Accountancy Apprentice
DDFI LTD
Accrington (BB5 3DE)
Closes on Sunday 18 May 2025
Posted on 19 March 2025
Contents
Summary
DDFI are excited to offer an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us as an Accountancy Apprentice. As an Accountancy Apprentice you will embark on a comprehensive training program designed to develop your skills and knowledge in various aspects of accountancy.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
30 Minute unpaid lunch
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 June 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Retail and hospitality:
- Price per square foot analysis on concessions and own buy departments
- Gross Margin reports and investigate any low margins across all SKU’s and Departments
- Weekly Sales report to managers and board
- Analysis of stock to include wastage and any breakages
- Maintaining Fixed Asset Register
- Involvement in stock control and perform perpetual cycle counts by supplier with analysis of variances
- VAT returns
- Gain an understanding of all day-to-day accounting processes over time, to include; Bank Reconciliations and Cash Book
- Payroll
- Purchase Ledger
- Sales Ledger
- Suspense accounts reconciliation
- Cover for cash office when necessary
Other group companies:
- Elements of the above
- Labour and Time Sheets for working hours
Analysis of Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR’s) and margin reporting on jobs
Where you’ll work
Oswaldtwistle Mills
Colliers Street, Oswaldtwistle
Accrington
BB5 3DE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Record transactional data.
- Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
- Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
- Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
- Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
- Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Record transactional data.
- Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
- Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
- Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
- Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
- Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Your training plan
- Training to take place at Burnley College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
Other requirements
The course you will embark on is AAT Level 2; dependent on your experience and previous qualifications there are Level 3 and 4 available.
About this company
DDFI Ltd is a leading Property and Retail Investment Specialists. The accountancy head office is based at Oswaldtwistle Mills Shopping Village. Within DDFI Ltd.’s portfolio is Oswaldtwistle Mills and other companies; including other shopping and garden centres, an air conditioning company and several packaging companies.
Company benefits
Employee Assistance Program, staff discounts, and other benefits.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Opportunities for career advancement within the company upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Themis
themis@burnley.ac.uk
01282733005
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000310346.
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Closes on Sunday 18 May 2025
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