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Finance Officer

  • Part time
  • £34,768 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 2nd August 2023


  • Advertised from 20th July 2023
  • 3 days or 21 hours per week. Fixed Term until 31st March 2026, continuation dependent on funding.

Role

Organisation Details

Capital City Partnership (CCP) is an arm’s length company of The City of Edinburgh Council and is tasked with the operational development, management and support of local and regional employability and poverty reduction measures. It takes a flexible approach to changing economic conditions, needs and opportunities but its core functions comprise:

  • The management of all employability related grants and contracts awarded to external providers by the council and other key partners
  • The management of assessment processes related to bids received for such grants and contracts and making recommendations for funding
  • The provision of policy advice, research, and development support (including secretariat functions) to the city’s Jobs Strategy Partnership and partners
  • Provision of support to the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal Integrated Regional Employability and Skills programme.

Job Purpose

The Finance Officer is a new position requiring a comprehensive finance skillset to support the work of the Governance and Finance Manager. The role will involve close working with our many grant recipients to ensure timely payments of a finance portfolio of circa £10,000,000 per annum. You will also be required to work with a number of our internal teams to give support with their financial tracking and budgeting and submitting claims to funders. The successful candidate will be expected to provide support to a consistently high and accurate standard.

The key tasks include:

  • Processing invoices authorised in accordance with company guidelines
  • Processing grant claims and contract fees through the accounts system
  • Checking and processing of expenses, ensuring that payments are made in accordance with company guidelines.
  • Reconciling accounts to bank statements
  • Assisting with production and maintenance of project budgetary reports
  • Recording and reconciling data from monthly credit card statements
  • Preparing financial transactions and supporting documentation for internal and external audit
  • Maintaining electronic financial filing systems
  • Supporting processing of payroll.

Application notes

Please send your CV and cover letter in one document to paige.evans@capitalcitypartnership.org, along with a completed copy of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Closing date: Noon, Wednesday 2 August 2023.

We expect interviews to take place on the Wednesday 9 August 2023.

CCP actively encourages applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people who wish to work flexibly. Secondment requests are welcome.


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