Finance Assistant

Position Finance Assistant

Location Flexible working- home based with some travel across Jobs Guarantee delivery areas to meet colleagues, employers and partners (South & West Scotland)

Salary £24,479 + excellent benefits

Hours 35 hours per week (flexible working)

Status Fixed Term to October 2028

Closing date 11 October 2026

Please note:

We are recruiting in anticipation of a decision on our Jobs Guarantee bid due to the short mobilisation period. Any appointment and confirmed start date will therefore be subject to successful contract award and mobilisation requirements.

Jobs Guarantee will involve a significant volume of financial activity, including employer wage reimbursements, employer onboarding costs and grant-funded delivery costs.

We are looking for Finance Assistants to join the Wise Group Finance team and help ensure the programme is supported by accurate financial information, strong controls and clear supporting evidence.

As part of the Finance team, you will work closely with operational colleagues, Administration, Quality Improvement & Innovation, employers and delivery partners. Your role will be to provide effective financial administration and assurance across Jobs Guarantee while making sure financial records and programme activity align.

A significant part of the role will involve checking, reconciling and validating information across our Finance systems, CRM, employer records, bank transactions and supporting evidence.

You will need to be comfortable working with detail, spotting when something does not look right and following queries through to resolution.

Jobs Guarantee funding will include amounts received by the Wise Group and passed on to employers, alongside funding claimed against eligible actual delivery costs. Maintaining clear records and a strong audit trail across these different funding streams will therefore be an important part of the role.

This is a Finance role, and clear segregation of duties will be important.

Operational colleagues will be responsible for confirming participant activity, employment information and operational eligibility. Finance will use that approved information to validate financial claims, process payments, maintain financial controls and ensure expenditure and claims are supported by appropriate evidence.

Administration and operational colleagues may support the reconciliation and evidence-gathering process at points of high volume, but Finance will retain ownership of the financial validation, control and claim processes.

Provide day-to-day financial administration for Jobs Guarantee as part of the Wise Group Finance team.

Maintain accurate financial records relating to programme expenditure, employer payments, grant claims and receipts.

Process financial information accurately and promptly in line with agreed Finance procedures and controls.

Ensure appropriate approvals, segregation of duties and supporting evidence are maintained.

Maintain clear and organised financial records that are ready for review and audit.

Escalate unusual transactions, missing information or recurring issues where appropriate.

Work with Finance colleagues to ensure controls are consistently applied throughout the programme.

Support the financial administration of employer wage reimbursements and eligible onboarding costs.

Using participant and employment information confirmed and approved by the operational team, validate employer claims against agreed employment details and supporting financial evidence.

Check that amounts relate to eligible periods and expenditure before payments are processed.

Maintain accurate records of payments made to each employer and, where…