Accounts Apprentice

COUNTRYWIDE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

BIRMINGHAM, B19 3NG

Closes in 12 days (Friday 8 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 October 2024

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Summary

We are looking for an apprentice Accounts / Payroll Assistant to assist with the company accountancy and commercial activities. The successful candidate shall receive full training with one to one mentoring and be supported via our training provider leading to an AAT Foundation Certificate in Accounting level 3 qualification.

Annual wage
£12,313.60 a year

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Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 25 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

Key duties and responsibilities:

1.      Assist Payroll with the processing the weekly payroll, which generally includes:

  • Collation of operative’s timesheets.
  • Calculating additional pay items (e.g. subsistence, bonus, fares and travel, etc)
  • Calculate and monitor any sickness pay/paternity pay etc
  • Assist with formatting relevant spreadsheets, compiling information for Key personnel.

2.      Assist with general costing exercises, job costing, preparing, invoices, and statements for small works and project variations.

3.      Assist accounts payable and accounts receivable.

4.      Provide support and assist in other departmental administration activities as required.

5.      Become a key member of the office commercial team.

The successfully candidate shall gain valuable:

  • Experience of working in a busy office environment.
  • Experience of working on time sensitive projects.
  • Improve and develop computer Literacy with experience of using Accountancy software, Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Word, Excel & teams.
  • Learn to create and maintain reporting documents i.e. spread sheets to record, amend and present information.
  • Gain valuable experience in accountancy and costing practices.

Where you’ll work

76 SUMMER LANE

BIRMINGHAM

B19 3NG

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

HALESOWEN COLLEGE

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

    • The succesful apprentice will attend college one day per week to study the AAT Level 3 qualification.
    • In addition, the apprentice will be allocated with an assessor who will visit them within the workplace once every 6-8 weeks.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade C/4)
    • Maths (grade C/4)
    • AAT L2 (grade Pass)

    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
    • Customer care skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills

    About this company

    We are an electrical contractor that operates on a nationwide basis specialising in the design and build of electrical installations within the retail, commercial, hotel & leisure market sectors.

    After this apprenticeship

    • On completion of this apprenticeship, there is the potential of a permanent position available for the succesful candidate.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    HALESOWEN COLLEGE

    Deborah Maley

    dmaley@halesowen.ac.uk

    0121 602 7657

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283195.

    Apply now

    Closes in 12 days (Friday 8 November at 11:59pm)

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