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Accountant - Central Scotland

Public / Third Sector - Transactional / Part-Qualified
Ref: 2429 Date Posted: Tuesday 05 Nov 2024

Accountant Sought - Glasgow - Edinburgh - Dundee - Aberdeen 

W&A are delighted to be partnering with a leading Scottish charity on their search for an Accountant.

As a member of this team this role involves working with colleagues to ensure that you deliver exceptional service which meets the needs of the wider organisation in an efficient, effective and customer focussed way. A key focus of this role is to provide advice and guidance to Leaders and their teams in relation to the financial performance of their allocated region. The role will also involve leading/participating in projects as required.

Key Responsibilities :


• Provide advice and guidance to Regional Directors and their teams on budgets and other financial matters
• Assist with the operation of effective financial systems within the organisation
• Monitor income and expenditure against budgets, on a monthly basis and investigate significant variances
• Assist with the production of monthly management accounts. 
• Provide support to the Finance Leads, Director of Finance and Fundraising as required
• Support the SLT and Branch Leaders in routine budget negotiations with local authorities and other customers 
• Provide financial information as required to the assigned Central Director(s) and their teams
• Assist with the ongoing review and improvement of the financial information and reports produced by the Finance Department. 
• Document and review finance procedures and related controls making recommendations for improvement as appropriate
• Prepare budgets for tenders and new projects 
• Responsible for the compilation and maintenance of budgets for all operational activities 
• Compile schedules in line with internal and external audit requirements


Experience Sought : 

Candidate should be Part Qualified or Qualified by Experience, while sector experience is not essential it would be preferred. You will come from a background of monthly management accounting, budgeting and forecasting. Extensive proven experience of working in a similar role in a comparable size organisation would be preferred with detailed knowledge and experience of working with complex integrated financial and business software

Experience of identifying and implementing opportunities for systems improvements and systems integration.

£32,000 - £35,500

Buy & Sell Holiday scheme 

Pension

Flexible working environment 

Hybrid working

For more information please reach out to laura@wilkinsonandassociates.co.uk