2025 Finance (Cashier) Apprentice - Crawley

THALES UK LIMITED

Crawley, RH10 9HA

Closes on Sunday 16 February

Posted on 25 October 2024

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Summary

If you are looking to start a career in finance, then this could be the apprenticeship for you! Our Level 2 Apprenticeship is a great first step into the industry, with progression routes available and full support to achieve your professional accountancy qualifications (AAT).

Annual wage
£16,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£16,000 (age 16-19), £21,000 (age 19+) per annum • Performance related pay uplifts • Pension - Thales match, plus 1%, with a maximum contribution of 7% • Health Insurance - 50% of salary for 5 years

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on Friday). Shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

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

We have an exciting opportunity to join a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship within our Finance function in Crawley. This is a broad role, which will provide a great introduction to the industry, with continued progression routes available for an exciting and diverse career within finance.

  • Responding to Thales Business Support Services (TBSS) requests for cheque payments
  • Writing and sending cheques
  • Acquiring UK Bank signatures
  • Banking any cheques & payments
  • Sorting and distributing the post, and scanning any items to TBSS Portugal
  • Printing customer invoices, dunning letters and sending via UK post
  • Daily Administration Tasks
  • Running and saving the bank statements as required
  • Working with the UK Treasury department to input daily payments and answer any queries
  • Travel & Expenses Applications Administration and Management of the Mailbox
  • Monitor, assign and respond to the Cashiers Mail boxes

Where you’ll work

Manor Royal

Crawley

RH10 9HA

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 APPRENTICE ACADEMY 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.

    • Your training plan

    You will start by enrolling onto a Level 2 Accountant Assistant Apprenticeship with our award-winning training partner. Delivered via a virtual delivery model over 15 months, the apprenticeship will introduce you to day-to-day accounting activities and will help you to build the competence to deliver these successfully. On completion of the programme, you will achieve an AAT Level 2 Diploma in Accounting.

    More training information

    You will move into a Cashier role within our Crawley Finance function.

    Those who demonstrate the required aptitude and commitment will be supported to progress onto the Level 3 Assistant Accountant apprenticeship over a further 18 months.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • 5 GCSEs incl. Maths and English (grade A*-C or 9-4)

    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

    • IT skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working

    About this company

    Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

    https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/uk-career (opens in new tab)

    Company benefits

    • 201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays) • Healthcare Cash Plan • 80 hours (10 days) volunteering in your first 2 years depending on length of programme • Discount Portal

    Disability Confident

    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

    You will move into a Cashier role within our Crawley Finance function.

    Those who demonstrate the required aptitude and commitment will be supported to progress onto the Level 3 Assistant Account Apprenticeship over a further 18 months.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THALES UK LIMITED

    Thales Early Careers Team

    SuppEarlyCar@uk.thalesgroup.com

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284239.

    Apply now

    Closes on Sunday 16 February

    When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.

    After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

    Company’s application instructions

    Online application Online assessment and video interview Virtual assessment centre Offer, if successful