Grant Forgie
Armadale
Summary
Finance Assistant with 18 years experience within the Scottish Government and 22 years service in total.
Experienced in keeping accurate financial records by monitoring accounts payable and receivable statuses. Regarded as a conscientious and hard working member of the team.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work history
Finance Assistant
Education Scotland
Livingston
03.2009 - Current
- Receive, log and process invoices, making sure that they are receipted and paid within Scottish Government’s 10 day payment performance.
- Raise invoices as and when required from appropriate business areas and ensure they are tracked and paid within the 30 day payment terms.
- Processing citizen payments and ensuring payments reach all parties.
- Cash management returns.
- Ensuring Assistant Inspector (AI) fees are processed monthly.
- Managing finance mailbox, answering internal and external queries within an appropriate time limit and in a professional manner.
Procurement/Finance Assistant
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Edinburgh
08.2007 - 03.2009
- Ensure requisitions are maintained accurately.
- Create Purchase Orders.
- Opening daily Mail and logging invoices received.
- Maintain procurement receipts book and requisitions book ensuring they are up to date. Process approved invoices accurately through the payments system.
Legal Affairs Assistant
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Edinburgh
07.2005 - 08.2007
- Ordering legislation and stationery.
- Arranging travel and accommodation for officers.
- Drafting basic letters and maintaining branch diary.
- Registering new cases, preparing case folders for new prosecution cases.
- Preparing graphs of trends in non-compliance for the Chief Executive.
Front of House Team Member
Scottish Executive
Edinburgh
11.2003 - 07.2005
- Provide first point of contact to all visitors and staff within the organisation.
- Contacting members of staff to collect visitors for meetings and conferences.
- Dealing with enquiries by telephone and face-to-face.
- Carrying out patrols of the building during silent hours.
- Surveillance of the CCTV cameras.
- Carrying out security breaches for confidential/restricted files left on display during silent hours.
Human Resources Assistant
St John’s Hospital
Livingston
08.2001 - 12.2001
- Provide administrative support to designated Personnel Officers when required.
- Assisting with the hiring of Locum Doctors.
- Maintaining database's.
- Drafting correspondence which included contracts.
- Compiling recruitment packs.
Office Junior
West Lothian Herald and Post
Bathgate
11.2000 - 07.2001
- Provide administrative support to sales staff.
- Booking advertisements using in-house software.
- Managing the personal car hire advertisements.
- Ordering stationery and other general office duties.
Hotel Receptionist
Thistle Hotel Edinburgh
Edinburgh
05.2000 - 11.2000
- Checking guests in/out using the hotels booking system.
- Satisfying guest requests in a friendly and professional manner.
- Taking room booking out with normal reservation office hours.
Education
Higher National Diploma - Business Administration
Falkirk College
Falkirk07.2003
SVQ Level 2 - Business Administration
Lothian Training
Livingston04.2000
GCSEs -
Armadale Academy
Armadale1998
Skills
- Invoice processing
- Payment Processing
- Data Entry
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts Payable (AP)
Timeline
Finance Assistant
Education Scotland
03.2009 - Current
Procurement/Finance Assistant
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
08.2007 - 03.2009
Legal Affairs Assistant
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
07.2005 - 08.2007
Front of House Team Member
Scottish Executive
11.2003 - 07.2005
Human Resources Assistant
St John’s Hospital
08.2001 - 12.2001
Office Junior
West Lothian Herald and Post
11.2000 - 07.2001
Hotel Receptionist
Thistle Hotel Edinburgh
05.2000 - 11.2000
Higher National Diploma - Business Administration
Falkirk College
SVQ Level 2 - Business Administration
Lothian Training
GCSEs -
Armadale Academy