Grade 3 - £25,640- Fixed term (10 -Month)
Since being granted our Royal Charter in 1599, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has been improving health and healthcare for people around the world.
Today, we are a professional membership body providing education, assessment and development to more than 15,000 Fellows and Members at all stages of their careers. Our estate in the heart of Glasgow city centre includes modern conferencing and events facilities, a rich and extensive heritage collection with museum status, a library and our multi-award winning events offering, 1599 at the Royal College.
Excellent education and outstanding member experience
To build an influential global community that enables our Members to develop the skills, knowledge and influence to improve healthcare standards worldwide.
We want to enable our Members to achieve their full potential as healthcare professionals and give them an influential voice in the world.
The College is not a building or a tradition, but a global community. Fellows and Members, those undertaking our education and assessment, colleagues and partners.
They embody the essence of the College motto, conjurat amice, meaning ‘together in friendship’. Community Working together to support one another to succeed; Integrity Valuing and learning from our heritage and commitment to excellence; never compromising on our core purpose, our standards and the quality of delivery.
Innovation Proactively challenging current thinking with a forward-looking agile approach that meets the changing needs of our members and all those who interact with us.
Inclusivity Demonstrating care, kindness, civility, generosity and mutual respect through the way we welcome, work and interact with people.
The Finance Assistant is responsible to the Finance Manager for processing of financial transactions, reconciling the cashbook and other Balance Sheet and Income & Expenditure accounts, credit control, responding to and triaging queries made to the finance department, and liaising with the wider College team and external customers and suppliers.
The Finance Assistant will work across both College and 1599 Limited and liaise across all College teams, ensuring transactions are processed correctly and are reported accurately. Liaise with Finance Manager to ensure corrections were processed correctly if necessary.
A comprehensive and practical understanding of double entry bookkeeping
Experience managing all or most of the following: bank reconciliation, sales ledger, purchase ledger, and general ledger
Basic or intermediate MS Excel skills
Experience of working with computerised accounting systems
The ability to communicate with and build relationships with both non-financial staff members and external suppliers and customers
Credit control
40 days holiday
Hybrid working – at least 50% working in College, dependent on the needs of the business
Pension Scheme – The College offers a contributory pension scheme with employee contributions ranging from 6% to 10%, based on the employee’s chosen contribution level
Life Assurance
Enhanced Sick Pay, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
Health and Wellbeing Benefit
Cycle to Work Scheme
If you believe you have the skills to be part of our team then apply by submitting your CV, with a cover letter and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (available from our website).
Please note that the College is unable to provide visa sponsorship. Closing Date : Monday 12 January 2026
Interviews are anticipated to be held w/c 19 January 2026.
An immediate start is preferable, though not essential. Any personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in accordance with our recruitment processes. If unsuccessful in your application, your information will be held by us on our database for a period of 6 months before deletion.