Accountancy Assistant

Job Purpose

To assist the Group Finance Manager in the development and delivery of a range of financial services including planning, accounting, monitoring and advisory services which meet the needs and priorities of Services and are consistent with the corporate financial standards and policies of the Council in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the key objectives in relation to those identified within the Finance and ICT Service Plan and the Community Plan.

Requirements

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

Responsibilities

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Additional Information

This is a permanent full time post within the Finance & ICT Service. The Admin Base for this post is The Opera House, 8 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock.

Normal office hours are 9am - 5pm Monday - Thursday & 9am - 4pm Friday

Annual Salary £36,873 - £40,167

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ - 50-79% of time is office based. Able to work at different/ multiple work locations. Occasionally works at home, or another location 1-2 days per week, or directly home to external appointments.