Finance Assistant - Scotland

Finance Operations Assistant

Edinburgh or Glasgow (flexible working model)
6-month contract
£147 per day (via umbrella)

A well-established public sector organisation is looking for a Finance Operations Assistant to support its Governance & Operational Finance function.

This role sits within a busy finance team responsible for day-to-day transactional processing and financial controls, working closely with colleagues to ensure smooth and accurate financial operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing supplier and customer invoices (AP & AR)
• Matching invoices to purchase orders
• Handling invoice and payment queries
• Processing expenses and customer receipts
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Setting up new suppliers and customers
• Supporting budget holders with finance queries
• Assisting with internal and external audit activity

About You:

• Previous experience in a finance operations or transactional finance role
• Comfortable working across AP, AR, expenses, or treasury functions
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage high-volume processing
• Confident communicating with internal stakeholders
• Public sector experience is beneficial but not essential

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.