Fantastic Opportunity to Become a Graduate Trainee Auditor with Audit Scotland
Company: Audit Scotland
Role: Graduate Trainee Auditor
* Audit Scotland supports the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission to provide clear, independent, and objective assurance on how effectively public money is being managed and spent.
* Their work covers about £57bn of public spending, almost 300 public sector accounts, and the services and projects that affect all people and communities in Scotland.
* Audit Scotland currently has trainee opportunities available across Scotland. Trainees can expect to work a mixture of at home, in the office, and travel to client sites.
What is the Role:
Audit Scotland’s Graduate Trainee Scheme includes financial support to become a qualified Chartered Accountant with ICAS. You will get a prestigious, internationally recognised qualification, whilst being involved in varied and interesting work, auditing public bodies in Scotland. You will also be supported to complete a personal development programme aimed at enhancing your career prospects in Audit Scotland.
As a Graduate Trainee Auditor, you will help your team to plan and deliver quality audit work across a range of public sector bodies, and in doing so, you will contribute to the development of various audit reports and other outputs.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Undertaking a programme of training with a view to becoming a professionally qualified Accountant.
* Contributing to the development of appropriate audit approaches, audit tools, and techniques.
* Undertaking audit assignments in accordance with professional standards and the Code of Audit Practice.
* Contributing to the drafting of accurate, clear, and concise audit reports.
* Identifying and developing relationships with key stakeholders.
Person specification:
* You’ll need to have achieved or be on track to achieve an honours degree or equivalent in any subject.
* A minimum of National 5 Grade C or GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) in both Maths and English.
* You don’t need to be an accountancy graduate or have achieved a specific grade in your honours degree to join Audit Scotland. Past trainees come from a variety of backgrounds and have studied a range of degree subjects, either joining straight from university or later in their careers.
Why Should You Apply:
* Gain a prestigious, internationally recognised qualification.
* Competitive starting salary, plus bonuses for passing exams first time and salary increments as you progress through the qualification.
* 38 days holiday (inclusive of 8 floating public holidays), 4 fixed public holidays, flexi-time, and exam leave.
* Career development and training opportunities.
* Attractive local government pension scheme (17.6% employer contributions).
The Application Process:
* Stage 1 – After the application closing date, you will be asked to complete a short online verbal and numerical test.
* Stage 2 – If you are successful after this stage, you will be invited to complete an online simulation assessment in the form of an analysis exercise.
* Stage 3 – Candidates successful at this stage will be invited to a final stage interview. The interview will be competency-based, and Audit Scotland will be looking for you to demonstrate evidence of the competencies required for the role.
Candidates requiring sponsorship:
* Please note Audit Scotland is unable to provide sponsorship to candidates for this role under the Skilled Worker visa category as the Home Office’s eligibility criteria will not be met.
* Candidates must demonstrate that they have the right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the Trainee Auditor employment and training which typically lasts 54 months.
* This could be from a visa granting permission to work in the UK independently (for example: a dependent or ancestry visa or settled status).
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