Hutcheon Mearns is delighted to support our client, an organisation known for excellence in their field, to recruit for a Senior Finance Assistant. Based within easy reach of Dundee and North Fife, this organisation offers an excellent working environment with new office facilities, free on-site parking and on-site canteen facilities. Working in a hybrid working pattern offering a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, this is a flexible employer who offer market-leading terns and conditions of employment. As a Senior Finance Assistant, you will provide support to Finance Assistants whilst assisting the Head of Finance in ensuring a seamless, efficient and accurate provision of financial support and advice.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Research Finance, you will be responsible for:

• General advice and support - assist in the preparation of monthly/quarterly project overviews, providing recommendations for action, attending meetings with the Finance Business Partner to discuss
• Training- Carry out financial training to those involved in financial and commercial tasks
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Assist Head of Research Finance in ensuring appropriate processes, review procedures and training is in place within the team for costing and monitoring purposes.
• Assisting the team on complex financial calls or projects
• Ensuring external deadlines are met on projects, actively monitoring internal systems and emails
• Ensuring internal systems are up to date with latest templates and project information
• Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly data checking reports to ensure data integrity
• Updating and inputting into the debtors and creditors reports, highlighting any issues, and escalating as appropriate
• Assist in the implementation of new systems and procedures
• Participate in Senior Finance Assistant team meetings to share best practice
• Any ad hoc tasks required by the Senior Management Accountant
• Staff Management - you will be responsible for the day to day management of a team of two to three Finance Assistants through monitoring and distributing workload within the team and offer advice and support both in the team and across other teams
• Responsible for annual appraisals, and development of Finance Assistants within the team
• Provide support and training to Finance Assistants

The Successful Candidate

• You will ideally have a relevant Accountancy Qualification (HND, HNC or Degree).
• Knowledge of Research Grants and Contracts and/or Higher Education Sector is desirable
• Experience of supervising other members of staff is desirable
• You will have experience of implementing financial processes and procedures
• Experience of collating large amounts of data and summarising into reports
• Experience of explaining financial information to non-financial staff at all levels
• You will have a positive attitude, and well organised ensuring deadlines are met
• You should possess excelled IT skills, and a sound knowledge of Excel
• You should be a proven problem solver, and able to plan and organise workload
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP systems or WorkTribe would be beneficial but not essential

Flexibility and Benefits

• Annual leave of 34 days plus 5 public holidays
• Generous employer contributions to the Pension Scheme
• A hybrid, flexible working environment. Allowing home working. Family friendly policies
• Staff discount schemes
• Free staff parking
• Employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes
• A range of wellbeing initiatives

Next Steps

If this sounds like the next step for you, please apply submitting your CV in full as soon as possible. If you would like to view the full job pack, please email me on sarah.livingston@hutcheonmearns.co.uk