Accounting Apprentice

INTEGRATED CARE GROUP LIMITED

Herts, SG12 8HG

Closes in 26 days (Friday 17 January at 11:59pm)

Posted on 9 December 2024


Summary

This role is designed for individuals who are eager to learn and develop their skills in payroll processing and financial accounting. The successful candidate will assist with various tasks related to payroll management and accounts, gaining valuable experience in a professional setting.

Annual wage
£16,800 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8:45am to 5pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 17 February

Duration

1 year 1 month

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

  • Assist in the preparation and processing of payroll for employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
  • Support the finance team in maintaining accurate financial records, including data entry and reconciliation of accounts.
  • Assist in the management of candidate records, including timesheets, leave balances, and other relevant documentation.
  • Respond to payroll-related inquiries from candidates and management.
  • Learn and apply accounting principles and practices under the guidance of experienced professionals.
  • Perform other duties as and when required.

Where you’ll work

Units 73/74 The Maltings Business Centre

Roydon Road

Stanstead Abbotts

Herts

SG12 8HG

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

HERTFORD REGIONAL 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

Working towards completing Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship Standard. Attendance one day per week (term time) to achieved AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

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
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Willingness to learn
  • Microsoft Office

About this company

Integrated Care Group is a recruitment agency specialising in the Healthcare sector. ICG searches, engages, and recruits healthcare professionals and places candidates into placements in addition to running the payroll function. Once a candidate is in a placement ICG maintain their compliance with regular monthly and annual checks to ensure the candidates remains compliant. Each candidate has a dedicated consultant who will maintain weekly contact. The accounts team manage the payroll process on receipt of weekly timesheets and work within specific timelines to ensure candidates are paid on time. The team is 12 strong in a small friendly professional office based in Stanstead Abbots close to the train station.

https://integratedcaregroup.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There will be opportunities for progression and a permanent position subject to performance.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

The Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeship@hrc.ac.uk

01992411572

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000291009.

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Closes in 26 days (Friday 17 January at 11:59pm)

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