Finance Assistant Apprentice AAT Level 2

Summary

Coombs Catering Partnership are offering a great opportunity for a hardworking, reliable and positive learner to join their busy Finance department.

Annual wage

£12,480 to £22,308 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£18,000 per annum

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday- Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm (1/2hr lunch). Friday, 8.00am - 2.00pm (1/2hr lunch).

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 14 October

Duration

1 Year 6 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

This list is not considered to be exhaustive, but to provide an illustrative representation of the nature of the duties that the Apprentice will be involved in and the experience/ development that will be gained.

Purchase Ledger - Post supplier invoices to Sage50, reconcile supplier statements and request copy invoices and credit notes. Raise weekly/monthly payments in a timely manner.
Sales Ledger- Invoice clients from data supplied.
Credit Control - Take a proactive role in maintaining the debtor's ledger, collecting overdue debt by telephone and email. Develop relationships with clients.
Weekly Bookwork - Collate, check, file & chase up any missing book work.
Analysing Data on SageSO & Excel
Reconciliation - Bank and Credit Card Accounts.
Month End Checks I preparation for running monthly accounts.
General Administration - General accounts tasks, various admin duties including but not limited to answering the phone, monitoring incoming emails, filing and more.

Where you’ll work

38

Lower Leicester Road

Lutterworth

Leicestershire

LE17 4NG

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

TRAIN TOGETHER 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.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 Subjects (grade A_C)
2 Preferred subjects Maths/ Business/ Economics/ A (grade A_C)

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

About this company

Coombs Catering is an independently owned contract catering company with a true family feel. Our Head office is based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, with sites across the country. We possess over 35 years' experience in the Catering, Hospitality and Services Arena.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship there will be an opportunity to discuss going forward to complete level 3 AAT qualification.

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