ABOUT OUR ORGANISATION

Four Square Scotland is an Edinburgh charity working for more than 40 years to prevent homelessness and promote inclusion. We provide services directly to people who are homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness to overcome any barriers they may face in creating a stable life for themselves in their community. At the core of Four Square are the values upon which the Organisation is based. These are equally applied to the people we support, our colleagues and our partners, they are: Integrity; Excellence; Dignity; Support.

REQUIREMENTS

• Previous experience working in an accounts payable role;
• Understanding of basic accounting principles and VAT;
• Proficient in the use of accounting software (e.g. Xero, Quickbooks, SAGE) and MS Office packages;
• Demonstratable, recent experience of providing administrative support to a variety of different stakeholders in a fast-paced environment;
• High attention to detail;
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise an everchanging workload;
• Ability to take responsibility to proactive resolve issues, be solution based;
• Office based to ensure collaboration with stakeholders and a consistent presence in the organisation.
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
  Pay: £24,720.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 22/08/2025
Expected start date: 01/09/202

• Supporting the Finance Co-ordinator with accurately inputting supplier invoices to our accounting software, Xero
• Assisting with resolving supplier invoice discrepancies and liaise with suppliers to handle queries
• Assisting the Four Square staff team with finance queries, invoice requests and chasing of invoice approvals
• Assisting with the monitoring of busy finance email inboxes and online supplier portals
• Supporting the HR Coordinator in the recruitment process of new employees and maintaining accurate and up to date employee records (including posting job adverts, arranging interviews, booking rooms, short listing CVs, printing of materials for interviewing managers and following up with candidates, ID checks, reference requests, distribution and monitoring of tech, setting up and assisting carrying out of mandatory training)
• Be the first point of contact for all calls to Head Office and responsibility for the admin inbox
• Deals quickly and fully with ad-hoc tasks as required to ensure all the Central Support responsibilities of Four Square are met (including ordering of office supplies for Head Office and wider services, general printing & photocopying, keeping meeting rooms clean, tidy and prepped for meeting e.g. coffee machine & other supplies)