirement.
– An ability to take account of others’ needs when delivering a service and use a proactive approach to ensure expectations are being met
– The ability to openly share knowledge and skills to help other members of the team to develop and is approachable and sensitive towards others
– The ability to take on new or additional responsibilities to further own development, including trying new ways of working and embracing technology
– The ability to balance and prioritise competing demands with the foresight to plan and anticipate workload peaks
– Sound analytical skills and good judgement to make informed decisions about your own work responsibilities and those of others
– The ability to approach problems you face in a politically sensitive way, always maintaining confidentiality and ensuring the security of data
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
