Finance Assistant

Right There

For People. At Home. In the Community.

Our Finance team is recruiting for a Finance Assistant who will report to the Finance Officer and also work alongside the wider team and managers across the organisation to ensure that effective financial information and reporting is available at all levels.

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional, that has a recognised Finance qualification, or be willing to work towards this. In place of a qualification, you can also have gained equivalent relevant experience.

We need you to have experience of working with Financial software such as Sage, as well as being computer literate with strong working knowledge of MS Office with a particular emphasis on excel.

What does the role look like?

• Management of and update housing management system
• Management of key accounts and preparation of schedules to improve our overview and control of income and expenditure
• Day to day management of income and expenditure in relation to contracts, funding, fundraising and donations
• Report on trends or variances within income and expenditure
• Responsible for the purchase ledger, sales ledger, and credit control functions
• Maintaining and managing asset and contract registers

Full details can be found in the Job & Person Specification on our website.

What we expect from you

Our values make us who we are and define our actions and behaviours every day. We’d expect the post-holder to uphold and represent our organisation in a way that reflects our values and person-centred way of working.

Salary: SCP 23-26 (£23,843-£26,164 per annum)

What you can expect from us

We value our staff as our greatest asset and will provide the following working conditions:

• .The post holder will report to the Finance Officer and through them to the Finance Manager.
• Your normal working hours are 35 per week. These hours are usually worked Monday to Friday, and flexibly between the hours of 8.00am to 6.00pm, with core hours over the period from 10am to 4pm, with one-hour unpaid break. Variations to these hours must be agreed with your line manager.
• Your usual place of work will be 15 Dava Street, Glasgow, G51 2JA. Alternatively, you may also choose to work remotely from your home address.
• Working arrangements must be agreed with your line manager, based on the needs of the service.
• You may be required to work from such other place as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
• Annual leave entitlement of 210 hours holiday (equivalent to 6 weeks) pro rata per year in the first year rising to 280 hours (equivalent to 8 weeks) pro rata per year in the second. This includes public holidays
• All appointments are subject to a minimum of a 12-week probationary period
• You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension following successful completion of your probationary period, provided you meet the auto-enrolment criteria
• It is the nature of the work of Right There, that tasks and responsibilities are, in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All employees are, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises.

Interested in Applying?

Click Apply and you will be redirected to our website where you will find the full Job & Person specification and details of how to apply.

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