Accounts Assistant Apprentice

GROSVENOR HOUSE PAPERS LTD

KENDAL (LA9 6NP)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 23 May 2025

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Summary

As an Accounts Assistant Apprentice you will learn to process invoices, make payments, reconcile statement and deal with supplier queries. You will also assist with posting customer receipts, credit control and setting up new trade accounts. Your role will help to ensure that the Finance Department is run smoothly.

Wage

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

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am -5.00pm (one day release to Kendal College to study AAT)

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 15 September 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

  • Matching Purchase Orders with delivery  notes
  • Registering Purchase Ledger invoices
  • Communicating closely with Purchasing Manager and Warehouse staff to ensure all delivery discrepancies are reported to suppliers
  • Checking Supplier Statements and contacting them in case of discrepancies
  • Posting daily bank receipts and cheques
  • Processing Customer refunds and generating credit notes if required
  • Processing new trade/credit account applications
  • Assisting with Credit Control
  • Communicating with Sales and Customer Service teams to resolve customer queries
  • Credit Card reconciliations
  • Petty Cash reconciliation
  • Assistance with Month End accounts
  • Assistance with Year End accounts
  • Electronic documents filing
  • Generating month end customer statements
  • Communicating with the FD and MD
  • Working with spread sheets
  • Some HR duties
  • Ad Hoc office duties

Where you'll work

WESTMORLAND BUSINESS PARK
GILTHWAITERIGG LANE
KENDAL
LA9 6NP

Training

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

College or training organisation

KENDAL 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

  • Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
  • 1 day per week, term time will be spent at Kendal College

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths (grade Grade C/4 or above)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Computer Skills

About this company

Grosvenor House Papers Ltd is education stationery wholesaler, supplying exercise books, paper, craft materials, copier paper and office equipment to schools, local authorities and business nationally.

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

After this apprenticeship

  • Potential to progress onto AAT Level 3

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KENDAL COLLEGE

Sharon Tague

sharon@ghpkendal.co.uk

01539 726161

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322497.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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