Junior Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Summary

Eager to learn, adaptable, and a team player? Confident with numbers and strong Excel skills? This could be your next step! This role offers a fantastic chance to build your finance career in a dynamic and encouraging setting.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 08.30 - 17.00, with 1hr unpaid lunch.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 2 June 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

Eager to learn, adaptable, and a team player? Confident with numbers and strong Excel skills? This could be your next step!

This role offers a fantastic chance to build your finance career in a dynamic and encouraging setting. You'll support key financial operations, working closely with colleagues across departments. You'll gain confidence in financial and operational systems and acquire well-rounded accounting experience - all within a supportive team that champions growth and collaboration.

You will assist with recording daily financial transactions, performing reconciliations, handling queries, closing the month end and year end accounts, and you will support the FM and AFM with financial admin and ad hoc tasks.

Once fully trained, your key responsibilities would be

Accurate and timely recording of financial transactions
Bank reconciliation
Credit Card reconciliation
Process purchase invoices from Paperless to Sage200
Reconcile supplier statements
Assist with supplier queries
Weekly customer invoicing
Send out customer statements
Process customer payments
Scan and e-file of finance documents
Assist with month-end and year-end close
Support FM and AFM with financial admin and ad hoc duties

Where you'll work

THE AVENUE
LASHAM
ALTON
HAMPSHIRE
GU34 5SU

Training

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

College or training organisation

BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Your 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.

Your training plan

Training will occur 1 day a week at Basingstoke College of Technology and the rest at Site Equip.

Each unit will be assessed by way of a computerised examination. Successful completion of all exams at each level will result in the qualification being awarded.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C (4))
Maths (grade C (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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Supplying sanitation and welfare to the events, construction and building industries across the South since 1988.

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After this apprenticeship

AAT Professional Accounting Tax-Technician Apprenticeship.

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