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Finance assistant

Broughton (Buckinghamshire)
JR United Kingdom
Finance assistant
€40,000 - €60,000 a year
Posted: 10 June
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Hours: We can consider 30 to 37.5 hours per week

Location : Hybrid

Salary : Dependant on skills, qualification & experience. (£25k - £27k)

Company Description

Birlinn Limited is one of Scotland’s leading independent publishers, based in Edinburgh and publish Scottish interest, literary, sports, children and academic titles. It was founded in 1992 by our managing Director, Hugh Andrew.

Compass Independent Publishing Services Limited (CIPS Ltd) is a sales agency selling titles from a range of publishers into bookshops across the UK and Irish market and is also administered from Edinburgh.

An opportunity has arisen within Birlinn Limited for a Finance and Administration Assistant a role which also provides financial support to Compass Independent Publishing Services Limited.

Role Description

This is a role for a Finance Assistant at Birlinn Limited located in the central Edinburgh Area. The Finance Assistant will be responsible for tasks such as analysing financial data, processing and managing invoices, handling finance-related responsibilities, and communicating effectively with team members and external stakeholders.

Tasks & scope of the job

Accounting

* Processing and maintenance of Sales and Purchase ledger invoices
* Credit control
* Banking & cashflow maintenance, including monthly bank reconciliations
* Assist preparation and reconciliation of quarterly VAT returns
* Assist preparation of accounts information for annual financial statements and tax return
* Events cash administration and reconciliation
* Assist with Royalties administration
* Project costing preparation and review
* Administer Alba wholesale
* Expense processing & analysis

General Admin

* First point of contact for all finance queries
* Maintaining accounting files
* Dealing with incoming & outgoing mail
* Document copying / scanning
* Other duties as required to support FD/FC/FM

Key Skill requirements:

* Ability to work on own initiative and to deadlines
* Excellent attention to detail
* Confident with MS Office, with strong Excel skills
* Basic accounting knowledge with ability to calculate and interpret financial information
* Prioritising skills and the ability to work within a small team
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with relevant parties

Qualifications

* 3 Highers or Equivalent
* Bookkeeping experience and a solid understanding of accountancy and the finance function
* Attention to detail and accuracy
* Experience with Sage 50 or other financial software and tools
* 2 acceptable References

Should this role be of interest, please apply with your most up to date CV.

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