Trainee Accountant

3 months ago


Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Council Full time

Gateshead is a great place to live, work and visit and Gateshead Council has a clear focus on helping communities to thrive. Customer Experience and Digital operates at the very core of the Council’s operations, working with services to support delivery of the Council priorities.

We are looking for people who are willing to contribute to a strong team environment with drive and commitment to succeed.

**What we need from you -**

To be considered you must have experience of;
- IT and computerised systems such as excel and word
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and organise own workload
- Ability to manage heavy workloads within tight deadlines
- Ability to liaise with a wide variety of internal and external clients

Have a degree (2.2 or above) or Association of Accounting Technician qualification (level 4) and a proven record in passing exams.

In return, we can offer you:

- A competitive salary of £21,968-£37,261 pa
- You will be allocated a work-based mentor who will support you within Gateshead Council. CIPFA also allocate a coach from the organisation who meet with CIPFA students every 12 weeks to ensure you are on track with the apprenticeship and provide any necessary support with studies or other areas.
- Help to save for your future with an outstanding employer contribution to your pension
- Access to great health and wellbeing support
- Generous annual leave package of 28 days annual leave for new employees, rising to 32 days after 5 years continuous local government service and the chance to buy up to 10 additional holidays per year
- You’ll have access to great health and wellbeing support, including discounted membership to GO Gateshead Leisure Services and ability to use our cycle to work scheme
- We have flexible and hybrid working arrangements to ensure a positive work life balance for our employees
- We’ll give you the chance to take advantage of various offers and discounts on shopping and household spend; including O2, Virgin Media and Dell

Applications are invited for these permanent posts to help support the service. Please see the job profile which provides further details of the role and duties and and information on the Trainee Accountant Scheme including salary expectations and requirements for salary progression. The selection process is likely to include the following:

- a panel interview

It is important that you read the job profile in full and check that you meet the essential criteria as without this, we will be unable to invite you to interview.



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