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Accounts Assistant Apprentice
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Accounts Assistant Apprentice to join our friendly team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to begin a career in finance and accounting while gaining valuable hands-on experience in a busy office environment.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Inputting customer receipts into Sage Accounting Software
- Processing purchase ledger invoices
- Assisting with bank reconciliations
- Helping with weekly payment runs
- Updating Excel cost trackers and spreadsheets
- Supporting credit control activities
- Assisting with service charge and ground rent demands for leasehold properties
- Helping prepare annual service charge budget packs and year-end accounts
- Monitoring the finance inbox and responding to enquiries
- Maintaining accurate financial records and filing
- Supporting the team with general administrative tasks
- Learning to use Sage, Microsoft Excel and other business systems
- Working closely with colleagues across the business
Where you'll work
COURTWOOD HOUSE
SILVER STREET HEAD
SHEFFIELD
ENGLAND
S1 2DD
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
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.
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As part of your apprenticeship you will be required to attend Sheffield College, City Campus on day release one day per week.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C or 9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C or 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
We are looking for someone who is:
- Enthusiastic and eager to learn
- Organised with good attention to detail
- Comfortable working with numbers
- A good communicator
- Willing to learn new skills and software
- Reliable and professional
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
About this employer
PPC Management is a growing property and construction management company based in Sheffield. We provide professional property management, maintenance and construction services across a diverse portfolio of residential and commercial properties.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Opportunity of permanent employment upon successful completion of apprenticeship.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Alice Mee
alice.mee@sheffcol.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046639.
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