Finance Apprentice

JAYS LOGISTICS (SOUTH WEST) LTD

HIGHBRIDGE, TA9 4AG

Closes in 26 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 4 October 2024

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Summary

Working as part of the busy accounts team, assisting the Finance Manager in all aspects of preparation of the Company Accounts and Payroll.

Annual wage
£18,720 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday. 9.00am - 5.00pm. 1 hour lunch break.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 4 November

Duration

1 Year

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

Daily duties: 

  • Processing Supplier Invoices using Sage 50.
  • Raising and issuing Customer Invoices.
  • Answering Customer Invoice queries.
  • Cross-checking Supplier Invoices before payment and matching to Supplier Statements.
  • Allocating incoming receipts to Customer Accounts.
  • Customer Credit Control.

Where you’ll work

COMMERCE WAY

HIGHBRIDGE

TA9 4AG

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

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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.

    • Your training plan

    • AAT Level 2 
    • Functional Skills in maths and English if not previously attained at GCSE grade 8-4 or A-C or equivalent.
    • Weekly college attendance at Weston College.
    • End Point Assessment preparation.

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4/C or equivalent)
    • Maths (grade 4/C or equivalent)

    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
    • Team working

    About this company

    At Jays you’ll always speak to a real human on the phone and deal with a real human when you visit the site. We pride ourselves on being people-first so there’s no chatbots and no brush-offs, just genuine help to get you and your goods where you need to go.

    Company benefits

    Company pension. On-site parking.

    After this apprenticeship

    A chance to learn all aspects of the accounts function in a developing role, with support to complete your A.A.T journey.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

    Charlotte Denning

    charlotte.denning@weston.ac.uk

    01934411594

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280510.

    Apply now

    Closes in 26 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)

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