Financial Accountant, Poppyscotland

Role:                           Financial Accountant, Poppyscotland

Location:                    New Haig House, Edinburgh, with hybrid working

Contract Type:           Permanent, Full Time

Hours:                         35 hrs per week, Monday to Friday

Salary:                        £36,000 to £40,000 per annum

Are you an experienced Finance professional looking for a new opportunity? If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a Financial Accountant to join the Poppyscotland Finance team.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, Poppyscotland, you will be ensuring that all daily and month end processes are carried out on a timely and accurate basis.

Some key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing month end balance sheet and other reconciliations, ensuring that all reconciling items are correctly identified and dealt with appropriately whilst recommending improvements to financial processes
• Supporting the production of month end management accounts
• Supporting the production of year-end financial statements for Poppyscotland
• Dealing with finance related queries from Poppyscotland, RBL Finance and auditors as required
• Deputising for the Head of Finance as required and supporting other team members in their learning and development

The normal place of work for this post is New Haig House, 66 Logie Green Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4HQ. Under our Future Working framework, there will be some flexibility for working remotely/at home, using our collaboration tools. Your People Manager will determine the requirements of this based on Poppyscotland policy.

Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.

Poppyscotland provides life-changing support to our Armed Forces community which includes those who have served, those still serving, and their families. At times of crisis and need we offer them vital advice, assistance and funding.

Here at Poppyscotland, we aim to support our people and their wellbeing, with a package including generous paid holiday allowance and pension scheme contributions, and a range of optional benefits and discounts.

For more detailed information about the role, please see Job Description attached to our direct advert.

Poppyscotland is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the Armed Forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics and aim to operate an inclusive recruitment process.

We are Disability Confident employer, signed up to Race Equality Matters and Pride In Veteran standards.

We guarantee an interview to any applicant who declares a disability or/and are part or Armed Forces community on application and whose application demonstrates that they meet the Essential criteria of the role, as set out in the Person Specification.

We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.