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Trainee Business Support Accountant

Employer
Dartford Borough Council
Location
Dartford, Kent
Salary
£24,807- £38,427 P.A.
Closing date
7 Sep 2019
Reference
DBC/19/105963

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Dartford Borough Council is looking to train you to be the next generation of public sector financial manager. As well as training, you will be taking on responsibilities for a range of both regular and project support work. The post holder will already have some finance experience so they can hit the ground running but will also be keen to develop their skills and knowledge. The Financial Services section is looking to strengthen its finance team and build future capacity. As part of a team of around 13 FTE you will have the opportunity to support all areas of the finance function and wider business giving you a broad experience of the Council and Local Authority Accounting whilst also having defined responsibilities and projects to complete. We will support you to study for the CIPFA professional qualification, with the payment of course fees, day release to attend college and leave to study for exams. More information on the qualification is available here. We plan to access the CIPFA Level 7 Professional Accountancy qualification through an Apprenticeship Standard route. However, we will sponsor this qualification outside of the apprenticeship route if this is not possible.

Key responsibilities

  • To provide financial business support in a developing trainee role, including assisting in the production of management accounts, budgets and the council’s medium term financial strategy, final accounts, revenue and capital costings as well as getting involved in projects across the organisation.
  • To train to achieve the CIPFA professional qualification, ideally accessed through the Level 7 Professional Accountant Apprenticeship Standard.

Benefits

  • Support to study for the CIPFA professional qualification, with the payment of course fees, day release to attend college and leave to study for exams.
  • An excellent package, including competitive salary, career average salary pension scheme, an employee benefit scheme offering a range of discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, flexitime and discounted leisure centre membership.
  • On completion of training and achievement of the relevant milestones, this post will be eligible for pay increases with eventual appointment to the permanent position of Business Support Accountant with a salary of £38,428.

Interview / Assessment dates: 9 - 11 October. Call Tim Sams (Finance Manager) for more info on 01322343148

Additional Information:

This post is considered by DBC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.  Free parking at Acacia Hall. Flexi-time available.

“The Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer”

Interested?

Do not send your CV – only fully completed application forms will be accepted.

Closing Date:  20th September 2019          

Ref No:  DBC/19/105963

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