Finance Assistant - Livingston

Finance Assistant
Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 6TQ

Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join their team based in Livingston.

Our client is an International boutique property maintenance provider covering a diverse range of clients across a range of sectors. They have recently been awarded the Platinum award for Investors in People, Gold for Investors in young people and Health and Wellbeing. This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced and highly motivated team.

The successful candidate must have purchase ledger experience. It also preferred that the successful candidate has experience of, or the desire to, progress into accounts preparation.

Duties of the role would include but would not be restricted to:

• Purchase ledger invoice processing
• Handling aspects of Construction Industry Scheme
• Liaising with Customer Care Department to balance daily purchase input
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Liaise with Supply Chain Manager to resolve contractor queries
• Reporting on and following up un-invoiced jobs
• Preparing weekly proposed payment lists
• Posting and sending weekly payment remittances
• Other finance administration duties as required
• Escalating issues to Assistance Finance Manager

The applicant should be willing to use their initiative, yet, be coachable. Excellent communication skills, excellent time-keeping and attendance are also required. They should show a passionate work ethic, be organised, able to multi-task and be a team player.

Knowledge of Excel is essential. Knowledge of Word, Outlook and Clearbooks (or other Cloud- based finance system) is desirable but not essential.