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Payroll/Finance Assistant Apprentice

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About the Role
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a successful career in finance while gaining valuable hands-on experience with a respected and growing company. Working alongside experienced finance professionals, you will develop practical skills, industry knowledge, and a strong foundation for future career progression.
What You'll Do at Work
- Daily monitoring of payroll email inbox
- Assist in Processing of Payrolls
- Assist in Processing of Bacs Payments
- Upload pension deductions to Peoples Pension
- Processing of bank reconciliations
- Processing of expense forms
- Assist in the preparation of accruals and prepayment calculations
- Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
- Assist in the preparation of management accounts for small subsidiary entities
- Assist in the preparation of year end audit files and queries arising
- Assist with the budget process as required
Where You'll Work
Malhotra House
50 Grey Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6AE
Training
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Training provider
THE APPRENTICE ACADEMY LIMITED
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
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.
Training Schedule
These 1.5-2-hour weekly remote access learning sessions are delivered in real time’ and hosted by experienced AAT Tutors. The sessions are designed to bring learners together from multiple organisations (up to 15 people), so they can interact with one another, build confidence, share best practice, and enjoy the learning experience.


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Essential 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
Company Benefits
- 25 days holiday
- 25% employee discount in our leisure sites
- Pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Your Earnings
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Permanent Position
Permanent position in the company
Job title will change to Payroll/ Finance Assistant
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MALHOTRA GROUP PLC
Kaitlan James
hr@malhotragroup.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047270.
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