Apprentice Accountant Assistant

Summary

Accountant assistant role to assist the main accountant with accounting tasks. An ideal opportunity which help candidates to build their future career in accountancy. Including: reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions, maintaining and updating the sales and purchase ledgers and dealing with bank postings and bank reconciliation.

Annual wage

£12,480 a year

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Pay rise based on work performance.

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Saturday 25 January

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

2

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

You will work with our finance department and be involved in accountancy duties including :

Setting up and updating cash flow reports
Managing and maintaining nominal codes and coding system
Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions
Maintaining and updating the sales and purchase ledgers
Dealing with bank postings and bank reconciliation

Where you’ll work

1148 High Road

London

N20 0RA

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

THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED

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

The training will take place at The Training Place of Excellence,12 New Cross Road, SE14 5BE.

Classes are held one day a week

You will gain AAT level 2 Foundation Certificate qualification
Level 2 NVQ
Accounting/Finance Apprenticeship Level 2
Apprentices without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and taken the test for level 2 prior to taking their end point assessment

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths, English (grade 4-9)

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

The Training Place of Excellence have carefully structured each of our accountancy training programs in order for each candidate to get the best of skills needed to complement their current knowledge and experience and get into an accounting job in the current employment market.

After this apprenticeship

AAT Level 3 Apprenticeship
Full-time employment may be offered to the right candidate

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