Our 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.
And it doesn't stop there, we offer a range of other fantastic benefits including:
* 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)
* Access to counselling and an annual wellbeing and lifestyle medical check-up
* Discounts from major retailers with our innovative savings
* Interest-free loans for annual season tickets
There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer a rewarding place to work, a supportive and open culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities. We've also been named one of the top 25 workplaces in Scotland and the UK's ninth best accountancy workplace in the 2025 Best Companies awards.
More about you
You don't need to be an accountancy graduate or have achieved a specific grade in your honours degree to join us.
Our trainees come from a variety of backgrounds and have studied a range of degree subjects. Our trainees join us straight from university or later in their careers.
What matters is that you've got great analytical and people skills, are committed to studying for a professional qualification, and excel in a challenging and rewarding role.
If you think this sounds like the career for you, then we would love to hear from you. You will need the following skills and qualifications:
* 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
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Able to work as part of a team and independently using your own initiative
* An interest in Audit Scotland and/or the public sector as well as the auditing and accountancy profession
* Sound analytical skills for gathering, interpreting and evaluating data
* Disciplined and organised with good project management skills
Who are we?
Our vision is that public money is well spent to meet the needs of Scotland's people. To achieve this, we support 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. Our work covers about £59bn of public spending, almost 300 public sector accounts, and the services and projects that affect all people and communities in Scotland.
As well as what we do, how we do it is integral to delivering our vision and critical to our wellbeing and our organisational success. We put our organisational values of equality, independence, innovation, integrity, and respect at the heart of everything we do.
How we work
We employ around 340 staff in a wide variety of roles, working from our offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness and through a network of regional offices across Scotland.
We currently have trainee opportunities available across Scotland in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen. Our trainee opportunities are available on a 54 month fixed-term contract.
We operate a hybrid working environment whereby our trainees can expect to work a mixture of at home, in the office and at client sites.