LCV Accounts Purchase Ledger Apprentice

Summary

Pentagon Motor Group are currently on the lookout for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is wanting to embark on a career within the Finance division of the Motor Industry. As part of this role you will match finance statements to vehicles sold, balance sales ledger invoices and raise internal invoices for rental.

Wage: £14,352 a year
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Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: The working hours for this position are Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 10 March
Duration: 1 year 2 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

At Pentagon, we believe in growing and developing our own talent and, as an Apprentice with Pentagon, you will be given full support and training to enable you to become the best you can be!

This is a fantastic opportunity if you are looking to pursue a career in Accounting and gain an AAT qualification.

Your apprenticeship with Pentagon will be diverse and fast-paced. As well as having regular meetings with your Apprenticeship provider and completing your coursework, you will also be a fully fledged member of our Accounts department.

Our colleagues are also going to be with you every step of the way, offering their knowledge and experience to help you on your journey.

What will you be doing?

During your apprenticeship, you will learn to:

Match finance statements to vehicles sold and enter onto the computer system to show payments against accounts.
Balance sales ledger invoices to payments received.
Raise internal invoices for rental, demonstration and self-registered vehicles and match to bonus payments from Manufacturers.
Process invoices for insurance products, allocating the charge to the appropriate vehicle.
Notify queries or mismatches to the Management Accountant for resolution.
Reconcile the allocated nominal monthly accounts.
Validate Sales Ledger reconciliations monthly on the Manufacturer debtor accounts on the computerised system.
Follow appropriate cash-handling procedures at the dealership.

The working hours for this position are Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Please note that whilst this position is initially based at VW Derby, we are planning to relocate the LCV Accounts team to Corporate Fleet at West Hallam, DE7 6HE. Estimated timescale, this will be in the next 12/18 months.

Where you’ll work

Pentagon Volkswagen Van Centre Derby

Mackworth

Derby

DE22 4NB

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

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

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

Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 AAT Apprenticeship. The apprenticeship will be delivered by our provider Learning Skills Partnership via online learning, combining online lectures and one-to-one sessions.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C and above)
Math's (grade 4/C and 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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

At Pentagon we believe any position with us isn't just another job, it’s a career. Our success since 1991 has been built on our Teams ...people are at the heart of everything we do, so we’re always looking for those individuals who show commitment, enthusiasm, drive and can relate to our 5 Core Values that have been part of our 'family' since the very beginning. We now have 47 franchise points representing 12 different brands, 23 locations and over 1300 Team Members. So if you are looking to join a company with year on year growth, fantastic learning and development opportunities, recognition & reward, you've just found it ! For more company information, follow the link - http://www.pentagon-group.co.uk/why-work-for-pentagon

https://www.pentagon-group.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

This is a fantastic opening to gain permanent employment in a varied and ever-expanding industry. Pentagon has an enviable reputation for well-trained, high-quality staff and this is a career opportunity not to be missed.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

Holly

Holly.Parkinson@lsprecruit.com

01482338844

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299780.

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Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March)

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