Job Description

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Salary: 27,696 - 30,357

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Hours: 35 hours per week

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Location: Flexible (Any Care Inspectorate office)

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Contract: Permanent

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About us

We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.


We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.


Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, which enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. Our hybrid working policy gives you the flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a 4-week period.


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Starting salary

Please bear in mind that new entrants start on the grade minimum for the role. However, we have a generous benefits package which you will find on our website.


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About the role

Are you detail-oriented, organised, and ready to make a real impact in a busy finance team? We're excited to announce a fantastic opportunity to join us as a Transaction Assistant, supporting both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions.


As our new Transaction Assistant, you'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth and accurate processing of financial transactions. You'll be working across both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, helping to keep things running efficiently and supporting our wider finance operations.


Your responsibilities will include:

Accounts payable

Processing supplier invoices and matching them to purchase orders Preparing payment runs and resolving invoice queries Maintaining supplier relationships and supporting month-end tasks

Accounts receivable

Raising customer invoices and monitoring outstanding payments Supporting credit control activities, including proactive debt recovery and follow-up on overdue accounts Assisting with reconciliations and reporting
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About you

You should be educated to SCQF level 4/5 or have the relevant skills and experience for this role. You can find more about SCQF Level 4/5 on their website .


To succeed in this role, you will:


Understand financial controls and the financial environment Have excellent customer service skills Organise, process, record and file information and correspondence both electronically and manually Be accurate and show attention to detail Have excellent knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Word and Excel Maintain high standards of confidentiality Work flexibly as part of a team to support the organisation
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Next steps

You'll find more information in the job profile and person specification .


If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Lesley Ritchie at . lesley.ritchie@careinspectorate.gov.scot


If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, and also our equal opportunities form to help us monitor and evaluate the diversity of applicants applying for our roles

by 08:00 on Monday 15 September 2025.

It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing

22 September 2025 at our Dundee office.