Finance trainees follow a three-year programme, in which they study for membership of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). The studies are complemented, enhanced and utilised through a series of finance based placements which are completed within the organisation as an integral part of the training scheme.
Financial management is one of the major drivers within the County Council and finance staff are a key component of the authority’s continuing success. This is reflected in the Council's long established finance trainee programme which allows graduates to develop, progress and attain senior management positions across the organisation.
Placements
The training scheme is designed to give trainees a wide range of skills, as well as experience of the finance function and the organisation as a whole. In order to produce fully competent, confident and dynamic employees, the scheme is designed and mapped out through a number of placements which encompass the office-based training approach adopted by Cambridgeshire County Council:
- Year 1 - 2 x 6 month placements in Children & Young Peoples Service (CYPS) & Internal Audit
- Year 2 - 12 month placement in Environment & Community Service (ECS), either within Disabilities or Environment & Transport
- Year 3 - 12 month placement in Children & Young Peoples Service (CYPS) Projects or Internal Audit
CIPFA
The course, which is modular and studied via added value tuition at Anglia Ruskin University, provides trainees with a thorough grounding in all aspects of public finance and is the qualification of choice for most public sector organisations.
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