Accounts Apprentice
COUNTRYWIDE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
BIRMINGHAM, B19 3NG
Closes in 7 days (Friday 8 November at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 October 2024
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Summary
We are looking for an apprentice Accounts / Payroll Assistant to assist with the company accountancy and commercial activities. The successful candidate shall receive full training with one to one mentoring and be supported via our training provider leading to an AAT Foundation Certificate in Accounting level 3 qualification.
- Annual wage
- £12,313.60 a year
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 25 November
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
Key duties and responsibilities:
1. Assist Payroll with the processing the weekly payroll, which generally includes:
- Collation of operative’s timesheets.
- Calculating additional pay items (e.g. subsistence, bonus, fares and travel, etc)
- Calculate and monitor any sickness pay/paternity pay etc
- Assist with formatting relevant spreadsheets, compiling information for Key personnel.
2. Assist with general costing exercises, job costing, preparing, invoices, and statements for small works and project variations.
3. Assist accounts payable and accounts receivable.
4. Provide support and assist in other departmental administration activities as required.
5. Become a key member of the office commercial team.
The successfully candidate shall gain valuable:
- Experience of working in a busy office environment.
- Experience of working on time sensitive projects.
- Improve and develop computer Literacy with experience of using Accountancy software, Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Word, Excel & teams.
- Learn to create and maintain reporting documents i.e. spread sheets to record, amend and present information.
- Gain valuable experience in accountancy and costing practices.
Where you’ll work
76 SUMMER LANE
BIRMINGHAM
B19 3NG
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
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
Your training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- The succesful apprentice will attend college one day per week to study the AAT Level 3 qualification.
- In addition, the apprentice will be allocated with an assessor who will visit them within the workplace once every 6-8 weeks.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
- AAT L2 (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
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
About this company
We are an electrical contractor that operates on a nationwide basis specialising in the design and build of electrical installations within the retail, commercial, hotel & leisure market sectors.
After this apprenticeship
- On completion of this apprenticeship, there is the potential of a permanent position available for the succesful candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
Deborah Maley
dmaley@halesowen.ac.uk
0121 602 7657
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283195.
Apply now
Closes in 7 days (Friday 8 November at 11:59pm)
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