Finance Assistant

Search is supporting the recruitment of a Finance Assistant near Edinburgh with hybrid working for an international organisation. Working within the UK finance team, you'll support a range of day to day financial processes and month end tasks. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership of their workload and is comfortable working remotely with occasional time in the office.

Your responsibilities will include:
Logging and managing the approval of supplier invoices
Recording transactions within the finance system
Preparing supplier payment lists and setting up online payments
Handling supplier and internal finance queries
Coordinating monthly corporate card submissions and staff expense processing
Recording expenditure accurately into the finance system
Assisting with preparation of payroll data for an external provider
Posting payroll related journals and creating associated bank payments
Completing weekly bank reconciliations and preparing daily cash balance updates
Supporting month end tasks (balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments)
Preparing quarterly VAT returns
Assisting with ad hoc financial reporting, data analysis and administrative tasks

Skills and experience that will benefit your application:
Experience carrying out similar transactional finance duties
Ability to manage workload independently and meet agreed deadlines
Confident user of finance systems (cloud based platforms advantageous)
Comfortable communicating through digital channels in a remote enabled environment
Experience working within multi entity or international structures
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

What's in it for you:
Salary of 26,000- 30,000, depending on experience
Hybrid working options
Experience within a multi entity, international finance environment
Supportive team culture with opportunities to learn and build on existing skills
Potential for extension or permanent employment

To apply or find out more:
Please send your CV at your earliest convenience and/or get in touch at (url removed).

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