Trainee Accountant - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Government

Scottish Government

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview:

The Finance Profession in Scottish Government is becoming more established and with a degree of central oversight we have been able to identify a number of vacancies arising.

To ensure that you can be considered for the roles most relevant, we are grouping these roles into a single recruitment campaign.

The roles that are included in this recruitment;
A general job description with associated essential criteria;
An overview of the recruitment process we are following and indicative timelines.

Roles

Full professional training will be provided under our trainee accountant policy while you study towards your professional accountancy qualification and you will be joining an ever evolving organisation that supports growth and change with a range of learning and development opportunities.

All roles included in this recruitment are noted below.

Roles

Directorate
Trainee Accountant (3 posts)

Financial Management Directorate

Trainee Accountant (3 posts)

Health Finance Directorate

Directorate Information
Please find further information on each Directorate that is recruiting below:

Directorate

Overview
Financial Management Directorate

The Financial Management Directorate is the central hub for finance in Scottish Government.

The available roles sit within the Financial Management and Reporting Division, which is responsible for the production of core Scottish Government Annual Accounts and corporate budget monitoring information, as well as provision of professional accountancy, advisory and consultancy services.

We are the custodians of over £40bn of public spending and play a key role in its administration and governance, providing expert advice and options to Directors / Ministers to manage it.

The Finance function supports policy directorates together with a wide range of public bodies and their stakeholders to ensure good quality financial information to support decision making and achievement of Value for Money outcomes.

These roles support the effective financial management, decision making and the stewardship of public money.
Directorate for Health Finance, Corporate Governance and Value

The Health Finance, Corporate Governance and Value Directorate seeks to achieve the best health and care outcomes for people by ensuring the best possible use is made of the £19 billion budget in the Health & Social Care Portfolio.

We are responsible for a number of areas including financial monitoring and reporting of 22 NHS Boards, financial advice to Integration Authority Chief Finance Officers as well as the provision of ministerial support on the impact of policy decisions and future financial risks.

We also support the National Care Service (NCS) Programme with all financial matters including monitoring and forecasting the core NCS budget, costing design and policy options and leading on financial considerations of the NCS such as VAT or accounting changes.

Benefits
Working in the Civil Service in Scotland offers you more than just a salary

Some additional benefits include:

Full induction programme and ongoing personal learning plan;
Learning and Development opportunities will be available to support your personal development and help you to meet your Continued Professional Development requirements or progress with professional qualifications in support of your role;
Friendly, supportive organisation which encourages innovative ideas to support continuous improvement;
Career progression opportunities you will be joining an ever evolving organisation with growth and change being supported by high calibre finance professionals and promotion opportunities available for all.
Flexible working, offering excellent work/life balance;
Civil Service pension; and
Health and wellbeing support including 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, plus mental health and counselling support available for all.

Responsibilities:

The general duties of these roles will include:

Supporting the team in the production and distribution of financial reports to required timescales, providing accurate, relevant and timely management information;
Contributing to monthly accounting processes ensuring this is accurate and accounted for within tight timescales;
Assisting in the preparation of the Annual Report and Accounts in accordance with statutory obligations, and liaising with external audit where required;
Providing assistance in updating the financial ledger for example performing monthly reconciliation's and preparing and processing journal entries;
Assisting in the maintenance of overall financial control, to ensure the integrity of financial data on the ledger and the accuracy of the supporting systems and records;
Ensuring adequate financial controls and clear audit trails are in place around accounting and reporting processes;
Interrogating financial data held on the system, understanding and analysing trends, formatting in a way tha