Level 2 Accounts or finance assistant Apprenticeship - Rainbow Education Multi Academy Trust

RAINBOW EDUCATION MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Liverpool, L36 6FH

Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 February 2025

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Summary

To support the Finance Manager and Finance Team in a number of aspects in order to provide financial administrative support across the Trust.

Wage
£12,480 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday (8.30am to 4.30pm)

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 4 March

Duration

1 year

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

  • Manage accounts payable, including posting invoices, raising purchase orders, processing payments, and liaising with suppliers
  • Answer incoming phone calls and take messages as required
  • Monitor the invoices/remittances email inbox daily, distributing invoices and relevant information to colleagues
  • Open and distribute incoming mail
  • Process charge card and petty cash transactions
  • Perform supplier statement reconciliations
  • Create new supplier accounts
  • Support the central team with general administrative tasks
  • Order supplies for the central office
  • Maintain confidentiality and adhere to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) at all times
  • Attend relevant training as required or as opportunities arise
  • Carry out all duties safely and in compliance with current school policies and procedures
  • Perform any other duties as requested by the line manager

Where you’ll work

16 Chapel Brook Trade Park

Wilson Road

Liverpool

L36 6FH

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

LET ME PLAY 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

  • Qualification: Accounts or finance assistant, Level 2 (GCSE)
  • Duration of course: 12 months 
  • Training Provider: LMP Education (Rated No 1 Training Provider in the UK!)
  • All learning delivered online/ remotely alongside role

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths and English (grade 4)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this company

We are an innovative group of schools, aiming to provide an excellent education to children across the Mersey City Region. Children only get one chance to receive a good education, and we firmly believe that each and every child deserves the best possible education there is! We seek to improve the life chances of all children that we serve. We ensure each and every child achieves their maximum potential and are fully prepared to access the next stage of their education.

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

After this apprenticeship

  • Possible full-time employment for the right candidate upon completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Horiya

horiya.haji@lmpeducation.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000304080.

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Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March at 11:59pm)

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