Who we are:

Scripture Union Scotland is a national charity, with 150 staff and more than 2,800 volunteers. Our vision is to see every child and young person of Scotland exploring the Bible and responding to the significance of Jesus. At the heart of our current strategy is a focus on growing SU Scotland’s ministry, especially in priority communities and with priority schools and young people, removing barriers and partnering with local churches.

We are now seeking a Finance Assistant to join the Finance team as we support the varied ministry of SU Scotland.

Purpose:

Reporting to the Accountant, you will be a key contact for supporters, suppliers and colleagues, will accurately process donation income and payments while providing excellent communications to supporters and suppliers, and will provide support to the finance team.

Key responsibilities:

• Process donation income and gift aid declarations onto Dynamics CRM database. Check allocations, restrictions and gift aid treatment and issue acknowledgements.

• Ensure that all cash and cheque income received at the Glasgow office is prepared for banking and physically banked on a weekly basis.

• Engage with supporters by phone, email and post, including handling of queries regarding one off and regular donations and gift aid. Maintain Dynamics CRM Database for supporter details relating to donations.

• Set up and process payments when due for suppliers, staff expenses and other payment requests.

• Match bank payments to Sage Intacct, chasing up any missing items.

• Reconcile supplier statements to Purchase Ledger and deal with supplier and staff queries.

• Support the Finance department through administrative tasks such as opening and sorting incoming mail, monitoring the finance email in-box, answering the phone, franking outgoing mail, filing, archiving.

Who we are looking for:

To achieve this, we want to identify someone with a vibrant Christian faith who has a heart to use their administrative and customer service skills to support SU Scotland's ministry. The successful applicant will possess proven numeracy and organisational skills with a strong focus on attention to detail and a professional approach to confidentiality. You will enjoy working with numbers, handling money, structured tasks and providing excellent customer service. Experience of using accounting software and handling donations would be advantageous but not essential.

For this post, it is important that you are committed to SU Scotland’s ethos, working principles and vision and can demonstrate this through your commitment and motivation.

It is also an Occupational Requirement (Equality Act - part 1, schedule 9), that the post-holder is a committed Christian.