Finance Assistant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Lothian is the dominant bus provider in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas of Midlothian, West Lothian and East Lothian.

The business operates over 70 services through a fleet of over 700 vehicles and employs over 2,000 employees, 1,500 of which are drivers.

The main depots in which the service operates from are Central, Longstone, Marine, Musselburgh and Livingston, in addition to Travel Shops in the city Centre.

We are looking to recruit a Finance Assistant to join our Head Office Finance Team on a full-time basis, generally working Monday to Friday 9.00am until 5.00pm with a 45-minutes unpaid lunch break hours per week).

Working as part of our Head Office Finance team the post holder will share the responsibility for inputting financial data, analysing and producing accounting information and using various in-house systems to prepare and process the financial data mainly for Off Bus Sales and the Purchase Ledger.

The role will be wide and varied in order to support the department meeting deadlines and requests for accounting and other information.

Key Accountabilities

Helping to input and maintain all Off Bus Data and Purchase Ledgers for the Lothian Group.
Maintaining all Off Bus Revenue Data and providing cover for the Off Bus Revenue Senior.
Assisting with Purchase Ledger Systems for the group and providing covering for other Finance Team members.
Checking waybill cash figures against the banking figures from the cash office.
Checking Credit Cards, Vouchers, Visit Scotland, Internet Vouchers etc and investigating any discrepancies.
Checking credit card an Paypoint reports against waybill receipts.
Creating and sending daily journals to the Cashier
Updating and circulating the "Shorts & Overs" spreadsheet.
Updating and managing replacement travel cards.
Investigating and remedying any discrepancies with the shop and/or customer.
Assisting the external auditors with any inquiries.
Daily printing and checking of purchase ledger invoices and inputting into the accounting system.
Daily printing and checking of supplier statements for the Lothian Group.
Resolving general supplier queries.
Setting up payments to suppliers.
Any other duties within the competence of the post holder as required by the company.

Qualifications

Finance qualifications or relevant proven job experience.
Previous experience of working in an accounts department would be an advantage but in any event training will be given to the successful applicant.
Ability to work to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Good IT skills and Excel skills with a high degree of numeracy and accuracy.
Ability to build exceptional customer/supplier relations
A positive desire to make a contribution to the Head Office Finance team.
An inquisitive and proactive person with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
The ability to recognise that the role works with confidential information.

What can we offer you?
- £22,000 per annum