Apprentice Finance Assistant
VERDANT LEISURE LIMITED
Lancaster, LA1 3SW
Closes in 12 days (Friday 31 January)
Posted on 10 January 2025
Contents
Summary
Get involved by joining our team and helping make our customers’ holiday dreams come true. An excellent opportunity if you love holidays, have a knack for numbers, and want to develop your financial knowledge and skills by studying for the AAT qualification in an environment that will give you exposure to a range of financial & accounting tasks.
- Annual wage
- £12,480 to £22,308 a year
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday
Shifts to be disclosed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Saturday 1 February
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
Typical duties and responsibilities include:
• Ensure sales invoices are raised and posted accurately and in a timely manner
• Assist with maintaining the customer ledger and reviewing aged debtors
• Process credit card statements and reconcile the credit card account
• Prepare the monthly bank and cash reconciliation for review by the Financial Controller
• Supporting the wider Finance team as required
Where you’ll work
10 Mannin Way Lancaster Business Park
Lancaster
LA1 3SW
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
LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE 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.
- 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
Level 3 Accountancy Apprenticeship Standard:
Relevant training will be provided through Lancaster and Morecambe College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Other in:
- Accountancy (grade L2)
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
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this company
Verdant Leisure is a bespoke holiday park operator offering self-catering holidays as well as caravans and lodges for sale across Scotland, Northern England and North Devon. We offer a wide range of holiday options to suit all budgets, whether you want to buy or rent a holiday home or caravan.
After this apprenticeship
There will be future opportunities for a successful applicant to continue the apprenticeship with Verdant Leisure into Level 4 and then further opportunities for progression.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE COLLEGE
Charlie Helme
c.helme@lmc.ac.uk
01524 521483
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295725.
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Closes in 12 days (Friday 31 January)
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