Apprentice Accountant Assistant

Government jobs, apprenticeship; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Summary
This is an ideal opportunity which helps candidates to start building their future career in accounting through the apprenticeship programme. Duties will include:

1. Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions
2. Maintaining the sales and purchase ledgers
3. Setting up and updating cash flow report

Annual wage: £12,646.40 a year
Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday between 9.00am - 5.00pm. Day release for class. 38 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 25 November
Duration: 1 Year 3 Months
Positions available: 2

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 and updating cash flow report
• Agreed monthly reports
• Payroll Year End processing and reconciliation
• Printing of payslips
• Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions
• Dealing with bank postings

Where you'll work
184D Queens Road
London
SE15 2HP

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
THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED

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.
• Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data.
• Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements.

Your training plan

• You will gain AAT level 2 Foundation Certificate qualification
• Level 2 NVQ
• Accounting / Finance Apprenticeship Level 2
• Apprentices without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and take the test for level 2 prior to taking their end point assessment.

Requirements

Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:

• Maths, English (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

• IT skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Team working
• Non-judgemental
• Patience

About this company
We help relieve you of many of the financial and administrative worries of running your own business. We believe that only quality outsourcing will do, and to this end we manage the following services on your behalf: -Bookkeeping -Cashflow and profit forecasts -Management accounts -VAT returns

After this apprenticeship

• AAT Level 3 Apprenticeship
• Full time employment

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED
Brunilda Aliaj
[e-mail]
02072529331
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000238787.

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