Finance & Operations Manager
HybridEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Manage daily financial and operational activities including accounting reconciliations, payroll processing, credit control, and forecasting. Lead compliance efforts by overseeing pre-employment screenings, managing insurance and leases, and ensuring adherence to legal regulations and fire safety standards. Coordinate office operations by liaising with tenants, suppliers, and facilities managers while handling maintenance, cleaning, and fleet management. Serve as the primary contact for visitors, events, and IT service providers to ensure smooth building functionality. This role sits within the Commercial Operations Team of an entrepreneurial firm in Edinburgh City Centre, supporting both colleagues and external clients in a collaborative environment.
Required Qualifications
- Previous experience working within an accounting or finance role
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to see the bigger picture
- Strong IT skills and experience using accounting software, Xero preferably
- Ability to build relationships and liaise with, and influence non finance colleagues
- Ideally you will have worked in a professional services environment and are comfortable working in a small, agile business
- You will have strong operational skills and a keen interest to initiate and drive operational excellence
- Naturally positive and enthusiastic
- Excellent attention to detail in a fast-paced environment
- A natural willingness to learn, approach a wide variety of tasks methodically, asking questions and providing new ideas and solutions with an openness to change and improvement
- Naturally strive to constantly improve a wide range of processes
- Confident communication style, remaining calm under pressure and exposure to working closely with key individuals and stakeholders, liaising with colleagues and suppliers
- A natural ability for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people
- People-orientated, with demonstrable experience of collaboration and teamwork
- Prioritisation: comfortable to be able to assess a range of activities with competing priorities and be able to complete tasks in relevant timescales
- Determination: striving for excellence and acting with resilience to overcome challenges that arise.
Desired Qualifications
- You must enjoy variety within your role, not just finance but comfortable working within an operational role too!
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to see the bigger picture
- Strong IT skills and experience using accounting software, Xero preferably
- Ability to build relationships and liaise with, and influence non finance colleagues
- Ideally you will have worked in a professional services environment and are comfortable working in a small, agile business
- You will have strong operational skills and a keen interest to initiate and drive operational excellence
- Naturally positive and enthusiastic
- Excellent attention to detail in a fast-paced environment
- A natural willingness to learn, approach a wide variety of tasks methodically, asking questions and providing new ideas and solutions with an openness to change and improvement
- Naturally strive to constantly improve a wide range of processes
- Confident communication style, remaining calm under pressure and exposure to working closely with key individuals and stakeholders, liaising with colleagues and suppliers
- A natural ability for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people
- People-orientated, with demonstrable experience of collaboration and teamwork
- Prioritisation: comfortable to be able to assess a range of activities with competing priorities and be able to complete tasks in relevant timescales
- Determination: striving for excellence and acting with resilience to overcome challenges that arise.
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