Finance Apprentice

Summary

We are looking for a Finance Apprentice to support the key business functions within the finance department in our Hereford office at FläktGroup.

Wage

£15,606.66 a year

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Plus 10% bonus

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, flexible start/finish times.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 19 May 2025

Duration

1 year 5 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

Input daily banking information onto Dynamics, allocate customer payments to relevant sales invoices
Match intercompany invoices against relevant purchase orders, acquire authorisation from relevant signatories, help resolve queries, and load invoices to Dynamics
Reconcile intercompany invoices against statements to finalise monthly netting payment
Raise sales invoices and send to relevant customers
Assist with new maintenance contracts, and customer queries
Assist the credit control team by chasing up outstanding sales invoices

Where you’ll work

Dolphin House
Moreton Business Park
Hereford
HR4 8DS

Training

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

College or training organisation

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION 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

Formal training is delivered at HWGTA, located in Hereford (HR4 9SX).

You will receive training one day per week.

Additional training for functional skills in English and Maths will be undertaken if needed.

You will receive monthly visits from your assigned Learning and Development Specialist, who will set you work, monitor your development and wellbeing, and discuss training sessions. They will also prepare you for your End Point Assessment to gain your AAT Level 2 accountancy qualification.

There is also a five-day teambuilding residential trip that is held in the spring of each year offered to all apprentices on programme.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 or C above)
Maths (grade 4 or C 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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Number skills
Team working
Confident
Professional attitude

Other requirements

Based in Moreton on Lugg

About this company

For over 100 years, we have proudly developed innovative and energy efficient Indoor Air Quality solutions for commercial buildings and critical ventilation applications. Today FläktGroup is one of the global leaders with +600 MEUR in sales to more than 65 countries and headquartered in Herne, Germany. With the widest product range in the industry, our products are found everywhere from homes, offices and schools, to hospitals, data centres, subways and offshore

http://www.flaktgroup.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Competitive salary, • 25 days Holiday (+ bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme) • Life Assurance Scheme • Cycle to Work scheme • Long Service Awards • Employee Assistance Programme • Learning and Development Opportunities

After this apprenticeship

If successful may lead to a permanent position.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Lisa Wilkinson

lisa.wilkinson@hwgta.org

01432377002

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315149.

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Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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