Apprentice Legal Cashier

Summary

This vacancy is for an Apprentice Legal Cashier based in Burnley. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience within the accounts department whilst gaining on the job qualifications.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 May 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Smith Sutcliffe are a High Street legal practice and Property Sales operation based in Burnley and Padiham .
Originally established in 1884 and employing around 30 people.

Uniquely in the accounting sector, our Practice regulations require the strict maintenance of separate accounts and ledgers for all money held in connection with client transactions.
Legal accounting therefore requires specialised knowledge of the Regulations governing the management of these funds which are audited for compliance on an annual basis as well as managing the conventional receipts and payments of the business.

We are seeking to introduce a trainee to the cashiers team to increase our resilience in the long term.

The role would primarily involve understudying the firms principal cashier and taking on board some elements of routine work under supervision, which will expand as experience develops. The trainee would be expected to assist the partner in charge whilst the cashier was on leave of absence or otherwise engaged.
In addition the cashiers form part of our admin Team providing absence cover for reception and switchboard staff, and dealing with the archiving and retrieval of documents from our secure storage, as well as general office matters where required.
This will allow the trainee to develop a familiarity with our back office systems which underpin the management and control of all matters dealt with by the firm dealing with all monies received and paid as well as document production, emailing and secure storage.
We anticipate that there would be a permanent role for a suitable trainee who wishes to focus on legal accounting in the longer term.

Where you’ll work

50 MANCHESTER ROAD
BURNLEY
BB11 1HJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

TRAINING 2000 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

AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting which contains:

Introduction to Bookkeeping
Principles of Bookkeeping
Principles of Costing
The Business Environment

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 (C))
Maths (grade 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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Analytical skills
Initiative

Other requirements

Please do not contact the company directly. Please note - we reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply as soon as possible if you wish to be considered for this role.

About this company

Smith Sutcliffe are a High Street legal practice and Property Sales operation based in Burnley and Padiham.

https://www.smith-sutcliffe.co.uk/join-our-team.html (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

The opportunities in the world of business are endless. Many apprentices start in business administration, customer service or accountancy, which are great stepping stones into lots of exciting careers. You can go on to specialise in a particular field and into management. You will find people who started in finance and administration working in all professional areas and at all levels.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRAINING 2000 LIMITED

Morgan Horne

morgan.horne@t2000.co.uk

0125454659

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312110.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 25 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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