Apprentice – Accounts Assistant (Fees)
Freemans School Surrey
Surrey, KT21 1ET
Closes in 5 days (Friday 27 September)
Posted on 6 September 2024
Contents
Summary
We are looking to recruit a Level 2 apprentice to join the Finance team at the City of London Freemen's school in Ashtead, Surrey. You will predominately be working on the Fees ledger whilst undertaking the AAT L2 qualification. You will support our busy accounts payable team processing purchase requisitions and answering queries.
- Annual wage
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£24,000 a year
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City of London Corporation staff can take advantage of the pension scheme. They also receive discounts and special offers for a wide range of products and services.
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday: 9:00am - 5.30pm core hours. Flexibility will be required for business needs. This role is 52 weeks contract not term time.
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 4 November
- Duration
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1 Year 6 Months
- Positions available
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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
Purpose of Post
- To assist the Director of Finance in providing a high-quality customer focused financial accounting and information service to the City of London Freemen’s School
Main Duties & Responsibilities
To assist the Fees Manager with:
- Raising Fee invoices, credit notes and journals and recover monies due to Freemen’s in respect of education, lunches, trips etc. using Oasis and Oracle
- Pro-actively chase aged debts as directed by Fees Manager and assist in completing the monthly debt reports
- Raising queries to debtors in writing and dealing with follow-up correspondence
- Reconciling the Fees bank account each month
- Ensuring the pupil ledgers in Oasis are up to date
- Setting up and collecting monies via Direct Debit
- Support the Accounts Payable team with creating purchase orders in the City’s financial accounting system (Oracle)
- Answering enquiries from suppliers and staff as to financial coding by using the Corporation's computerised accounting system, Oracle
- Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post
- To undertake any other duties that may be requested appropriate to the grade
- Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when performing their duties
- Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post
Where you’ll work
City ofLondon Freemens School
Park Lane
Ashtead
Surrey
KT21 1ET
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
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
- You will be supported to achieve the Accounts assistant level 2 apprenticeship
- Theoretical training will be delivered by the training provider on a weekly basis
- Practical training and support will be given in the workplace allowing you to embed your learning in the working environment
- You will receive 6 hours per week to complete course work within your working hours
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade C / 5)
- Maths (grade C / 5)
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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
The school was founded in Brixton in 1854 to provide an education for the orphaned children of the City of London before moving to the present site, Ashtead Park, in 1926. We have a magnificent site with modern buildings alongside the original Main House set in a stunning 57 acres of parkland. This idyllic setting further supports the wellbeing of our students and staff, as being here, in the park, makes coming to work a pleasure. It looks striking in every season, and we are lucky to have a vast array of wildlife living in our woods. Today, Freemen’s is an independent day and boarding school for students aged 7-18, with a strong ethos of community and service in accordance with the values on which the school was founded. We are proudly co-educational and have been since 1854, which was radical at the time, and we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible with our forward-thinking, progressive approach. It is the sister school of the City of London School and the City of London School for Girls, which are both independent single-gender schools located within the City of London itself. All three schools receive funding from the City of London Corporation.
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, we aim to offer a permanent role within the team if a position is available. Alternatively, we shall endeavour to secure an alternative position within the City of London Corporation
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Freemans School Surrey
Mrs Debra Widmer
Debra.widmer@freemens.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275544.
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Closes in 5 days (Friday 27 September)
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