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Salary: £29,440 - £31,676 (Band B)

Location: Grantown on Spey

Job Type: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 hrs, Sunday 14 December 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 13 January 2026


About Us:

The Cairngorms National Park is an incredible place to live and work. The UK’s largest national park is a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is also home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species. It is a truly unique place to work, with our dedicated and passionate Corporate Services team who are committed to providing the best people experience, every day. Furthermore, there is access to some of the most beautiful countryside straight from our Headquarters office door.
The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top 100 best not- for-profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join the Park Authority and support the National Park Authority’s payroll, finance and administration processes.


Equalities:

CNPA is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities, as they are under-represented in the environment sector.

We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances CNPA appoints on merit-based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.


The Role:

As the Finance Assistant you will carry out the payroll service, process accounts receivable and payable transactions, and provide bookkeeping services to partner organisations supported by the Park Authority.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone at the start of their accounting career to gain broad work experience in a small, busy finance team.

So, if you are keen to be our Finance Assistant and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.


CNPA Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays
• Professional development
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Use of pool cars

• Civil service pension scheme – some of the benefits include:

• member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector
• tax relief on your contributions
• generous employer contributions
• a secure, inflation-proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty
• the option of tax-free lump sum on retirement
• potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work
• life assurance cover
• benefits for loved ones and dependants
• options to increase your pension
• keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere
• support from our trusted charity partners


About You:

To be considered as our Finance Assistant you’ll need:

• An accounting qualification such as AAT or Higher National Certificate (HNC), or equivalent experience in the workplace.
• Demonstrable skills in bookkeeping.
• Good IT skills in all areas, including standard Microsoft applications.
• Strong ability to give attention to detail in assessing and appraising information, and in maintaining information systems.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated approach to work.
• Ability to organise and prioritise a busy workload to successfully achieve objectives.
• Confident, friendly and supportive approach to engaging both with colleagues and with members of the public.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality, handling confidential information and respecting and adhering to that confidentiality.
• Permission to work in the UK


How to apply:

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button

Please note, we do not accept Curriculum Vitae (CV).

If you require more information, or if you require any adjustments to be made to the application process due to disability please contact us on 01479 873535 or email: [email protected]

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