 Contract: Fixed Term – 5.5 years Salary: £23,363 per annum Employer: Audit Scotland Closing Date: Sunday 9 February Over the duration of the programme, you will help your team to plan and deliver quality audit work across a range of public sector bodies, including local and central government and the NHS. This is an excellent opportunity to combine work experience with a professional qualification and includes financial support to become a qualified Chartered Accountant with ICAS. Employer:
Audit Scotland is Scotland’s public sector auditor, independent of government. Our vision is that public money is well spent to meet the needs of Scotland's people. To achieve this, we support the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission to provide clear, independent and objective assurance on how effectively public money is being managed and spent. Our work covers about £57bn of public spending, almost 300 public sector accounts, and the services and projects that affect all people and communities in Scotland. As well as what we do, how we do it is integral to delivering our vision and critical to our wellbeing and our organisational success. We put our organisational values of equality, independence, innovation, integrity and respect at the heart of everything we do. Environment: The programme is an opportunity for you to combine work experience with a professional qualification. Our people are vital to our continued success and, as a Trainee Auditor, you will help contribute to delivering quality and relevant audit work across a variety of clients and, in doing so, you will add real value to the development and scoping of audit plans. We offer a flexible working environment of home and office working as well as some travel to client sites. There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer a rewarding place to work, a supportive and open culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities. Benefits include 42 days of annual leave including public holidays, an attractive local government pension scheme with 17.6% employer contributions, personal development allowances and flexible working hours. We’ve also been named one of the top 25 workplaces in Scotland and the UK’s tenth best accountancy workplace in the 2023 Best Companies awards. What might a day in this role look like? Over the duration of the programme, you will help your team to plan and deliver quality audit work across a range of public sector bodies, including local and central government and the NHS. You will contribute to the development and delivery of audits whilst also undertaking a programme of training with a view to becoming a professionally qualified accountant. You will also join up with our graduate trainees and have peer support while you learn the job and engage with your studies. What will I learn? Our programme includes financial support to become a qualified Chartered Accountant with ICAS. You’ll gain a prestigious, internationally recognised qualification, while being involved in varied and interesting work, auditing public bodies in Scotland. We will provide you with ongoing support throughout your training and will encourage you to grow, develop and excel in a challenging and rewarding role. What qualifications/skills are required? You don’t need to have come straight from school or college to apply for our programme. No matter what your background, if you are committed to studying for a professional qualification, our programme is designed to develop your skills and expertise in audit and provide formal training and study towards a professional accountancy qualification.
Candidates with an honour’s degree in any discipline or equivalent are unable to be considered for our school and college leaver programmes. Please note if you hold an ordinary degree in any discipline along with the minimum grades required in Maths and English, then you are eligible to apply for our college leaver programme. Comments are closed.
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