Finance Assistant – Fundraising

Alzheimer Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Alzheimer Scotland in Scotland is seeking a Finance Assistant to support our transactional fundraising operations. The role focuses on recording and reporting voluntary income, which exceeds £4 million per year, and handling a high-volume portfolio of platforms while delivering strong customer service to donors by phone and face to face.

You will bring experience in high-volume administration or database work, be a clear communicator, and work within Microsoft 365 and financial systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume administration or database work.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Record and report on voluntary income for fundraising operations.
• Provide finance administration support across platforms and systems.
• Support donors by phone and face-to-face with a high level of service.

Tools

Microsoft 365

Databases

Finance systems

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as a finance assistant supporting our transactional fundraising operations.

Who we are

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

What you’ll do

This is a finance assistant role with a difference. Whilst there will be some support of the traditional transactional finance elements the role will have a primary focus on recording and report on voluntary income. Our voluntary income is in excess of £4million per year and high volume across a substantial portfolio of platforms. The role will be key to supporting donors across a variety of methods including phone and face to face; therefore, strong customer service skills are vital alongside previous finance administration experience.

What you’ll have

We are seeking applications from individuals with demonstrable high-volume administration/database work experience within a complex organisation and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description. You will be a strong communicator both verbally and written and able to balance competing priorities and deadlines. You will have practical experience of working with a wide range of office systems including Microsoft 365 and databases or financial systems. If you are interested by what you have read, and have the necessary skills and experience, or have experience in elements of the role and wish to develop these skills further, alongside the ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you. Following completion of probationary period (6 months) there will be opportunities to undertake and progress further studies in relevant disciplines.