Finance Operational Assistant

The Finance Department is responsible for:

· Providing expert financial advice, technical guidance and pro-active decision support to the whole of NES

· Providing transactional processing and analytical services to the whole of NES

· Producing the Board's budgets and finance reports, business plans, Scottish Government returns, annual accounts and other statutory returns

· Liaising with Internal and External Audit, the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise. It works closely with the Health Finance, Corporate Governance and Value Directorate within Scottish Government with regard to NES's current and future allocations and direction

· Leading on financial management issues across the organisation, playing an important role in corporate governance

· Ensuring a strong and effective internal control environment

· Ensuring the finance systems/procedures meet all statutory requirements and support business needs

· These responsibilities are shared across the 3 sections of the Finance team which are Finance Business Partnering; Governance & Operational Finance; and Management Information, Systems & Analysis

About the Role

We are looking for a Finance Operational Assistant to join the Governance & Operational Team within the Finance Directorate which has a focus on:

· The management and control of all transactional processing (accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury and payroll - including Doctors and Dentists in Training salaries and expenses

· Production of the Scottish Government returns, annual accounts and other statutory returns

· Managing the design, implementation and supervision of financial controls to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and integrity of systems and processes

· This role is responsible for aspects of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expenses and Treasury. Working within the Governance & Operational Finance team you will have the opportunity to work closely with two other colleagues to share tasks on a rotational basis to ensure efficient processing of supplier and customer invoices and the processing of customer receipts and expenses

· Key tasks will include but will not be limited to:

· Process customer and supplier invoices

· Match invoices to purchase orders

· Assist with invoice queries

· Processing expenses

· Reconcile supplier statements

· Set up new customers and suppliers

· Provide assistance and advice to department budget holders

· Provide support during internal and external audit reviews

If you have the above skills and experience please submit your CV and I will be in touch. Thanks

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