Assistant Accountant

Duration: 12 month contract with possibility of going perm
Pay range: £13.85 - £25.49 per hour (depending on experience)
Location: Perth offices, Monday to Friday hybrid after training.

Job Purpose:
To maintain accurate and appropriate records of the Schemes' financial transactions through daily banking and transaction reporting, recording all expense payments for the Schemes and assist with the expense reporting to the Trustees through the production of monthly and quarterly cashflows, reconciliations and reports, in accordance with statutory requirement, to support the Trustee Board achieve their objectives with the effective and efficient running of 4 pension schemes and a death in service scheme.

Key accountabilities in the job
Accountable to the Head of Finance to provide:

• Provide accountancy services to the Staff Pensions Finance Department, managing daily banking transactions, balancing statements and providing monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Monitors liquidity requirements to ensure that adequate funds are retained to meet pension payments and other outgoings
• Prepares month cash flows for the Schemes. Ensure regulatory and legislative requirements are met.
• Ensures all transactions are processed through the accounting systems to ensure financial data is available when required for reporting purposes.
• Reviews expense payments to ensure they are line with scheme budgets and governance controls
• Performs daily, monthly and quarterly reconciliations for all Schemes' bank accounts, in line with statutory requirements.
• Prepares/reviews regular and year end accruals for benefit payments and scheme expenses.
• Ensuring risks are defined and managed appropriately.
• This role has no direct reports.
• There are daily requirements involved in the role ensuring that the Trustee's main goal of ensuring member payments are made when requested is met.
• Working with the Finance Team and broader Trustee Executive team along with service providers/advisers/auditors, sharing knowledge and providing support where required in a timely and efficient manner.
• Highly organised with attention to detail, to ensure accuracy of outputs and maintenance of records and persistence to resolve queries.

Qualifications:

• HND or equivalent in Finance/Business/Accountancy or be qualified by experience

Skills & Experience:

• Must be able to use their initiative to solve problems, through their technical knowledge and experience, but also understand where queries must be escalated appropriately.
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to develop strong working relationships and collaboration with other team members and key contacts.

If you are interested in this role please apply online.