Finance Assistant - #1697964

Blue Arrow is currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant in Edinburgh for an initial 7 month contract with potential for extension. The hourly rate is £15.50ph. This role is hybrid, with a blend of home and office working.

Responsibilities: Fees and Receipts - Process daily direct debit and investigate exceptions - Issue email statements and process corresponding direct debit collection for the organisation invoices twice monthly - Allocate and balance BACS payments to the organisations bank account with corresponding invoices, investigating any anomalies as required - Any other ad hoc duties as required Enquiries - Monitor the section's main telephone enquiry line - Investigate various Production and Financial systems to enable the completion of internal and external enquiries - Investigate and process Registration refunds - Save and manage remittance advice, ensuring good records management - Save cancelled invoice authorisation and process these on a weekly basis Registering and Processing of Invoices from Suppliers - Ensure all invoices received are entered onto the Purchase Register and sent to budget holders for authorisation - Check returned invoices to ensure they have been correctly authorised and coded - Identify any amount of pre-payment or accrual, plus capital or suspense items, which are dealt with under separate headings in the final accounts - Prepare invoices for payment - Carry out invoice policing duties, advising budget holders of potentially late invoices and monitoring disputed items - Deal with Supplier enquiries - Prepare and issue Receivable Orders and reconcile closing outstanding balance - Reconcile supplier statements and obtain copies of invoices which have not been received - Any other ad hoc duties as require

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