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Cashroom Assistant
Organisation: The National Trust for Scotland
Salary: £28,228 - £30,118
Location: 50 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9LD
JOB PURPOSE
To take responsibility for the accurate and timely processing of banking transactions, and the daily reconciliation of all of NTS and NTSE bank accounts. To produce daily closing balance reports and to work with the Finance Director to improve and develop cash reporting within the Trust.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Take end-to-end ownership of the posting and reconciliation of NTS/NTSE bank accounts, escalating any issues to Cash & Ledgers Manager
• Responsibility for the preparation and circulation of Daily Balances reports
• Frequent engagement with both Central and Regional teams to identify transactions and ensure they are recorded accurately.
• Liaise with banks/external agencies as necessary to resolve queries quickly and efficiently.
• The role reports to the Cash & Ledgers Manager, however the applicant will also work with the Finance Director to
o provide existing cashflow forecast information.
o further develop cash reporting and KPI’s
o Create & submit period end report information.
o Improve Cash handling processes across the Trust.
o Improve process for the management of cash floats at properties.
• Comply with all Trust policies and procedures and proactively identify improvements to current processes and ensure these are fully documented.
• Ensure Fraud awareness training is up to date and challenge any odd or suspicious entries with escalation to manager if necessary.
• Provide cover/assistance, as required to other team members in Sales ledger/Purchase ledger functions.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications
Essential
Describe any essential, formal qualifications that the role requires:
• Education to Higher/A Level stage or above
Desirable
Describe any desirable, formal qualifications that would be of help in the role:
• HNC accountancy or above (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
Describe any essential experience that the role requires:
Previous experience of working in a cashroom with high volumes of transactions and multiple bank accounts
Proven ability to work on complex reconciliations.
Proven ability to work accurately with a high attention to detail.
Experience of processing large volumes of data.
Proven ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
Desirable
Describe any desirable experience that would be of help in the role:
M/S Dynamics 365 experience.
Charities/Third Sector experience.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
Ability to pick up new tasks quickly and a real desire to resolve issues/seek out missing information.
Excellent Communication skills – both written and verbal
Strong planning and organizational skills, able to prioritise workload.
Proficient in the use of MS excel at an intermediate level or above.
DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB
Scale
Briefly and succinctly describe the ‘scale’ of what the role is responsible for:
Responsible for the Daily reconciliation of 15 NTS/NTSE bank accounts including 2 USD accounts. These are high volume accounts as the Trust has over 317,000 members, has 100 properties and processes approx. 50,000 purchase invoices per annum.
People Management
Frequent interaction with bank
Frequent interaction with other NTS departments to assist in resolving issues.
Finance Management
N/A
Tools / equipment / systems
Laptop
MS Dynamics
Excel & Sharepoint
Application Deadline: Sunday 10/08/2025