Finance Assistant Apprentice

Summary

The Apprentice Assistant Accountant role has a real responsibility, working to support the Financial Controller with day-to-day processing in the finance function. Your role contributes to the efficiency of the organisation through the processing and matching of transactions, identifying and troubleshooting differences.

Annual wage: £18,500 a year
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Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 09.00am to 5.30pm with one hour for lunch. Friday, 09.00am to 5.00pm with one hour for lunch.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 1 February
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

· Processing UK Parts Centre invoices onto our finance system.

· Matching UK Parts Centre invoices against purchase orders through our system.

· Goods Received Not Invoiced processing and maintenance.

· Process intercompany invoices through stock mark-up procedure.

· Investigating differences and anomalies on the above tasks with the Financial Controller.

· Supporting Intercompany reconciliations with the Assistant Accountant.

· Provide holiday cover and support over busy periods to the Accounts Payable team.

· Undertake a Level 2 Finance Assistant Apprenticeship, completing set modules on time and attending college as necessary.

· Use of Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

· Learn Crown administrative procedures, and how to use in house and partner software.

· This role is expected to evolve over time, taking on more responsibilities as skills are developed. One area this role would look to expand into is support for day-to-day fleet management.

Where you’ll work

* Rutherford Road

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 8PD

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

NEWBURY 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

Undertake a Level 2 Finance Assistant Apprenticeship qualification, completing set modules on time and attending college as necessary.
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

In addition to financial remuneration and participation, we our offer our employees various social benefits including but not limited to: • Company pension plan. • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. • Excellent discount scheme with access to the best perks from some of the UK’s biggest brands. • Employee assistance programme.

About this company

Since its entry into the material handling industry in the 1960s, Crown Equipment Corporation has earned a reputation for exceptional product design, engineering and manufacturing of its award-winning line of electric lift trucks. From our smallest pallet truck to our highest lifting VNA truck, our goal is to always provide the user with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic forklift truck possible. Crown supports customers with a wide selection of electric forklift trucks ranging from pallet trucks to very narrow-aisle VNA trucks. Our brand promise is: “Crown designs, manufactures, distributes, services and supports material handling products that provide customers with superior value.” Quality and performance are the foundation of Crown’s success. Since our inception, our company culture has always been about people performing and working as a team to ensure that quality is built into every forklift truck we make. Crown’s headquarters, manufacturing facilities and network of branches offer diverse and challenging careers in a broad range of professional and vocational roles.

http://www.crown.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

At Crown, we know that our employees are the driving force behind our success in the material handling industry. We cultivate a culture of passionate people and inspired innovation. In fact, throughout Crown’s history, more than 1,000 employees have reached a 25-year milestone, and we are proud to have travelled their career paths with them.
From employee training and development to competitive compensation packages, we invest in our employees, knowing that people are always at the core of what moves us forward.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CROWN LIFT TRUCKS LIMITED

Sam Ivey

sam.ivey@crown.com

07721598457

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292642.

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