Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Summary

You’ll support the Sales Ledger team and build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders. You will be joining a great working environment, with a friendly team, where training and development is promoted.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 12 May 2025

Duration

1 year 4 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

Raising Sales invoices – Service.
Chasing overdue debt in a timely manner to reduce debtors’ day.
Processing new customer application forms & completing required credit checks.
Applying for Credit Insurance, ensuring the company risk is kept to a minimum.
Sending Customer Statements monthly.
Liaising with customers to resolve queries in a timely manner.
Allocating customer receipts on Xero/Sage.
Ensuring the correct VAT treatment is applied to invoices, including DRC.
Working closely with the finance team to improve processes and controls within the Sales Ledger function.
Adhering to EA-RS social values whilst undertaking all business tasks.
Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

Where you’ll work

4 SWANBRIDGE IND ESTATE
BLACK CROFT ROAD
WITHAM
ESSEX
CM8 3YN

Training

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

College or training organisation

CT SKILLS 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

Working towards your Level 2 AAT Qualification you’ll attend monthly online 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month – NO classroom OR college!) with your Tutor to learn Modules including general business, understanding your organisation, accounting systems & processes, basic accounting & ethical standards. You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer. All apprenticeship work and training is completed in the workplace, during working hours.

The Level 2 AAT includes a Mandatory Qualification ‘Certificate in Accounting’ made up of 4 modules/exams including Introduction to Bookkeeping, Principles of Bookkeeping Controls, Principles of Costing & The Business Environment.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

Business, Finance, Maths, Economics (grade Pass)

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
Number skills
Team working
Initiative
Time management
Prioritisation
Positive attitude
Motivation

Other requirements

If your application is successful, you will receive a call from our dedicated Recruitment Consultant who will discuss the qualification, location and course length in more detail. Following this call, you will be asked to write a supporting statement and complete an English and Maths assessment.

About this company

EA-RS Fire Engineering are a leading UK specialist in fire detection, fire alarms, fire suppression, water mist and sprinkler systems. To meet their customer requirements, they work to understand individual business needs and offer dedicated fire systems consultancy.

https://ea-rsgroup.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

24-day annual leave + BHols, company pension, Social Value Awards (based on the 12 company social values), a family summer party, group Christmas party & family workday on 24th December.

After this apprenticeship

As with any apprenticeship opportunity – if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CT SKILLS LIMITED

Recruitment Team

recruitment@ctskills.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313244.

Apply now

Closes in 19 days (Friday 9 May 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Please complete the application form and of course attach your up-to-date CV. This will give us the best chance of being able to contact you. Your CV should be a word document or pdf that we will be able to edit if we decide to take your application further- not an image.

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