Finance Assistant - #1770212

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

Seniority level Seniority level Entry level

Employment type Employment type Other

Job function Job function Finance and Sales

Industries Book and Periodical Publishing

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