Senior Finance Officer

East Lothian  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Harvey Nash's public sector client are currently looking to recruit a Senior Finance Officer to join their team based in Edinburgh for an initial 6 month period for a daily rate of £200. You will be responsible for the smooth running of day-to-day financial operations, managing workload and priorities.

Main Duties:

  • Ensure that the 10-day invoice payment performance target is met and a high-quality service is delivered to internal and external customers.
  • Identify weaknesses and inefficiencies in controls and processes and put forward recommendations for improvement..
  • Responsible for carrying out control and quality assurance procedures over financial transactions and reports, including identifying MIS-posted items, performing reconciliations and carrying out trend analysis.
  • Process daily financial transactions, including journals, using judgement and financial experience to review financial coding and challenging supporting evidence to maintain the integrity of financial records in line with financial standards.
  • Review invoices and maintain the monthly accruals and prepayments workbook, ensuring journals are accurately processed.
  • Responsible for financial delegated authority letter review and support the Finance Manager in reviewing supporting policy.
  • Responsible for monthly cash management returns.

Essential Skills:

  • Advanced excel skills with a proven track record of using excel effectively as a finance business tool.
  • Be able to demonstrate strong analytical skills, with proven ability to extract and analyse complex information from a variety of sources, drawing together key findings and recommendations where financial data analysis concerned.

Education & qualifications:

  • You will be encouraged to continuously improve your personal and professional development and be supported to achieve an SG recognised professional finance qualification.
  • Experience of corporate systems such as SEAS, EASEbuy, eRDM and other IT Packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

This role has been deemed inside IR35 by the client therefore the use of an Umbrella company is required. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.

Start date
n.a
From
Harvey Nash Plc
Published at
18.09.2021
Project ID:
2208441
Contract type
Freelance
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