Apprentice Accounting Assistant

ACORN FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

BRIGHTON, BN1 7ET

Closes in 4 days (Wednesday 31 July at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 May 2024

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Summary

Creating financial records for clients. Duties include processing financial documents onto cloud based filing, performing bookkeeping and accounts preparation work and completing basic administrative tasks. Using cloud-based accounting software in Capium, Xero and Quickbooks. Reporting and importing banking entries using Excel spreadsheets.

Annual wage
£12,480 a year

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The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed.

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9:30-3:30 with a 20 minute paid break.

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Thursday 5 September

Duration

1 Year

Positions available

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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

  • Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship
  • Weekly college attendance during term time

Where you’ll work

99 BRENTWOOD ROAD

BRIGHTON

BN1 7ET

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

EAST SUSSEX COLLEGE GROUP

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.

    • Your training plan

    This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Any other 3 subjects (grade 6)
    • English Language (grade 6)
    • Maths (grade 6)

    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
    • Customer care skills
    • Number skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Positive attitude

    Other requirements

    The office is situated in the home of the Accountant. Clients will come for meetings to the office. Social skills to work as a team player and to work with clients, especially those who have acute anxiety over our work, is necessary. A can do, positive attitude towards learning new skills and methods is required. You will need to be able to manage your own study time, and manage studying and revising for exams in your own time, around work time and college day release. You will be a self starter and responsible, taking ownership for your tasks to perform and learning how to work to the standards of an ICAEW firm of accountants.

    About this company

    In 2012, I created my own accountancy practice and for the first time, ditched 100s of millions of pounds, consolidating accounts from businesses and branches worldwide, and reporting to the Financial Stock Markets, for a simpler life working with ordinary people and visionaries assisting them to live their dreams, whatever these were and whatever their challenges. It was a move I have never looked back on. Within my practice are currently two assistants who began working with me in the past 2-3 years. Their own knowledge and experience has assisted me in building up my practice which currently has over 150 clients. These clients range from the everyday builder, retail, designers, to owner managed companies and landlords. The client base covers all manner of industries and sectors – some environmentally friendly pioneering climate change to the everyday pensioner trying to finance their way through life and including local charities who are attempting to meet the needs of those they serve. I have one mission. Using my skills, experience, and knowledge, to make accounting accessible to all, relevant and jargon free. To assist those who wish to run and manage their own lives to navigate the rules imposed by governments and tax officials, and to come out stronger, meeting their goals and sustaining their businesses throughout their life until they retire. For these people are the backbone to our society. They are the life in our cities and towns. They are the ones we need to care for and nurture. And they live right next door. If you decide to come on board with me, I will take you on this journey meeting the ordinary individual and helping them to build their business from start up to a thriving enterprise, navigating the regulations and pitfalls of ownership, and taking away the stress of the finance role by providing the information they need to make decisions, and calculating tax payments due, whilst benefitting from any available reliefs and opportunities that come their way from changes in the rules. I believe in growth and building up from the bottom role, training and meeting high professional standards in passing examinations and key performance targets, so my assistants can manage their own client portfolio within this practice, and live their dream as a qualified Accounting Technician with AAT, or the accounting profession of their choice. I reward innovation in the role, proactive ideas, great team performance, accuracy and timeliness of tasks, and the desire to build strong client relations. The service I offer clients is a bespoke package that runs right alongside each client, taking away the stress of uncertainty, and replacing it with easy-to-understand reports, certainty about all taxes due, dates due for payment and management of those tax accounts, plus services to support the daily business finance role.

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

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    Permanent full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship with opportunities to study for Levels 3 and 4 AAT and then study to become an ICAEW Chartered accountant if desired.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    EAST SUSSEX COLLEGE GROUP

    Gill Ramsay

    gill.ramsay@escg.ac.uk

    07849 439561

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000253616.

    Apply now

    Closes in 4 days (Wednesday 31 July at 11:59pm)

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