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Assistant Finance Officer (Grade E1) (Temporary)Application Deadline:5 June 2025 Department:Finance and Funding Employment Type:Fixed Term - Full Time Location:Edinburgh - Hybrid Compensation:E1 Grade £29,787 to £34,857. Civil Service Pension. Flexible Working Hours. Hybrid Working.DescriptionReporting to the Senior Payment and Procurement Officer you will be providing support to finance activities. This post plays a key part in ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of payments, and the accuracy of the financials ledger (particularly with regard to running costs budgets).This role is for a temporary period of 6 to 9 months. Key ResponsibilitiesTo ensure that invoices and claims are properly authorised and correctly coded, and that the value is correct. To input invoices, purchase orders, travel 'subsistence claims, miscellaneous claims into the Finance accounting system. To follow up on queries relating to the invoices and claims. To store documentation accurately in line with GDPR requirements and to strive to reach key performance indicators for purchase ledger transactions. To prepare accounts receivable invoices and to ensure payment received. To monitor and reconcile Council bank accounts on daily basis by using online banking, to verify all income and process journal entries and to create CHAPs and international transfers as required. To complete month-end and year-end reconciliations. To prepare and accurately produce monthly balance sheet, creditor/debtor and bank account reconciliations to deadline. To prepare monthly reporting e.g., over £25K report, Prompt Payments report. To aid the Senior Payment and Procurement Officer with Audits, e.g., collating files and answering process queries. To provide support to Finance team and across SFC as required.Skills, Knowledge and ExpertiseIt is important through your CV / Cover Letter that you give evidence of proven experience of each of the following essential criteria:·Previous bookkeeping experience.·Knowledge of accounts payable.·Understanding of invoicing and claims.·Excellent numerical skills including accuracy with figures.·Good level of oral and written communication skills.·Ability to work in a team.Desirable Criteria·Experience of Sun Accounts software.·Bookkeeping part-qualification.·Prior experience of posting weekly and monthly journals.·Knowledge of reconciliations. Benefits· Normal full-time hours of work are 35 per week. We will consider flexible working arrangements. A flexi-time system is in operation.· Annual leave entitlement of 26.5 days pro-rata, rising to 30 days pro-rata after 2 years’ continuous service. Public and privilege holiday entitlement of 13 days pro-rata.· A flexible approach to hybrid working, giving you flexibility to work from home anywhere in the UK for some of the time while also maintaining regular in-person contact with colleagues.· Annual pay review: approved within the framework of the Scottish Government’s Public Sector Pay Policy and negotiated with our recognised trade union, Unite. Salaries are reviewed annually in April for employees who commence employment prior to 1 October in the preceding year.· Eligibility to join theCivil Service Pension Scheme . With its low member contribution rates and generous employer contributions, this gives you a secure, inflation-proof pension for life with no investment uncertainty. Details ofcontribution ratestogether with further details of thepension benefitsare available on the Civil Service Pensions website. There is also the option of a Partnership pension account.· Support for continuous professional development: as a part of SFC, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive support for continuous learning and professional development. Civil Service-Learning curriculum has thoughtfully designed to cater to various learning preferences, allowing employees to engage in a manner that best suits their needs. All our educational resources are conveniently accessible through the CSL website.· Support for health and wellbeing, including generous occupational sick pay, free access to confidential advice and support through our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Special Leave (paid and unpaid), a contribution to learning outside work through our Lifelong Learning Fund, free winter flu vaccination, and access to occupational health support.· We provide support to SFC employees with Volunteering Days.· Support for travel to and from work, including a salary sacrifice cycle loan scheme, cycle storage and shower facilities, an interest-free loan for bus or rail season tickets and free office car parking for employees on a first-come basis. #J-18808-Ljbffr