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Stirling Council

Accountancy Assistant

Stirling
£29.3k – £31k/yr
Posted about 15 hours ago
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Closing Date: 21 September 2026
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: £29,361 - £30,912 per year
Hours: 35 per week

Are you an experienced finance professional looking to make a positive impact while developing your skills in local government?

Stirling Council are currently seeking an adaptable Accountancy Assistant with a keen eye for detail to join our Service Accounting team.

As part of the team you will help support a number of service areas across Stirling Council. You will be a key aid to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day processes within the Service Accounting Team. This will involve undertaking a variety of tasks including but not limited to: reconciliation of accounts, month end reporting, budget setting & monitoring, journal entries & FOI inquiries. You will work with fellow team members to ensure that data & analysis are provided to service leaders in a timely and accurate manner to allow leaders to continue the effective financial management of the Council’s resources.

The successful candidate will ideally have a degree in a relevant discipline as well as some on the job experience. They will be able to demonstrate experience of assisting in the delivery of professional financial support services, as well as budgeting, posting journals and month end reporting. Experience of Oracle Fusion would be advantageous.

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If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please email Lucy Devlin, Finance Service Manager, (devlinl@stirling.gov.uk) so this can be arranged.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

Job Description
[https://www.stirling.gov.uk/media/wk2cyt3q/accountancy_assistant_je06_01062025_e1206.pdf]

Additional Salary Information
[https://www.stirling.gov.uk/media/vatdduvx/salary-additional-info-6.pdf]

Stirling Information
[https://www.stirling.gov.uk/media/arjfm1fz/stirling-council-recruitment-pack.pdf]

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The Benefits

  • 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service) Pro-rated for part time roles.
  • Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements where the role allows. We have a good balance across our teams, retaining the benefits to work/life balance of working from home part of the week, with the collaborative and social benefits of working from the office 2-3 days per week
  • Biennial incremental progression until top of your pay scale is reached
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/
  • Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service
  • Carers Leave
  • Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave
  • Access to Health & Wellbeing support
  • Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Lift share Scheme
  • Car Lease Scheme
  • Technology Benefit Scheme
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Skills

Reconciliation of accounts
Month end reporting
Budget setting
Budget monitoring
Journal entries
FOI inquiries
Financial management
Data analysis
Oracle Fusion
Financial support services

Location

Kerse Rd, Stirling FK7 7QA, UK

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