Finance and Business Services Team Leader| 23 Months (Outside IR35)| Hydrid (Edinburgh)

Harvey Nash's client is recruiting for a Finance & Business Services Team Leader on a 23 month contract.

Main Duties

Main duties include but are not limited to:

• Line manage a team of circa 4 staff in areas including service delivery, annual leave, and sickness absence;
• Deputise for the Assistant Head when required, to ensure the continuous delivery of the client's finance and business services.
• Develop extensive knowledge of the client's information management and finance systems, policies, standard operating procedures and working practices.
• Undertake financial administration duties, both transactional and analytical, including approving purchase orders up to a pre-set signing limit.
• Assist with creating business cases for the purchase of equipment, services, and supplies as required.
• Develop effective relationships, internally and externally, to ensure a productive working relationship with colleagues in the various business areas, along with external stakeholders, such as suppliers.
• Be responsible for the recruitment and induction processes including, but not limited to, the creation of SCOTS accounts, allocating equipment and passes.
• Review, compare, and analyse suppliers' products and services.

Essential Skills

• HND/Degree in a relevant Finance or Business course or relevant work experience
• Administrative and finance experience
• Extensive experience in a high performing, results driven environment, whilst working with internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to work under pressure, plan, prioritise, manage competing demands, and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience of continuous improvement techniques
• A high degree of resilience
• IT literate, with strong knowledge in MS 365, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Analytical mind-set, with excellent numerical and analytical skills and the ability to interpret data and present it in a clear and logical format.
• Previous experience of people management
• Flexibility to work across various functions.
• Good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

This role falls outside of IR35 and is hybrid working with the expectation to be in the Edinburgh office 3 days a week. Please note that for this role you must have or be happy to apply for a Basic Disclosure Scotland. To apply, send your CV using the link.