Cipfa Trainee

**About this job**:
The CIPFA Trainee role will be based in the Finance Division. Finance is primarily responsible for overseeing the Council's annual gross revenue expenditure budget of over £800m and an annual budget for capital expenditure estimated at over £500m.

The CIPFA training programme provides you with a range of practical experience and support to study for a professional accountancy qualification, enabling you to develop into a senior leader of the future. You can expect to have several different placements and opportunity to experience a range of work including,
- Work in a service finance team supporting budget holders;
- Build business plans and the medium term financial plan;
- Technical accounting and year end closure of accounts.
- specialist placements which could include Capital and Treasury Team.

**About you**:
You will be highly ambitious and committed to progress your career in public finance alongside making a difference for the benefit of communities. You will provide support and advice to managers and staff across the organisation, be proactive and resourceful at solving problems, think creatively and move things forward using your own initiative. You will embody the values of LBBD and strive to deliver continuous improvement.

The role provides an excellent opportunity to learn a whole range of finance activities whilst balancing studying for the CIPFA qualification to enable you to become a fully qualified accountant. For those with ambition and talent, career progression into management positions, whether finance or general, are very good.

**About us**:
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a diverse Borough that prides itself of tackling the root causes of the challenges facing our residents. With a strong ethos of leaving no one behind we are innovative and forward looking. This is an exciting time to join the Borough as we face many challenges caused by changes in legislation, the cost-of-living crisis and coming out of the pandemic. LBBD is a supportive inclusive employer looking to bring out the best in our staff. The CIPFA training programme is well established and run for many years with dedicated employer and CIPFA support. We offer a range of benefits such as generous annual leave and study leave entitlement, LG pension scheme, learning & development, flexible working, employee support, support groups and “Wider Wallet” scheme which enable staff to access discounts on many high street stores and local businesses and save money on theme parks, theatre, cinema and eating out. There are also travel and holiday discounts, and health plans.