Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

At Growers Direct we have been selling UK imported fruit for over 20 years. It is what we do, what we know and more importantly what we love! Growers Direct specialises in sales to Convenience Retail, Food Service, Processing Companies and Wholesale.

Annual wage: £12,480 a year
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Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm, half hour lunch.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 21 January
Duration: 1 year
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

Setting up new suppliers
Processing of Purchase Leger invoices
Reconciling Supplier Statements
Setting up new customers
Raising sales invoices
Raising credit notes when required
Responsibility for credit control including emailing and calling customers to chase outstanding invoices
Assisting in resolving accounts payable and receivable issues or queries
Ad-hoc accounting requirements to support the team
Liaising with third party providers, customers, and suppliers
Basic administration tasks
Inter-Company Reconciliations

Where you’ll work

Office 4

Harrison Suite The Nostell Estate Yard

Nostell

Wakefield

WF4 1AB

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

BARNSLEY COLLEGE

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

Delivery to be completed on site and off the job training either at Barnsley College or your place of work. Student to complete a Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

non specified (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
Number skills
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

• A positive can-do attitude and is a fast learner • Team player • Willingness to learn and progress

About this company

At Growers Direct we have been selling UK imported fruit for over 20 years. It is what we do, what we know and more importantly what we love! Growers Direct specialises in sales to Convenience Retail, Food Service, Processing Companies and Wholesale. We source the finest quality fruit from the world’s best growers. Buying produce ourselves ensures the product is food safe, and ethically sourced with fully transparent traceability. We have an office in Wakefield and another in Spalding. Growers Direct currently have a team of 18 employees. We support our subsidiary company Destination Produce Limited located in the UK and Ireland, who specialise in stone fruit.

https://growersdirectuk.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Life insurance – 4 times annual salary. Health shield benefits, i.e Eye test, dental claims, health support. Employer pension contributions of 6.5%.

After this apprenticeship

Possible growth to support bank reconciliations and payment postings, payment runs, month end journal posting and reconciliations

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BARNSLEY COLLEGE

Tracey Finch

t.finch@barnsley.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000289783.

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Closes in 7 days (Thursday 12 December at 11:59pm)

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