Location: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Salary: £25,092 – Permanent Contract

35 hours per week

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual within the finance team to help deliver essential accounting services for the organisation.

The Role

The role will support the Finance Manager in delivering accurate and timely management information to the Senior Management Team (SMT), the College Treasurer, CEO and other relevant stakeholders. The postholder must ensure that core accounting tasks such as bank reconciliations, inter fund transactions, VAT returns, adhoc invoicing etc are completed to a high standard. The postholder is required to provide monthly payroll information to the external payroll provider to ensure payroll services can be delivered to the College.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full details.

The Person

The College is looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a positive attitude and is proactive in taking action to deliver tasks. The candidate must be numerate with some direct experience of working in an accounting office or environment. Excellent communication skills are required together with a good attention to detail and a flexible approach with the ability to work both independently and in a team, and to deal with multiple tasks and competing priorities.

Candidates should have excellent IT skills including use of the standard office applications and a good knowledge of SAGE accounting systems, preferably. It would be preferable for candidates to have a vocational qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. AAT).

Please refer to the Job Description for the full details.

Remuneration Package

The salary for this role will be £25,092 per annum plus benefits.  Additional benefits include:

• Pension: with employer contributions of 9%.
• Holidays: 23 days annual leave (with incremental increase over five years to 28 days) and 11 days public holiday/College close downs.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Long-term income protection scheme for those unable to work due to illness.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted rates for use of the venue for personal events. 

How to Apply

• All applicants are required to submit a completed application form.
• A CV may be included with your application.
• Please send your application form and supporting documentation in word format only (not converted to .pdf).
• Please note agencies need not apply.

Closing Date:                    9am on Monday 28^th June 2021

Interviews:                        Likely to be 5^th July 2021

Informal enquiries to:    Katie McEvoy, Finance Manager – 0131 247 3642 or k.mcevoy@rcpe.ac.uk

Completed applications should be returned to:  people@rcpe.ac.uk

Or, to HR Department, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ.