Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship – Accord Healthcare Ltd

Cogent Ssc Limited

Fawdon, NE3 3NB

Closes in 16 days (Monday 6 January)

Posted on 18 December 2024

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Summary

Cogent Skills is working with Accord Healthcare Ltd to recruit an Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship to work at its offices in Fawdon. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the finance team of one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in the world, with excellent career and personal development opportunities.

Annual wage
£12,480 a year

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Apprentices could be eligible for annual wage increments, subject to company budgets and satisfactory completion of goals. Potential future salary in a permanent finance role, is around £25,000

Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
37.5 hours per week: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm, with 1-hour unpaid daily lunch break

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Saturday 1 February

Duration

1 year 9 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

Cogent Skills is working with Accord Healthcare Ltd to recruit an Assistant Account Apprentice for its busy manufacturing site in Fawdon. The successful candidate will be employed by Cogent Skills Services but will undertake all on-job learning with Accord Healthcare Ltd.

 

The Apprentice will follow the Assistant Accountant Advanced Apprenticeship Standard, which will combine on-job learning with study of the AAT Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Accounting.

 

An assistant accountant helps in the operation of day-to-day financial activities. These may include data entry to month end management accounts and year-end financial statements. In addition, the assistant accountant may find themselves involved in regulatory financial requirements. These may include the completion of VAT returns or assisting in the preparation of tax computations. The role will be interesting and varied and typical activities will include:

  • Assisting with monthly and year end reporting of financial and accounts information
  • Overhead fixed cost reporting
  • Ledger reconciliations
  • Investigation of monthly manufacturing variances
  • Organise weekly cycle counts
  • Direct Labour Analysis
  • Cost Accounting

Where you’ll work

Accord Healthcare Ltd

Fawdon Manufacturing Centre

Edgefield Avenue

Fawdon

NE3 3NB

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

ACCESS TRAINING 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.
  • 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 apprenticeship training will be delivered face to face weekly at the training access centre.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • 5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 4/C or above)

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Initiative

Other requirements

The successful candidate will be employed by Cogent Skills Services but will undertake all on-job learning with Accord Healthcare Ltd. at its manufacturing site in Fawdon.

About this company

Our apprenticeship and graduate services have been supporting science industry employers to attract, retain and develop people who can contribute to business success since 2012.

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

This role is part of our talent planning for the future and, for the right person, we are looking to continue to develop the Apprentice upon successful completion of the Apprenticeship.

Our business is growing, is fast paced and evolving, so there may be the opportunity to gain permanent employment in the team, subject to performance, successful completion of the Apprenticeship, and a role being available.

Completion of this apprenticeship will provide the foundation to progress to the Level 4 Professional Accounting Apprenticeship, which incorporates the AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCESS TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292644.

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Closes in 16 days (Monday 6 January)

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Company’s application instructions

Please apply for this position via the cogent skills vacancies page