Finance Assistant (Full Time) (Permanent) - REN12871
| Posting date: | 01 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,097.00 to £32,813.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | Paisley, PA1 1LQ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Renfrewshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REN12871 |
Summary
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The finance assistants will be a key post in providing a range of finance support services across the Housing Repairs and Investment Team, including supporting the effective financial administration of the team including budget monitoring, purchase orders and invoices, coupled with raising invoices to tenants and owners and developing and enhancing financial efficient financial processes in the team.
It is essential that you have previous experience of providing financial services in a local authority environment, particularly budget monitoring, extracting information from financial and operational management systems and analysing financial variances. You must have experience of working across a range of services in a housing environment and experience in preparing financial reports or briefing notes for managers and budget holders.
Effective communication skills, in particular dealing with members of the public, is an essential requirement, coupled with excellent IT skills, including but not limited to MS Office.
You must be able to demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm, be able to organise your own workload, manage competing priorities, work to deadlines and provide written and verbal information to a wide range of stakeholders.
Previous experience of accounts payable, credit control and issuing invoices to customers is desirable, as is specialist IT knowledge of ERP systems, business intelligence software and process automation. A knowledge of the wider local authority housing financial environment is beneficial.
An SVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject is essential, coupled with a commitment to work towards an accounting or business qualification, is essential. An HND in a relevant discipline is desirable.
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
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