Glasgow Tool Library
Freelance Finance Officer
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Freelance Finance Officer
Contract: Freelance contractor
Rate: £150 per day. Rate negotiable based on experience.
Hours: Minimum 16 hours per month, with possible additional hours dependent on workload
Location: Flexible / remote, with regular in-person meetings at Civic House, Glasgow
Closing date: 2nd October
Interviews: w/b 12th October at Civic House or online
About Glasgow Tool Library
Glasgow Tool Library is a community-led charity that enables people to borrow tools and equipment instead of buying them. Through sharing resources, developing practical skills and building community connections, we help reduce waste, save people money and support a more sustainable Glasgow.
We are based at North Glasgow and run on an annual income of around £60,000, with 2 staff, up to 50 volunteers and more than 1000 members. Our funding comes from a mix of membership income, trading and grants.
About the role
The Freelance Finance Officer will be responsible for maintaining the financial systems and records of Glasgow Tool Library, ensuring accurate financial reporting, effective financial controls and compliance with charity and statutory requirements. A key element of the role is to support the improvement of financial management and reporting, and to help implement clear procedures and guides that staff, volunteers and trustees can follow.
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Working closely with the Director and Board of Trustees, the Finance Officer will provide financial information and analysis to support informed decision-making and the long-term financial sustainability of the organisation.
What you'll do
- Own GTL's day-to-day finances: bookkeeping and reconciliation in Xero and HubDoc, tracking restricted grant funds against budget, processing invoices, expenses and payroll journals, and producing monthly management accounts.
- Lead our annual OSCR reporting and work with staff and trustees to improve our financial systems, procedures and guidance.
What we're looking for
- Strong bookkeeping and reconciliation skills, with a good working knowledge of Xero
- Experience of charity accounting and restricted fund management
- Experience producing management accounts and financial reports
- Experience of Scottish third sector finance and OSCR reporting
- Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues
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Why work with us
The Glasgow Tool Library is a small, growing charity with an ambitious board and a clear sense of where it wants to go next. You would be joining at a point where the finance function is being built properly, so there is real scope to shape how we do things rather than inherit a fixed system. The role is flexible: you set your own hours around agreed deadlines, work remotely, and can use the Tool Library's workshop and borrow from our collection like any other member.
How to apply
To apply, please email your CV and a two page max cover letter explaining why you are interested and will be a good fit for the role.
Jack Marshall - Treasurer - jack@glasgowtoollibrary.com
Equalities
The Glasgow Tool Library strives to ensure that our recruitment results in us having the right people, in the right place at the right time. Our recruitment and selection policy aims to ensure that we attract and appoint applicants with the right skills, knowledge, behaviours and experience to meet the needs of all our vacancies. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and strive to appoint on the basis of merit and without discrimination.
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