Accounting Technician

Job Summary

The Finance team is looking to recruit an Accounting Technician to support the Accountant for the Finance and Digital Services, Legal and Regulatory Services, Customer Services and Organisational Development, and the Land, Planning and Development areas.  You will assist the accountant with all relevant accounting and budgeting work.

Working through the period close, year-end reporting and annual budgeting cycles the duties include but are not limited to:

• Extraction of relevant reports and additional data from Oracle Fusion ledger system.
• Updating Excel spreadsheets to produce the monthly management information.
• Performance basic variance analysis.
• Work with the accountant and the relevant service area managers to identify the root cause of the variation.
• Identify any miscodes and prepare journals with the appropriate back-up accordingly.
• Supporting the accountant and budget holders to prepare the budget submissions.
• Preparation of year-end accruals and prepayments

Advanced ICT skills in use of financial information systems, spreadsheets and word processing

You should have knowledge of local government finance, accounting principles and financial information systems. 

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria

Where the post you are applying for is considered Regulated Work under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by HR Services Lead.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

 

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