Accounting Apprentice

ARNOLD WILLS AND COMPANY LIMITED

Uppingham (LE15 9TZ)

Closes in 30 days (Sunday 8 June 2025)

Posted on 8 May 2025

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Summary

Are you looking for an Accounting Apprenticeship? If so then Arnold Wills and Company in Uppingham are looking for you to work for them and complete your accountancy qualification. You will process purchase invoices and payments, reconcile all banks account statements to ledgers and so much more. Please read the full job description.

Wage

£17,240 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Thursday 08:00 - 17:00/Friday 08:00 - 16:00 - 1-hour lunch break applies on all days)

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 July 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

Arnold Wills and Company in Uppingham, Rutland are looking for an Accounting Apprentice to join their team. You will be able to achieve your Level 2 AAT qualification.

Arnold Wills and Company are known around the world for high quality leather craftmanship and timeless designs that are made to last. They design, manufacture and supply worldwide.

So, what will you be doing in this apprenticeship role?

You will learn about:

Purchase Leader:

  • Processing purchase invoices (matching against purchase orders or coding directly)
  • Ensuring the approval process is followed for all invoices, with timely and accurate records
  • Support the timely and accurate closure of purchase orders and GRNI and deal with queries (internal and external)

Payments:

  • Propose and process weekly supplier BACS payment, and also foreign supplier payments
  • Process ad hoc payments and transfers (approved by Head of Finance or their substitute)
  • Maintain Direct Debits, ensuring invoices are obtained, authorised and processed in a timely manner

Credit Cards & Expenses:

  • Credit Card expenses - process colleagues’ credit card expenditure each month, ensuring they have completed these correctly and authorised correctly (with all supporting documents)
  • Providing support as appropriate. And also personal expenses - process colleagues’ expenses ensuring these have completed and authorised correctly
  • Providing support as appropriate

Banks:

  • Reconcile all banks account statements to ledgers (daily or weekly as appropriate)
  • Identity and resolve unallocated receipts and payments, ensuring these are posted to appropriate ledger record
  • Identify the detail behind bulk receipts - Use the appropriate payment platform for example PayPal to break down bulk receipts into individual sales records and their associated commissions/deductions
  • Track deposits, investment & FOREX transfers and maintain petty cash ensuring that this is accurate and secure

You will be required to attend the Corby College Campus starting in September 2025 one day a week.

Where you'll work

10 Station Road
Uppingham
LE15 9TZ

Training

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

College or training organisation

BEDFORD COLLEGE

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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What you'll learn

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

Level 2 Finance Assistant.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • maths (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
  • Enthusiastic
  • Adaptable
  • Multi-Task
  • Organisation skills

Other requirements

23 days holiday per annum + 1 birthday holiday (+ bank holidays) - employer does close over the Christmas period and therefore these days are deducted from this entitlement – this year it will be 4 closure days) Performance related bonus, employee assistance programme inc. 24/7 GP access, staff discounts on own brand products,1 paid volunteering day per annum, 3 x salary life insurance, free on-site parking, staff motivation and welfare events, pension (age dependent) private health care (age dependent). Candidates must carry out an initial interview with a member of the Bedford College Apprenticeship Recruitment Team. Please be aware that the closing date is subject to change without prior notice. Please ensure you have checked the employers location to ensure you can get to work.

About this company

Arnold Wills and Company are known around the world for high quality leather craftmanship and timeless designs that are made to last. They design, manufacture and supply worldwide.

After this apprenticeship

The important thing to note is that this is a long-term commitment for this employer. They are anticipating that the apprentice will move onto a Level 3 apprenticeship post completion of Level 2 qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BEDFORD COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319595.

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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 8 June 2025)

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