Accounts & Finance Assistant Apprentice

Summary

Swarm Training is working with a client in their search for a Level 2 Accounts and Finance Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals interested in starting a career in accounting and finance and learning from experienced professionals.

Wage

£16,500 a year

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Core working hours will be 39 hours per week from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday, and from 8am to 1pm on Friday.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 19 May 2025

Duration

1 year

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

Support the credit control and purchase ledger functions, including new customer and supplier set up, maintaining existing account details, sending customer invoices and statements, liaising with customers regarding their account, matching supplier invoices to purchase orders and reconciling month-end supplier accounts in preparation for supplier payment runs
Handling internal/external queries
Processing staff business expenses
Processing business credit card transactions and credit card reconciliations
Data entry into the companies accounts package
General administrative duties including, but not limited to, miscellaneous administrative support, ordering of departmental supplies, managing inventory of office supplies and kitchen sundries
Answering phone calls, directing to the appropriate parties or taking messages
Handling meeting requirements, including boardroom setup and breakdown
Greeting and signing visitors in and informing the relevant parties of their arrival

Where you’ll work

Chestnut Drive
Wymondham
NR18 9SB

Training

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

College or training organisation

SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C

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

Training will be with Swarm Training, a national apprenticeship provider in the UK. The successful candidate will work towards a Level 2 Accounts and Finance qualification, which takes 12-14 months to complete. The apprentice must complete a minimum of 6 hours per week during working hours, with monthly training sessions conducted by a tutor, with tasks assigned to be completed during those hours.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (grade C/4 or above)

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
Proactive and uses initiative
Enthusiasm to learn
Hardworking

About this company

Agile Electronics are experts in kitting and turnkey box building and are committed to delivering best-in-class supply chain solutions. From Kitting, Manufacturing, Test & Box Build, to providing reports detailing lifecycle analysis, RoHS, REACH plus conflict mineral information. Based in the Norwich/Cambridge Technology Corridor, they are well positioned to provide a complete end-to-end service to meet their client's needs.

https://agileelectronics.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

20 days holiday plus bank holidays, In-house training available.

After this apprenticeship

After successfully completing the apprenticeship, a full-time position may be available for the right candidate. There are opportunities to build a long-term career with our client, increasing involvement with the team.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C

Sophie Duffy

Sophie.d@swarmgroup.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314782.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 9 May 2025)

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