Finance Assistant
CV-LibraryEdinburghpermanentPosted: 17 March 2026
Apply NowSearch is supporting the recruitment of a Finance Assistant near Edinburgh with hybrid working for an international organisation. Working within the UK finance team, you'll support a range of day to day financial processes and month end tasks. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership of their workload and is comfortable working remotely with occasional time in the office.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Logging and managing the approval of supplier invoices
* Recording transactions within the finance system
* Preparing supplier payment lists and setting up online payments
* Handling supplier and internal finance queries
* Coordinating monthly corporate card submissions and staff expense processing
* Recording expenditure accurately into the finance system
* Assisting with preparation of payroll data for an external provider
* Posting payroll related journals and creating associated bank payments
* Completing weekly bank reconciliations and preparing daily cash balance updates
* Supporting month end tasks (balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments)
* Preparing quarterly VAT returns
* Assisting with ad hoc financial reporting, data analysis and administrative tasks
Skills and experience that will benefit your application:
* Experience carrying out similar transactional finance duties
* Ability to manage workload independently and meet agreed deadlines
* Confident user of finance systems (cloud based platforms advantageous)
* Comfortable communicating through digital channels in a remote enabled environment
* Experience working within multi entity or international structures
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
What's in it for you:
* Salary of £26,000-£30,000, depending on experience
* Hybrid working options
* Experience within a multi entity, international finance environment
* Supportive team culture with opportunities to learn and build on existing skills
* Potential for extension or permanent employment
To apply or find out more:
Please send your CV at your earliest convenience and/or get in touch at (url removed).
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age
Your responsibilities will include:
* Logging and managing the approval of supplier invoices
* Recording transactions within the finance system
* Preparing supplier payment lists and setting up online payments
* Handling supplier and internal finance queries
* Coordinating monthly corporate card submissions and staff expense processing
* Recording expenditure accurately into the finance system
* Assisting with preparation of payroll data for an external provider
* Posting payroll related journals and creating associated bank payments
* Completing weekly bank reconciliations and preparing daily cash balance updates
* Supporting month end tasks (balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments)
* Preparing quarterly VAT returns
* Assisting with ad hoc financial reporting, data analysis and administrative tasks
Skills and experience that will benefit your application:
* Experience carrying out similar transactional finance duties
* Ability to manage workload independently and meet agreed deadlines
* Confident user of finance systems (cloud based platforms advantageous)
* Comfortable communicating through digital channels in a remote enabled environment
* Experience working within multi entity or international structures
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
What's in it for you:
* Salary of £26,000-£30,000, depending on experience
* Hybrid working options
* Experience within a multi entity, international finance environment
* Supportive team culture with opportunities to learn and build on existing skills
* Potential for extension or permanent employment
To apply or find out more:
Please send your CV at your earliest convenience and/or get in touch at (url removed).
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age