Finance Officer
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Temporary Finance Officer for an initial 12-week contract with the potential to extend at a rate of £16.37 PAYE per hour This role will be a hybrid of working at home with occasional travel to the office
Responsibilities:
As the finance officer, reporting to the finance manager, you will provide finance administration support to ensure that the organisation provides a high quality, efficient, effective, and professional service to its staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders. The post holder will meet pre-set timescales to ensure that all financial transactions processed are in accordance with the organisation’s policy and procedure.
Essential Skills:
Desirable Skills:
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
As the finance officer, reporting to the finance manager, you will provide finance administration support to ensure that the organisation provides a high quality, efficient, effective, and professional service to its staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders. The post holder will meet pre-set timescales to ensure that all financial transactions processed are in accordance with the organisation’s policy and procedure.
- Manage the organisation’s invoicing process using manual, electronic processes, and multiple e-mailboxes, ensuring system controls, error detection, and resolution are in line with the Shared Services Provider’s timetable.
- Monitor multiple finance mailboxes, respond to enquiries where possible, and escalate to appropriate National team colleagues when required.
- Ensure the efficient and accurate management of Cards and, petty cash systems (recording of transactions and controls management)
- Support the Finance Manager by providing regular budget monitoring and performance information
- Ensuring that appropriate financial records are maintained for auditing purposes and answering queries from the external and internal auditors.
- In the spirit of positive teamwork, willingly lend support to colleagues and members of our volunteer community, when possible, in their times of pressure and demand
- Manage the invoice approval flow, invoice queries and prepare weekly payment runs with the support of the other Finance Officer
- Support the wider team with issuing purchase orders in line with the organisation’s processes and procedures.
- Any operational financial support work that might arise, such as reports.
Essential Skills:
- Excellent numeracy skills
- Experience in effectively working alongside staff and/or volunteers
- Experience working with invoices and financial processes
- Ability to research and present information accurately.
- Good administrative skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to multi-task, deal with work within tight and sometimes conflicting deadlines and prioritise work appropriately.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Good team player
- Good communication skills (written, listening and verbal), including ability to provide clear instructions to stakeholders
- (volunteers and staff) in a supportive, encouraging & professional manner.
- Competent in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint).
- Attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Able to effectively use computerised office applications including Microsoft Excel or equivalent spreadsheet software, Microsoft Word, and Outlook.
Desirable Skills:
- HND or equivalent experience
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
