Summary
A great opportunity has arisen within Accord-UK, Barnstaple for an Accounts Assistant Apprentice to join their team. The successful candidate will be offered training and study support to support the financial performance of the Operations site.
Wage
£13,937.30 a year
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday - 8.30am to 4.30pm with 30 minutes unpaid lunch
35 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 24 February
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
The role will be around analysing budgets, forecasting, working with other departments and teams, working to deadlines, prioritising and planning workloads etc.
During the period of the Apprenticeship work and responsibilities will be varied include a wide variety of Accounting roles and could include:
Accounts Payable support to include:
* Sorting all invoices received daily and entering details onto the ERP system
* Reconciling statements received to the supplier ledger to ensure data is complete
* Processing expenses on company system, preparing reports for management use
* Overview of preparing the monthly Intrastat and Deferment reports (legal requirement)
* Overview of process weekly payments for suppliers
* Overview of monthly management reports
Account Receivables support to include:
* Cash collection. Contacting customers to ensure payment is received on time and helping to resolve any payment issues
* Preparation of customer statements to show amounts owed and when payment is required
* Allocating customer payments against their account balances
General Ledger support to include:
* Creating and obsolescing business units
* Preparing and entering journals for expenses, fleet and purchasing/Amex cards, prepayments, royalties/commissions
* Reconciling the bank accounts
* Managing petty cash
* Raising cheques
Financial Planning and Analysis support to include:
* Management reporting of sales and expenses
* Product costing
* Inventory control
Such other duties and responsibilities as may be required to meet business needs.
Where you’ll work
Whiddon Valley
Barnstaple
Devon
EX32 8NS
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
FIRST INTUITION LIMITED
Your training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
* Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
* Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
* Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
* Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
* Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
* Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
* Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
* Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
* Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
* Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
* Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
* Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
* Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
* Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
* Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
* Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
* Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
* Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Your training plan
Working towards a Level 3 Assistant accountant apprenticeship standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 4 to 9 (A* to C))
* Maths (grade 4 to 9 (A* to C))
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Team working
* Adaptable
* Commitment
* Enthusiastic
* Honesty and Integrity