Account Assistant Apprentice

Accounts Apprentice – Level 3 Accountancy

Join our growing team and kick-start your career in finance with a Level 3 Accountancy Apprenticeship. Working alongside our experienced Finance Director, you'll gain hands-on experience in bookkeeping, reconciliations, customer accounts, invoice processing, and other key accounting duties. This is a long-term career opportunity, with the expectation that you'll progress directly onto a Level 4 Accountancy Apprenticeship upon successful completion of Level 3.

Full Description

Working closely with our Finance Director, who has over 30 years of accounting experience, the successful candidate will gain valuable hands-on experience across a broad range of finance and accounting functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete daily cash reconciliations
• Investigate and report account discrepancies
• Monitor customer accounts and chase outstanding balances
• Prepare and issue monthly customer statements
• Assist with bookkeeping and financial record keeping
• Process purchase invoices accurately and efficiently
• Support cash flow monitoring and reporting
• Prepare supplier payments and remittances
• Liaise with customers and suppliers regarding account queries
• Assist the Finance Director with a variety of day-to-day finance and accounting tasks

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

Training

Training Provider

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Training Course

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Understanding Apprenticeship Levels

What You'll Learn

• 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.