Location - Scotland Hub Office, G3 7PR

Contract-Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary - c £25,300 per annum

Action for Children

Every year, Action for Children impacts on the lives of 310,000 children, young people and their families across the UK, through our professional and committed workforce of c.4300.

We currently have an opportunity for a Divisional Finance officer to work as part of the Finance Business team to co-ordinate the divisional credit control function and also to ensure that all transaction processing activities are completed in an efficient and effective way, in order to support operational colleagues and Co-ordinate the divisional credit control function. This role is Mon - Fri 9-5pm.

The role?

Provision of an effective divisional credit control function and the maintenance of a low level of aged debt
Liaison with commissioners, finance colleagues, local CSM's and BSO3's in order to utilise local knowledge to deal with debtor queries & process billing
Support the local Finance Business Team in ensuring as many invoices as possible are transferred onto the automatic invoicing system
Support service business support staff with local billing process queries
Provision of additional support, as needed, to fee-based services/divisional hub in respect of invoicing, monitoring of income and reporting of financial performance & contract sign-off procedure
Provision of relevant information on aged debts for monthly finance meetings
Lead on the decentralisation of the accounts payable and any other identified decentralised processes in conjunction with the central finance team
Collation and checking of quarterly funder returns from local services to commissioners, in conjunction with the Finance Business Partner
Process all Scotland journals within monthly deadline.
Provision of support to the local Finance Business Team in the fulfilment of transactional processes and recording, including the maintenance of supporting databases, eg TM1, Salesforce etc.
Ensure cost centre maintenance is up to date across all patches and clusters
Co-ordination of any cash handling risk assessment processes

The person?

Relevant financial experience
A tenacious worker with excellent written and verbal communication skills and excellent attention to detail
A good working knowledge of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, cash allocation processes and procedures
Continuous improvement experience including process improvement, re‐engineering and team‐based problem solving
Numerate with strong analytical and problem‐solving skills
Strong excel skills
Willing to cross skill and flex as required between the different tasks within the team

Please refer to the full job description and person specification for further information.

What are the rewards?

Minimum 29 days' holiday (+ additional bank holidays)
Option to buy and sell additional holidays
Flexible working, including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption packages
Season ticket travel loans
Company contributory pension scheme
Excellent discounts at major high street retailers
Employee Wellbeing initiatives
Paid Charity days
My Cycle scheme
Being part of one of the most forward thinking employers in the charity sector

For any questions relating to this role, please contact Dione Riach on Dione.riach@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting ref 3254

Closing date: Monday 27th January 2020

Interviews planned for: Monday 3rd Febuary 2020

We look forward to your application!

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