
Finance Administrator - Part- Time - Fixed Term Contract Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Agile Working Options
About this opportunity:
This role forms part of the Invoicing & Expenses Operations Team in Accounting Operations. You’ll play an active part in delivering a range of simple finance processes to provide outputs which satisfy customer needs and requirements, adhering to timelines. This will mean getting exposure to tasks outside of your core role.
Accounting Operations (AO) sits within Group Finance Support and is a shared service centre with our colleagues supporting the delivery of payments and reconciliations activities. Amongst other things, we ensure supplier and colleague expenses are paid accurately, customer card payments are allocated to their account and all associated ledger reconciliations and journals are performed in line with LBG and accounting standards.
Within AO, you’ll provide accounting advice and mentorship on the treatment of transactions, working within our robust process control framework. You’ll also respond to ad hoc requests from your business customers, support change initiatives and join us in delivering efficiencies by leading a culture of continuous improvement.
The main responsibilities of this role will be:
- Supporting colleagues with the reconciliation of bank and general ledger accounts.
- Processing Invoices, Expenses and journals in core Finance systems and supporting with any queries that arise from this.
- Ensuring service levels are met and tasks are completed on time and to our high standards.
- Support on change initiatives to ensure AO continues to deliver excellent service to our customers.
- Supporting with customer management
- Supports development of personal capabilities by pursuing existing formal and informal training opportunities.
- We're always looking to improve processes so a keen eye for improvement will be an outstanding skill to bring to our business.
- Attention to detail
- Data Processing
- Finance/Accounts Payable Experience
- Customer Management
- Data Analysis
- Good Organizational & Communication Skills
- Curious about processes and able to understand the impact to the wider Group of their core activity
About working for us:
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- A discretionary annual performance related bonus scheme
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 22 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.