Finance Apprentice
ELECOMM LIMITED
Sheffield (S20 1DJ)
Closes in 30 days (Saturday 18 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 September 2025
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Summary
The Accounts Apprentice main role and responsibility will be to aid and assist the financial department in whatever tasks need to be done at that point in time and will vary from Purchase Ledger to Sales Ledger Functions.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Half an hour unpaid lunch.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Processing supplier invoices including reconciling to receipted items within the company software and downloading any relevant invoices (such as company mobile phone bill) from supplier website on a monthly basis
- Ensure the correct treatment of CIS and DRC is made against subcontractors on invoices and payments and send out monthly CIS statements
- Check that all receipting is done in a timely fashion and chase up employees who haven’t completed theirs
- Code all purchase invoices and processes via accounting system daily
- Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements including any reasons for aged balances
- Investigate and clear queries relating to disputed invoices
- Regular follow up action required
- Contact suppliers regarding disputed invoices suggesting of the necessary action to be taken
- Assist in the preparation of the weekly payment run
- Check and process all employee expenses on a monthly basis
- Setting up suppliers and subcontractors in the company software and completing a credit check
- Completing a weekly creditors cashflow report for review by the finance manager
- Helping out with month end tasks such as the KPIs
- Process and reconcile all company credit card entries
- Provide cover for ‘Sales Ledger’ including processing of customer invoices and loading on to portals when necessary
- Review supplier accounts on a regular basis to ensure that all invoices and credit notes/invoices and payments including direct debits are allocated
- Work with all other team members to ensure that department deadlines are adhered to and met
- Ad-hoc reporting as and when required
- Any other ad hoc duties as required
Where you'll work
C4 Beighton Link Business Park Old Colliery Way Beighton
Sheffield
S20 1DJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
Assistant Accountant Level 3.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
Elecomm are one of the UK’s leading multi-disciplined business service providers, offering Electrical, Mechanical, Data and IT and Maintenance solutions. At Elecomm, we have a ‘One Team’ approach, we encourage teamwork by encouraging our multi-disciplined teams to work seamlessly together to provide our clients with a reliable service, ensuring that we go above and beyond to always deliver on our promises. We encourage trust and are always honest in our approach ensuring we treat both our employees and customers with respect.
https://www.elecomm.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days holiday plus bank holidays. Westfield Health Scheme.
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
Progression within the department to Accounts Assistant.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342804.
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Closes in 30 days (Saturday 18 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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