Student Loans Company
Technical Accountant
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Role Title: Technical and Capital Accountant
Salary: £39,458.00 - £46,689.00 GBP Annual
Location: Glasgow, Darlington or Llandudno
Pension: A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Advert Closing Date: 1159pm Wednesday 14 October 2027
About the Role
Please note that this is a fixed term contract for a period of maternity cover until 31 December 2027.
As Technical and Capital Accountant, you'll play a key role in ensuring Student Loans Company's financial reporting is accurate, compliant and supported by strong financial controls. Working within the Financial Accounting team, you'll provide technical accounting expertise across areas including capital accounting, prepayments and balance sheet management, helping to maintain the integrity of financial information and support effective stewardship of public money.
You'll use your professional judgement to assess accounting treatments, advise colleagues on capitalisation and reporting requirements, and ensure financial transactions are supported by robust evidence and controls. The role is central to the preparation of statutory accounts, year-end reporting and audit activity, contributing to successful reporting outcomes and compliance with accounting and governance requirements.
We're looking for a CCAB-qualified accountant (or equivalent), a part-qualified accountant with significant relevant experience, or someone who can demonstrate equivalent accounting expertise gained through experience. This is an opportunity to apply and further develop your technical accounting skills in a complex public sector environment, while making a direct contribution to the quality, reliability and transparency of SLC's financial reporting.
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Please note that this is a fixed term contract for a period of maternity cover until 31 December 2027.
What You Bring
- CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant, or part-qualified accountant with significant relevant accounting experience
- Experience supporting statutory reporting, audit and compliance activities
- Experience engaging with stakeholders to support financial reporting, decision-making and reporting requirements
- Strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to interpret and apply accounting standards and financial reporting requirements.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess financial information and identify practical solutions
- Ability to communicate technical financial information clearly and effectively to both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Ability to build effective working relationships and communicate financial information to a range of stakeholders
- Sound understanding of financial controls, governance and compliance requirements, with a commitment to maintaining financial integrity
- High level of IT literacy, including Microsoft Excel, financial systems and reporting tools, together with the ability to identify opportunities for process improvement
Benefits
You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:
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- 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
- Option to buy/sell annual leave
- Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available
- Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
- Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
- Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
- Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme
To find out what it’s like to work at Student Loans Company click here: [SLC Careers](SLC Careers)
The Legal Bits
We’ll need you to confirm that you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history, criminal record check, credit reference check and fraud check.
SLC are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive for all candidates and will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk
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