Assistant Accountant Apprentice

Summary

The role is to work as an assistant accountant in a practice. An assistant accountant supports the daily financial activities, which can include tasks such as data entry, preparing month-end management accounts, and assisting with year-end financial statements.

Annual wage: £11,648 a year
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Training course: Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
35 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 9 December
Duration: 1 year 3 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 role is present across various industries. It spans from small organisations to medium sized entities.

The main purpose of this occupation is to assist both internal and external customers in managing their financial and accounting operations.

An assistant accountant is responsible for managing their own workload and time, reporting to a senior accountant.

Duties will include:

Assist with the compilation of accounting and financial records, recording, classify, and reconcile deposits and payments in Excel, organising financial data systematically to prepare accurate accounts
Publish invoices on accounting software such as Hubdoc
Conduct bank reconciliation by matching invoices in the ledger
Review payables and receivables to ensure timely payments, accurate record-keeping, and effective cash flow management
Follow up missing invoice lists with clients on a weekly basis
Prepare payroll by entering timesheets in Excel and calculating hours for payroll software input
Email payroll PAYE & NI summaries to clients
Submit NEST pension contributions on behalf of clients
Assist with management reporting
Prepare profit and loss (P&L) statements to provide clients with financial overviews
Create sales invoices/credit notes for clients
Prepare payment run on weekly basis
Analyse sales reports from online platforms (eBay, Amazon, Square, Etsy) to create accurate sales invoices, ensuring proper classification of transactions and alignment with client records
Chase clients for any queries/issues regarding payroll, payables, receivables, or any other queries as needed
Safeguard against suspicious activities for example anti-money laundering

Where you’ll work

COBALT SQUARE

83-85 HAGLEY ROAD

SUITE 3K

BIRMINGHAM

B16 8QG

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

Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.

Your training plan

Assistant Accountant Level 3 (A level) Apprenticeship Standard:

The apprentice will attend college one day per week to work towards 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

More training information

For the assistant accountant, the qualification required is:

AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting
AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C/4)
Maths (grade C/4)
AAT (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
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills

Other requirements

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received before the closing date

About this company

As highly experienced accountants we are able to provide professional bookkeeping and accountancy services for companies across all sectors. Our satisfied clients range from individuals to sole traders, through to partnerships and medium-sized businesses.

After this apprenticeship

On succesful completion of this apprenticeship, there is potentially a permanent position available

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HALESOWEN COLLEGE

Deborah Maley

dmaley@halesowen.ac.uk

01216027657

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288584.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 6 December at 11:59pm)

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