Accounting Assistant - Income Max

Argyll & Bute Council; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Argyll & Bute Council is seeking an Accounting Assistant within its Financial Services Department. This full-time, permanent role involves assisting finance duties, providing support to maximize income, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. The council offers benefits, a flexible working environment, and a commitment to public service excellence, making it an appealing career opportunity.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Generous leave entitlement

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership discounts

Wellbeing initiatives

Learning and career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in finance duties is critical.
• Ability to deliver work to tight timescales.
• Enjoy working with numbers and providing administrative support.

Responsibilities

• Assist with finance duties in the social service area.
• Provide high-quality financial and administrative support.
• Facilitate the income maximisation function.

Skills

Accuracy

Numeracy

Public service commitment

Job description

Service: Financial Services - Accounting and Budgeting

Closing Date: Wednesday 18th June 2025

Argyll and Bute Council's Financial Services Department are seeking an Accounting Assistant within the Accounting and Budgeting's Income Max Team. This is a permanent full time post working 35 hours per week and can be undertaken remotely within the Argyll and Bute area.

The post will focus on assisting with finance duties of the social service area and provide a high quality financial and administrative support to the income maximisation function. Applicants should be committed to high quality public services, enjoy working with numbers and be accurate in their work and able to deliver work to tight timescales. Please refer to the job description for the full duties of the post.

Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.

Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.

Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver are not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.

Applicants should note that:-

• Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.

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We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy.