Accountant

Job Description

Corporate Services

Accountant
Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

We are looking for an Accountant to lead interesting work across a variety of professional disciplines within the Capital Accounting Team including management accounting, business partnering and financial accounting. This post requires a full Professional Accountancy qualification which is recognised by the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies, however relevant experience may be considered in exceptional circumstances.

Working within the Capital Accounting team, you will provide support and advice to capital budget holders and senior management across the Council. You will have lead responsibility for advice and support to senior managers in the Place directorate regarding significant investments in the Council's roads and transport infrastructure. Your key responsibilities will include capital budget development, capital budget monitoring, final accounts, and supporting the development of new initiatives and investment business cases.

We are looking for someone who can deliver excellent client service as well as contribute their professional expertise to the development of financial management and complex projects.

You must be able to build effective relationships and work collaboratively and constructively with service managers and partners to achieve agreed outcomes. You will collaborate closely with other members of the Finance team, service managers and external agencies providing professional financial advice ensuring the highest standards of client service, professional practice and financial governance are achieved.

Working for us means you will be able to benefit from:

• Up to six weeks paid leave, inclusive of six public holidays in year, with a further increase of 5 days annual leave after five years of previous reckonable service or service with the Council
• A career average local government pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Paid sickness absence, health and wellbeing support and other family friendly policies
• Salary advances on public transport season tickets
• Access to corporate discounts in shops, cinemas and other leisure venues

This post is subject to a standard disclosure check. 

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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