Accounts Administration and Hire Controller Apprenticeship
ADVANCED ACCESS PLATFORMS LTD
Sutton (SM3 9QL)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 August 2025
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Summary
If you are looking for your first step into working in an office, Advanced Access Platforms are looking for a number of apprentices to work from their Head Office in Sutton. This is ideal for those looking to take their first steps into office work in a busy sales office. The college course will run along your full time position.
- Wage
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£15,000 a year
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Salary and full time position will be reviewed after completing the first year when a substantial increase will be offered with the full time position.
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9am - 5.30pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
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
- Checking, uploading and filing invoices
- Helping run daily reports
- Dealing with customer payment queries
- Taking customer payments
- Raising and sending invoices to customers
- Answering the phone as required
- Responding to emails
Where you'll work
1 Kimpton Road
Sutton
SM3 9QL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH THAMES COLLEGES GROUP
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.
Training schedule
You will be doing 1 day college release to attend Kingston College to acheive your level 2 Accounts or finance assistant apprenticeship. This will be in addition to training offered by Advanced Access Platforms.
Qualifications include;
- AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
- Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Certificate in Bookkeeping
- Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers Level 2 Certificate in Accounting and Business
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
About this employer
Advanced Access Platforms Ltd is a plant hire company that specialises in powered access plant and the associated training. We are a privately owned company that prides itself on being one of the leading providers of this type of plant in London and the South of England. A hugely successful business that prides itself on service whilst offering the market leading products.
After this apprenticeship
On completion of the apprenticeship the offer of a full time position might be made, which can be one of any posistions:
- Full time role in accounts office
- Full time role in hire office
- Full time role with sales team
Or any number of other roles we have within the business, once you find your passion and direction, we can offer a carrer for life within our industry.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ADVANCED ACCESS PLATFORMS LTD
Matt Woolman
matt@advancedaccessplatforms.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335199.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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