Junior Accounts Assistant Apprentice

THE TELEVISION CORPORATION LIMITED

London (W6 8JA)

Closes in 24 days (Friday 20 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 February 2026

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Summary

Looking for a candidate that will be responsible for the purchase ledger Supplier and cover for Freelancers. 

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Depending on age 

Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 26 March 2026

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

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

  • Matching purchase invoices to purchase orders, with all finance checks to make sure invoices adhere to legal requirements
  • Dealing with internal and external people to resolve queries
  • Running payment list in Excel and carrying out extensive checks and obtaining authorisations, using SUM IF’s Vlookup and other formulas
  • Preparing and processing UK BACs payment runs for freelancers and suppliers
  • Preparing and processing multi-currency international payments.
  • Posting manual payments, ensuring the double entry is carried out correctly
  • Posting various journals, to ensure the supplier accounts are correct
  • Communicating regularly with the BT Stratford team to ensure urgent payments are flagged
  • Sending out payment confirmations and remittances via email
  • Cashflow Assistance
  • Using V-lookups and Pivot Tables in Excel to calculate the amount drawable from production accounts
  • Posting correction journals
  • Inputting Inter-account Transfers
  • Ensuring main company bank accounts are reimbursed from the production bank accounts as soon as possible
  • Reconciliation of creditor accounts
  • Monitoring key creditor accounts to make sure account runs smoothly
  • Maintaining good working relationships with suppliers and the production team
  • Running aged creditor reports for each company and working to keep a clear report this monthly
  • Processing S+ V expenses, ensuring receipts are checked and Vat calculated where applicable, and highlighting P11D items
  • Processing the payment of weekly expenses and obtaining necessary authorisations
  • Responsible for the postings
  • Provide information for the cashflow
  • Assistance with year-end and interim audit processes
  • Maintaining a neat and accurate digital filing system
  • Assisting other team members during busy periods
  • Other ad hoc duties

Where you'll work

4th Floor No 1 Smiths Square
77 85 Fulham Palace Road
London
W6 8JA

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

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

Every Thursday, face-to-face at the Orpington Campus. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade Grades 4-9 (A*- C))

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Patience

About this employer

Tv production media industry. consists of various companies under one roof ranging from sports, documentary style , factual and Video learning materials

Sunset & Vine, Mentorn Media, Firecracker, Pioneer, In The Womb, Videoarts, TVC Media

After this apprenticeship

To be discussed upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

Evelyn Nartey

evelyn.nartey@lsec.ac.uk

02039544152

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000017282.

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Closes in 24 days (Friday 20 March 2026 at 11:59pm)