Finance Assistant - Payroll

An exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to work for a large public sector organisation in Edinburgh. You will be involved with dealing with payroll updates, conducting variance checks, processing manual expenses claims, and making supplier payments.

Essential skills:

• Proven administrative experience within a multi-disciplinary environment
• Practical experience working in a finance role in at least two of the following areas: Sales Ledger; Purchase Ledger; Payroll; Treasury & Expenses.
• Experience and knowledge of core accounting principles including basic reconciliations and the preparation journals
• Experience of communicating and influencing across teams
• Ability to work with minimal supervision; to plan and prioritise own workloads; and to meet deadlines
• Flexible approach to learning and problem solving
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Proven expertise in all of the following areas: Sales Ledger; Purchase Ledger; Payroll; Treasury & Expenses.
• Experience of working within Health and/or Social Care

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age