Finance Assistant (Full Time) (Permanent)

Renfrewshire Council; Paisley; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Paisley is seeking a Finance Assistant to provide support services in financial administration including budget monitoring and invoicing. The ideal candidate will have experience in local authority environments and strong IT skills, particularly in MS Office. A commitment to obtaining further qualifications in accounting or business is essential. This role offers a permanent contract with full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Previous experience providing financial services in a local authority environment.
• Experience in preparing financial reports or briefing notes.
• Knowledge of local authority housing financial environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide range of finance support services across the team.
• Monitor budgets, purchase orders, and invoices.
• Raise invoices to tenants and owners.

Skills

Budget monitoring

Effective communication

IT skills (MS Office)

Organizational skills

Education

SVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject

HND in a relevant discipline

Tools

ERP systems

Business intelligence software

Job description

Salary: £31,097 - £32,813 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Advert

The finance assistants will be a key post in providing a range of finance support services across the Housing Repairs and Investment Team, including supporting the effective financial administration of the team including budget monitoring, purchase orders and invoices, coupled with raising invoices to tenants and owners and developing and enhancing financial efficient financial processes in the team.

It is essential that you have previous experience of providing financial services in a local authority environment, particularly budget monitoring, extracting information from financial and operational management systems and analysing financial variances. You must have experience of working across a range of services in a housing environment and experience in preparing financial reports or briefing notes for managers and budget holders.

Effective communication skills, in particular dealing with members of the public, is an essential requirement, coupled with excellent IT skills, including but not limited to MS Office.

You must be able to demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm, be able to organise your own workload, manage competing priorities, work to deadlines and provide written and verbal information to a wide range of stakeholders.

Previous experience of accounts payable, credit control and issuing invoices to customers is desirable, as is specialist IT knowledge of ERP systems, business intelligence software and process automation. A knowledge of the wider local authority housing financial environment is beneficial.

An SVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject is essential, coupled with a commitment to work towards an accounting or business qualification, is essential. An HND in a relevant discipline is desirable.

If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk .