AAT Finance Administrator Apprentice

Summary

Are you looking to build a long-term career in Accountancy? Then look no further! Start your career today with a level 2 apprenticeship with Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and Kaplan. You will be dealing with finance post, invoices, cash books and refunds whilst working towards the AAT qualification.

Annual wage: £23,500 a year
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Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 17 February
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

Job Duties include:

Review and process all cheques received by the PPF including lodging cheques accurately with the PPF’s clearing bank’s local branch in Croydon.
Review and process all Finance posts received, ensuring that documentation is scanned to the appropriate quality for optical character recognition and saved in SharePoint libraries appropriately.
Update SharePoint and other reconciliation tools with financial information accurately, ensuring compliance with internal PPF policies and GDPR regulations.
Load supplier invoices on Oracle supporting the AP advisor as necessary.
Carry cash book posting supporting the cash management advisor as necessary.
Logging the refunds from the mailbox onto the SharePoint tracker.
Other ad hoc tasks as required including mailbox management.

Where you’ll work

Renaissance, 12 Dingwall Road

Croydon

UK

CR0 2NA

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

KAPLAN FINANCIAL 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.
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

Foundation covers the basic principles of accountancy, and is your starting point if you’ve never studied accountancy before. You’ll learn the basic principles of accountancy, such as double-entry bookkeeping, costing and preparing financial statements, as well as how to use accountancy software.

This level is ideal if you’re new to accountancy and finance, have previously worked in an accounts department, or are looking to change your career into Accountancy. To pass this level, you'll be examined on five units. All assessments are computer-based exams (CBE).

The area you will cover include:

Bookkeeping transactions
Bookkeeping controls
Elements of costing
Using accounting software
Foundation Synoptic Assessment

Training will be provided either via classroom or remote sessions. An apprenticeship has to be relevant to the job you are undertaking and you must dedicate 20% of their time towards it.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Basic Maths (grade 9/A* - 4/C)
Standard English (grade 9/A* - 4/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

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

Benefits include: 26 days plus Bank Holidays (run from 1 April to 31 March) Private Medical Insurance (Funded by PPF for the individual) £2000 Flexible Benefits Allowance (PPF-Reward-Matters-Overview.pdf) Discretionary Bonus Scheme Choice of Pension:Defined Benefit Pension (DB) – Civil Service Pension Alpha Scheme - https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/knowledge-centre/pension-schemes/alpha-scheme-guide/ Defined Contribution Pension (DC) – Civil Service Partnership Pension - https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/knowledge-centre/pension-schemes/partnership-pension-account/ Working hours: 9:00am-5:00pm

About this company

The Pension Protection Fund’s main function is to provide compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pensionschemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer, and where there are insufficientassets in the pension scheme to cover the Pension Protection Fund level of compensation.

After this apprenticeship

There are no guarantees beyond the apprenticeship, but we will consult with the candidate nearer the end of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000294234.

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Closes on Saturday 15 February

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