Finance Apprentice

Summary

Magna Learning Partnership are seeking a committed and enthusiastic apprentice with a keen interest in accountancy and finance. The successful candidate will complete the Assistant Accountant AAT Level 3 qualification alongside their employment within the company.

Annual wage: £22,376 a year
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Training course: Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 8 November
Duration: 1 Year 3 Months
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

Processing purchase invoices (entering against correct budget lines)
Helping budget holders to analyse spending against budgets
Analysing expenditure by type to identify potential savings
Checking goods/services are received & matched to orders
Setting up payment runs for suppliers (identifying when due, dealing with supplier queries)
Recording other transactions in finance system (parent payments, credit card, cheques)
Processing third party income (lettings, cross charges) – raising invoices, recording receipts
Recording cash receipts
Posting journals (double entry)

As the apprentice progresses, their role can expand to include assisting with:

Visiting sites to check asset existence and monitor petty cash
Recording fixed asset transactions, Bank reconciliations, VAT claims, Payroll checks
Credit control (monitoring and chasing debts)
Monitoring regularity of expenditure (eg spending against grant income as appropriate)
Financial reporting (helping with monthly monitoring and annual statutory accounts preparation)

Where you’ll work

Cold Harbour

Amesbury

SP4 7AH

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

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 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.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.

Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths (grade 7)
Three A Levels (grade A-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

IT skills
Attention to detail
Number skills
Analytical skills

About this company

Magna Learning Partnership is a group of primary schools, secondary schools and one sixth form college in Salisbury and the surrounding area. The core aim of our partnership is to improve and further develop the quality of education provision across Salisbury and the surrounding villages for the benefit of all young people in the area, by creating a sustainable education partnership that, through the achievements of its young people enhances the reputation of education across Salisbury. Non-teaching staff are able to join the Wiltshire Local Government Pension Scheme, a career average scheme. All staff are eligible for the cycle to work scheme, and various discounts including discounted gym membership.

Company benefits

All staff are eligible for the cycle to work scheme, and various discounts including discounted gym membership.

After this apprenticeship

This is a fixed-term appointment, which offers invaluable experience of finance in any organisation, but particularly the not-for-profit sector. As our organisation is growing, we may be able to offer a permanent role in the future.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Megan Finn

meganfinn@bpp.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280562.

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Closes in 29 days (Monday 4 November at 11:59pm)

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