Finance apprentice

Summary

As an Apprentice Accounts Finance Assistant, you will support the finance team in managing day-to-day financial operations, gaining hands-on experience in bookkeeping, invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting.

Annual wage: £11,648 to £20,820.80 a year
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Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Our working week for office-based staff is typical office hours, Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 16:00. All staff have 30-mins for lunch.
35 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 7 February
Duration: 1 year
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

On a weekly basis the job will involve, bookkeeping, invoicing, using Xero, our financial application
There will be the reconciliation of bank accounts, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved
This is a practical role. You will be well supported in working with live financial information

Where you’ll work

UNIT A11-2

KENYON COURT A17

WALTER LEIGH WAY

MOSS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

WN7 3PT

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

WIGAN AND LEIGH COLLEGE

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

Level 2 Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 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

Communication skills
IT skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

This is an office based role involving speaking to the public and working for long periods on a computer.

About this company

TimesGroup Ltd is a customer-focused company that offers the design, installation, and maintenance of commercial and domestic gas, electric, and renewable energy systems, as well as a comprehensive facilities management service. In addition to traditional 'Mechanical and Electrical' services we offer: • Emergency building maintenance and repair • Plumbing • Central Heating Engineers • Electrical Contracting • Air Conditioning • Renewable Energy System Design and effectiveness analysis • Heat Pump Installation and maintenance • Solar PV system installation and maintenance • Joinery TimesGroup Ltd work in England, Scotland and Wales

After this apprenticeship

We are looking at this apprenticeship as a route to a full-time permanent role.

There is significant opportunity for the successful applicant to make the role their own.

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