Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation based in Edinburgh, are currently looking to recruit a Finance Manager for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of c.£250/day (inside of IR35).

Responsibilities:

• Take a lead role in producing bank and other key account reconciliations and provide support to the team to resolve differences
• Draft key rec procedure notes for the team to use
• Approve journals for posting
• Monitor the daily, weekly and month end processes to ensure timely processing of receipting/allocating of income, journals and reconciliations before finance system closedown each month.
• Guiding team members in producing reconciliations for General ledger accounts
• Assist in the production of the monthly reconciliation report for Head of Financial accounting services team (FAST) and Chief Finance Officer
• Support the Senior Finance Manager to provide training, guidance, and general support the wider team on reconciliations best practice Requirements:
• Experience of double entry book keeping methods
• Experience in complex bank and other account reconciliations and resolving any errors identified
• Part qualified accountant or Qualified by Experience
• An ability to plan, prioritise and monitor team workloads
• Experience of financial accounting ledger systems
• Evidence of our core values - Respect, Service & Excellence
• Experience of supporting others including developing, mentoring and improving team performance
• Experience of large volumes of transactions
• High attention to detail and experienced in ensuring accuracy in the general ledger
• Public sector experience is highly advantageous
• Experience in an Oracle based financial accounting ledger systems is desirable If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.