Business Support Officer

Harvey Nash Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established company is seeking a Business Support Officer for a 12-month contract based in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will provide essential administrative support, manage finance activities, and coordinate with various stakeholders. This hybrid role requires strong IT skills, a customer-focused approach, and the ability to oversee multiple priorities efficiently.

Qualifications

• Experience in Microsoft Word and Excel is essential.
• Ability to manage challenging workloads with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support, including document management and compliance checks.
• Administrate finance requirements and assist with stakeholder management.
• Support internal teams with task delivery and compliance.

Skills

Strong IT skills

Customer focus

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Proactive approach

Job description

Business Support Officer| 12 Months (Inside IR35)| Hybrid (Edinburgh)

Harvey Nash's Client is recruiting for a Business Support Officer on a 12 month contract.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for the Organisation's corporate service requirements, including; information gathering and management; document retention and reporting; general correspondence; and routine compliance and monitoring checks, such as gathering carbon footprint data.

• Administrate the day-to-day general the Organisation's finance requirements, including: creating and submitting purchase order requests and invoices; supporting colleagues with electronic procurement card payments; checking invoices at risk; producing routine financial reports; and other ad-hoc requests
• Assist with the Organisation's internal and external stakeholder management, through the co-ordination of meetings
• Provide administrative support to the CSC team, to ensure tasks are delivered on time and of the right quality, through developing a sound knowledge of relevant operational policies and procedures to ensure compliance is maintained
• Provide adhoc administrative support to the wider Investigations, Compliance and Standards Team and the Strategy and Analysis team

Key Skills

• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• A strong customer focus, with excellent communications skills to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work on your own with minimal supervision, manage challenging workloads and competing priorities, whilst maintain attention to detail.
• A proactive approach and the ability to use initiative to come up with solutions quickly when challenges arise.

This role falls Inside of IR35 and is hybrid working with the expectation to attend the Edinburgh office 2 days a week. Please note that for this role you must have or be happy to get a Basic Disclosure Scotland. To apply, send your CV using the link.