Finance Assistant

May 22, 2025
£15 - £15
Urgent

Job Description

Blue Arrow is currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant in Edinburgh for an initial 7 month contract with potential for extension. The hourly rate is 15.50ph. This role is hybrid, with a blend of home and office working.

Responsibilities:

Fees and Receipts
– Process daily direct debit and investigate exceptions
– Issue email statements and process corresponding direct debit collection for the organisation invoices twice monthly
– Allocate and balance BACS payments to the organisations bank account with corresponding invoices, investigating any anomalies as required
– Any other ad hoc duties as required

Enquiries
– Monitor the section’s main telephone enquiry line
– Investigate various Production and Financial systems to enable the completion of internal and external enquiries
– Investigate and process Registration refunds
– Save and manage remittance advice, ensuring good records management
– Save cancelled invoice authorisation and process these on a weekly basis

Registering and Processing of Invoices from Suppliers
– Ensure all invoices received are entered onto the Purchase Register and sent to budget holders for authorisation
– Check returned invoices to ensure they have been correctly authorised and coded
– Identify any amount of pre-payment or accrual, plus capital or suspense items, which are dealt with under separate headings in the final accounts
– Prepare invoices for payment
– Carry out invoice policing duties, advising budget holders of potentially late invoices and monitoring disputed items
– Deal with Supplier enquiries
– Prepare and issue Receivable Orders and reconcile closing outstanding balance
– Reconcile supplier statements and obtain copies of invoices which have not been received
– Any other ad hoc duties as require

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.

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