Accounts Apprentice

HENRY COLBECK LIMITED

Tyne & Wear, NE11 0HG

Closes in 27 days (Thursday 27 February at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 January 2025

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Summary

A fantastic apprentice opportunity has arisen for someone wanting to develop a strong career in finance, at a well-established company – Henry Colbeck Limited. Working within their busy finance team, the apprentice will be part of a friendly and professional team and will enjoy a varied and rewarding role.

Wage
£20,475 a year

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Salary will range between £20,475 - £24,784.50 and will be dependent on age, experience and qualifications. This will discussed at the interview stage.

Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, 30 minutes lunch.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 3 March

Duration

1 year 6 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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Apprentice at Henry Colbeck Limited, based on the Team Valley Gateshead. The role will be within the company’s busy finance team, and the ideal candidate will contribute to the smooth operation of the finance department while maintaining accuracy and adherence to company procedures.

The primary purpose of this role is to support and engage in the finance team by ensuring accurate and efficient management of financial transactions and accounting processes. The position requires regular interaction with internal departments to resolve queries and ensure compliance with internal processes and approval limits. The role also involves providing backup support across various accounting functions.

Main duties will include:

  • Journal Entries
  • Creating and posting Cash Books and other periodic journals into ERP system (Business Central)
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel as a minimum
  • Balancing daily cash book
  • Access to online banking
  • Setup payments for authorisation
  • Posting and allocating customer and supplier payments
  • Distribute colleague Barclaycard statements and produce a journal with receipts
  • Process Expenses and Mileage claims
  • Adhere to internal processes and approval limits
  • Update the Balance Sheet control accounts on a monthly basis
  • Collate and submit periodic returns to National Statistics
  • Providing cover to Cash Office, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions
  • Liaise with internal departments to work through queries when managing accounting processes.     

Good IT skills are essential for this role (especially Word, Excel, Outlook and MS Office).

This list of duties is not exhaustive and other tasks may be required.

Probationary period applies.

Where you’ll work

Seventh Avenue

Team Valley Trading Estate

Gateshead

Tyne & Wear

NE11 0HG

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 apprentice must be able to attend weekly day release sessions for the AAT level 3 Apprenticeship at Access Training in Team Valley, Gateshead.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • maths (grade 4-9)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills

Other requirements

Please ensure you can travel to the Team Valley for a 9.00am start. Payroll experience beneficial but not essential Preferable, but not essential that candidate has already completed AAT Level 2. Fixed term contract however there is the potential for this role to become permanent for the right person.

About this company

Founded in 1893, Henry Colbeck are the oldest independent Fish & Chip shop supplier to the UK Fish & Chip Industry and remain a family owned and family managed business. The company has been built on quality, service and reliability, with customer care as a driving influence.

http://www.colbeck.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

☐ Holidays increase with service ☐ Homeworking ☐ Cycle scheme ☐ Wellbeing programme ☐ Company pension scheme ☐ On-site free parking ☐ Refreshments provided

After this apprenticeship

  • The apprentice will work towards a professional apprenticeship standard AAT Level 3 and will have the opportunity to progress onto higher qualifications.

 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCESS TRAINING LIMITED

Eva Wright

ewright@accesstraining.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299569.

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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 27 February at 11:59pm)

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