Finance Assistant Volunteer

• Childrens Hospices Across Scotland

• VO104033

Available from 22/09/2025 to 17/10/2025

This work experience placement offers an introduction to working in a small finance team within a charity. It’s designed for someone with no prior accounting experience but an interest in finance, administration, or the charity sector. You’ll gain hands-on experience with basic finance tasks and learn how financial processes support charitable work.

Why we want you
This work experience placement offers an introduction to working in a small finance team within a charity. It’s designed for someone with no prior accounting experience but an interest in finance, administration, or the charity sector. You’ll gain hands-on experience with basic finance tasks and learn how financial processes support charitable work.

What you will be doing

• Data Entry: Recording financial transactions such as donations, invoices, and expenses into spreadsheets or finance software.


• Document Management: Organising and filing receipts, invoices, and other financial documents (digitally or physically).


• Reconciliation Support: The process of comparing two sets of records to make sure they match and are accurate. This is a key financial control to ensure transactions are properly recorded and accounted for.


• Spreadsheet Work: Updating simple Excel sheets used for budgeting or tracking income and expenditure.


• Shadowing: Observing finance team members during meetings or while preparing reports.


• General Admin: Supporting with printing, scanning, and preparing paperwork as required.


• Mandatory Training: LearnPro online modules as required for the role

What's in it for you

• Gain an understanding of basic financial processes in a charity


• Learn how to handle financial data with accuracy and confidentiality


• Develop skills in Excel and document management


• Experience working in a professional office environment


• Built confidence in communication and teamwork

Experience required

• Enthusiastic and willing to learn


• Enjoys working as part of a team


• Comfortable working with numbers and basic IT tools


• Organised and detail-oriented


• Able to follow instructions and ask questions when unsure


• Respectful of confidentiality and sensitive information

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Dates

22 September - 17 October 2025

Restrictions

Minimum age: 16

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Volunteers (aged 16-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
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