Trainee Accountant

Location: Edinburgh

Workplace type: Hybrid working. You will be required to work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office. This is a minimum, but you may opt to be office based up 5 days per week.

Hours per week: 35 hours per week

Type of contract: Permanent

Salary scale: (Job Level 3) £27,685 - £33,837 per annum commensurate with skills and experience.

> Closing date: 7 July 2024

> Interview date: w/c 15 July 2024

We have an exciting opportunity to join Citizens Advice Scotland as a Trainee Accountant.

Working alongside the Head of Finance and 4 other finance team members, you will be responsible for being the main point of contact for carrying out many processes such as payroll, invoicing, working with relevant third parties, being responsible for the purchase ledger and processing payments. This is a central role required to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the day-to-day financial processes. You will also contribute to the annual and statutory financial procedures as well as providing budget management support to a selection of budget holders.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland’s largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

This role offers you the opportunity to work at the heart of supporting Scotland's largest independent advice network and to make an invaluable contribution to citizen’s lives.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job Pack.

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Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and hybrid working opportunities for every role. For more details of some of the other benefits on offer to our employees, please see the section on employee benefits in the job pack.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for hybrid working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Before you apply

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As such, please do not include on your CV or candidate statement the following information: your address, a photo, hobbies, age, date of birth, marital status, nationality, dates of education.

The candidate statement

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You have the option to upload your candidate statement as a separate document or you can write your candidate statement in the section below. Please choose the option that best work for you.

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