Finance Administrator - Receivables, Banking & Payroll

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35 hours per week. Starting salary £20,770 (full time) plus contributory pension

Who are we?

Our mission at Victim Support Scotland is to ensure that those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. We want victims and witnesses to be at the heart of everything we do so they have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference. We aim to do this by adhering to our own organisational values of being supportive, striving for excellence and offering personalised and accessible services and these are reflected in the behaviours expected of all staff and volunteers.

What are we looking for?

As a key member of the Finance Team and reporting directly to the Head of Finance you will work within a small Finance team to ensure the effective and efficient administration of Victim support Scotland’s finances, finance procedures and systems, ensuring the optimal use of all resources to allow VSS to achieve its strategy and organisational objectives and longer term financial sustainability.

Key duties will be to provide information to VSS colleagues, to ensure the best contract deals for goods and services, to keep maintain databases to allow management information to be produced, to process payroll internally and ensure employees are paid accurately and on time and to assist the Head of Finance in the management of the Victims’ Fund (VF) project.

Who are you?

You will be someone who enjoys the variety of working across a number areas of finance and enjoys balancing multiple priorities whilst maintaining quality of output. You will be a self-starter, organised and have a high level of attention to detail. You will be a strong communicator and able to converse with all levels within the organisations. You will have a minimum of two year’s post qualification experience in a finance role, having undertaken a finance or accounting qualification (HND or above) or equivalent relevant experience, ideally including payroll. Importantly, you will be someone who is honest and has a high level of integrity.

Caring for our employees

When you work for VSS, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer 39 days annual leave, you will have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits. Benefits include Dental cover, access to a virtual GP and advice line, counselling and legal help as well as discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets and much more.

Further details of the role are available in the job description which you can view on our current vacancies page. Please apply by submitting an application form, also available on our website.

Completed applications should be returned by Wednesday 15th September 2021.

Panel interviews will take place in our Edinburgh office on Wednesday 22nd September 2021.

Reference ID: FIN1VSS21

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £20,770.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Wellness programmes

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19