Apprentice Accounts Assistant

Location: Percy Doughty FARNWORTH (BL4 9TN)
Salary: £20,280 a year
Hours: Mon – Thurs 8.30am to 5pm, Fri 8.30am to 4pm 39 hours per week.
Start date: Monday 2 November 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1

Summary:
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our company for an apprentice account assistant. This is a great way to start your career in the finance industry. Working with the busy accounts team you will work with varied finance duties.

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 includes:

• Processing purchase invoices onto the system.
• Processing staff expenses onto the system.
• Ensuring the company’s authorisation procedures are implemented at all times.
• Managing the accounts and invoice filing.
• Ensuring all invoices are correctly coded both nominal and VAT, authorised and paid within creditors time restrictions.
• Chasing overdue invoices by telephone, email & letter within agreed timescales.
• Maintaining accurate records of all chasing activity.
• Regularly making contact with customers to ensure all relevant debts are managed as necessary.
• Ensuring that all transactions are compliant with the company's policies.
• Providing accurate advice on billing queries.
• Responding promptly and completely to both client and internal enquiries.
• Providing ad-hoc reporting as and when requested by management.
• Undertaking account reconciliations as required.
• Ensuring monthly processing deadlines are met as required.
• Monitoring daily communications and answering any queries from customers and suppliers.
• Ensuring payments, amounts and records are correct.
• Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers.
• Recording and filing cash and credit card transactions.
• Controlling credit and chasing debt.
• Invoice and credit note processing and filing.
• Liaising with third party providers, clients and suppliers.
• General office duties (post, filing etc…).

Training:
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills. Training provider: SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Training course: Business administrator (level 3)
What you'll learn:
Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to:

• Write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data.
• Choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem.
• Update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
• Produce accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals.
• Make recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management.
• Draft correspondence, write reports and review others' work.
• Maintain records and files, handle confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures.
• Coach others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
• Exercise proactivity and good judgement.
• Make effective decisions based on sound reasoning and deal with challenges in a mature way.
• Seek advice from more experienced team members when appropriate.
• Build and maintain positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation.
• Demonstrate ability to influence and challenge appropriately.
• Become a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
• Demonstrate good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms.
• Use the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrate agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately.
• Understand and apply social media solutions appropriately.
• Answer questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
• Complete tasks to a high standard.
• Demonstrate the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and continuously improve their work.
• Review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements.
• Share administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coach others to perform tasks correctly.
• Apply problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and be a key point of contact for addressing issues.
• Manage expectations of colleagues at all levels and set a positive example for others in the workplace.
• Make suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation).
• Manage resources e.g. equipment or facilities.
• Organise meetings and events, take minutes during meetings and create action logs as appropriate.
• Take responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
• Use relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report.
• Plan required resources to successfully deliver projects.
• Undertake and lead projects as and when required.