Finance Apprentice

Thorlux Lighting

Worcestershire, B98 9HH

Closes in 25 days (Saturday 15 February at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 January 2025


Summary

Opportunity to be part of a supportive successful and dynamic finance team, covering all transactional finance duties in a manufacturing environment - accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash book and general ledger.

Annual wage
£12,064 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday 08.45 - 17.00, lunch 13.00 - 14.00

36 hours 15 minutes a week

Possible start date

Saturday 1 March

Duration

1 year 6 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

  • Accounts payable - registering and matching invoices, managing the ledger and supplier queries
  • Accounts receivable and credit control
  • Cash book support
  • General ledger support

Where you’ll work

Merse Road

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 9HH

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

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE 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

Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2.

Training will take place once a week at either Bromsgrove or Worcester campus.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Math and English (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
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Literacy skills

Other requirements

You will need to be able to get to our site in Redditch as the role is office based, as well as to college.

About this company

Innovating sustainable lighting solutions for a brighter future. Thorlux Lighting are designers, manufacturers and suppliers of professional lighting systems.

https://www.thorlux.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There is a range of opportunities depending on ability and interest. This might be to take on a more senior role in the shared service centre (accounts payable/receivable), to move up through a management route e.g. to be the finance manager for one of the subsidiaries, or to move into management accounting and pursue further qualifications such as CIMA. Many of our senior managers have been with Thorlux since they were apprentices.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

Lindsay Prodger

lprodger@howcollege.ac.uk

01905743527

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295599.

Apply now

Closes in 25 days (Saturday 15 February at 11:59pm)

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