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Stirling Council

Accountant

Stirling
£47.9k – £50.9k/yr
Posted about 14 hours ago
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Closing Date: 21st August 2026

Contract Type: Temporary until 31/12/27

Salary: £47,976 - £50,865

Hours: 35 per week

Stirling Council are currently seeking a detail oriented, technical, Corporate Accountant to join our Corporate Finance team. This is a temporary post to provide maternity cover.

As a Corporate Accountant, you will provide a comprehensive accountancy support service to a range of customers across the finance department and the wider council teams. Working for a local authority is challenging but rewarding and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in a diverse range of activities and projects.

This includes playing a key role in the delivery of council’s corporate finance functions including capital, treasury management, VAT; the year-end accounts preparation in accordance with the Accounting Code of Practice; maintaining the fixed asset register, asset valuations and providing specialist advice on capital accounting and capital financing.

You will have responsibility for preparing budgets and supporting the wider corporate team to provide support, resilience and segregation of duties across the key functional areas.

The successful candidate will be a qualified Accountant, with demonstrable post qualification experience and continued professional development in these key areas. This will include a combination of finance, systems, analytical and personal skills to deliver an effective corporate finance function to meet current and future business needs. Experience of Oracle Fusion would be advantageous.

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If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please email Gary Rooney, Team Leader - Finance, (rooneyg@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/10eo32g0/accountant_corporate_je11_01022026_a3887-1.pdf

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

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

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 payscale 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

Corporate accounting
Capital accounting
Treasury management
VAT
Year-end accounts preparation
Fixed asset register
Asset valuations
Budget preparation
Financial reporting
Oracle Fusion
Analytical skills
Technical accounting

Location

Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

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