Details of Organisation
A career with Grant Thornton UK LLP means delivering imaginative, constructive, and practical advice to some of the most dynamic organisations in the UK. We are a leading financial and business adviser with 41 offices nationwide, and are the UK member of Grant Thornton International, one of the world's leading international organisations of independently owned and managed accounting and consulting firms, with offices in over 110 countries.  We pride ourselves on delivering practical solutions through close teamwork and encouraging individual ideas and perspectives. We are looking for graduates who are enthusiastic and who can apply high degrees of practical intelligence to business challenges.

Job Title
CIPFA Trainee

Vacancies
We look to recruit 15 CIPFA trainees across the UK in the following offices: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds.

Start Date
August 2010

Key Responsibilities
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our successful and growing team of public sector specialists. As a CIPFA trainee at Grant Thornton, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of large and challenging clients in changing and dynamic sectors. With early responsibility, regular feedback and the help of a mentor, you’ll learn how to tackle audits, value for money studies and business reviews of a variety of not for profit businesses and public sector organisations.
As an CIPFA trainee we hope that you will work on a series of audit assignments of varying lengths. As a first year trainee you could be involved in the following activities:

• visiting client sites as part of a team at the fieldwork stage of the audit
• establishing good working relationships with clients as you discuss relevant audit issues with the client's people
• preparing accounts
• completing documents such as bank and solicitor letters
• completing audit tests in all sections
• carrying out searches and research.

As a CIPFA best practice employer, you will receive full support in your studies. The structured CIPFA programme is supplemented with regular internal training in audit and accounting techniques and developments, sector specific issues and personal and management skills. We ensure that formal studies are complemented with work based experience that provides exposure to a broad range of clients and skills. You will work alongside other trainees as part of our combined public and private sector audit team, and we offer a unique opportunity to broaden your public sector experience through work in the private sector and internal secondment to other specialist departments within the firm.

Salary (£)
Starting salary is up to £25,000, depending on location

Benefits
Generous annual/study leave and flexible benefits package including pension, life assurance, health insurance and a range of other options..
Full financial support for CIPFA qualification and laptop.

Minimum Requirements
300 UCAS tariff points and a 2:1 degree classification in any discipline. In addition, candidates must be interested and enthusiastic about working with organisations in the not for profit and public sectors..

Application Closing Date
Ongoing

Interview/Assessment Dates
Ongoing

How to Apply
For an informal discussion about the role, please call Agata Kierpiec on 020 7728 2276. Please apply on-line at www.grant-thornton.co.uk. You can also visit our website for more information.

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