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 whilst 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.
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 and will help drive the service forward at a time of significant change and transformation.
If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please email Lucy Devlin, Finance Service Manager, ([email protected]) 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.
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Stirling Council is a local government authority providing a wide range of public services to the Stirling area of Scotland.