Accounts Apprentice at Charity Assist Accountants

This is an exciting opportunity to work for local accounting practice. You will receive in-house training during your apprenticeship.

Duties will include:

• Answering the phone and reading/sending emails to clients
• Meeting and greeting clients when they come into the office
• Providing refreshments to visitors, if required
• Organising meetings
• Minuting meetings
• Photocopying, scanning and filing
• Data entry, typing document and raising invoices
• Ensuring that accounts are accurately monitored and recorded
• Client engagement
• Be able to work under own initiative and having the ability and willingness to acquire job related knowledge through self-development and by learning from others
• Providing excellent customer services to our clients, through incoming and outgoing calls, emails and face to face meetings
• Processing receipts, sales invoices and payments
• Maintaining financial records which accurately record the business’ incoming and outgoing finances
• Completing VAT return forms
• Ensuring that accounts are accurately monitored and recorded
• Dealing with a company’s payroll by processing wages and employee expense claims

Using VT Software to complete end of year accounts, assistance with independent examination, PAYE, filling, charity registration, policies and governance, and other general duties needed as part of work in a small practice.

As part of your contract of employment completion of the Apprenticeship Training Programme forms part of your duties as well as helping your personal and professional development; the requirements to complete the programme are as follows:

• Attend and be punctual for all induction sessions
• Attend and be punctual for all lessons with regards to your apprenticeship programme.
• Complete all required assignments with regards to your apprenticeship by the required timeline.
• Build up your portfolio of evidence on-going during your apprenticeship programme.
• Access support from your tutor/assessor as and when required
• Access support from your manager with regards to any evidence requirements or support as and when required
• Attend all work-based training/support sessions

• Must be able to use Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook etc.)
• Good communication skills verbally and written
• Polite and professional
• Good organisation skills
• Ability to work within a team
• Able to communicate well
• Be confident dealing with people
• We would prefer it if you have experience working in an office based, retail or Customer Focussed environment already.
• Ideally suited to candidates who have an interest in finance.

The candidate should possess the following personal qualities:

• Self-motivated
• Friendly and approachable
• Have ambition
• Have a passion for the voluntary and non-profit sector
• Good punctuality and attendance
• Be organised and efficient
• Mature outlook
• Well presented
• Polite
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Confident with a good work ethic and determination to go far
• Commitment to undertake continued training and development

• Desirable if achieved A-levels or is a university graduate (or equivalent)
• GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) in maths and English
• An IT qualification would be desirable but not essential (or equivalent)

• We would like the successful candidate to complete the AAT qualification and become a full member of AAT and work for us on full-time permanent basis
• There is also the opportunity to complete a professional business qualification following successful completion of the apprenticeship and employment

• The company is located near to a bus/train station so has excellent transport links
• Please check time it will take to travel and the cost
• Following applying for this vacancy the first stage, after your initial application, will be to attend an interview with Nichola Barnes via Zoom. If you do not attend this interview your application will not progress any further

For any further information on this vacancy please contact Nichola Barnes at Kirklees College on:

E-mail: nbarnes@kirkleescollege.ac.uk

Mobile Number: 07788390025

Apprenticeship Team: apprenticeships@kirkleescollege.ac.uk

• No contact should be made with the employer at this initial stage, the College is more than happy to help you with any queries you may have
• The salary may also increase after a probationary period, if the budget allows, following successful employment and production of the required work towards achieving the qualifications towards the apprenticeship training programme
• This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received. Please ensure you apply early to avoid disappointment
• Your employer will allow you time off for study and this will be part of your contract of employment. You should attend all required classes and keep up to date with any set work

Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that’s part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week)

The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW):

The Accounting/Finance Apprenticeship Level 2 Standard will require the candidate to demonstrate the following Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours during their apprenticeship:

Knowledge:

• Accounting Systems & Processes
• General Business
• Understanding Your Organisation
• Basic Accounting
• Ethical Standards

Skills:

• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Uses Systems and Processes
• Personal Effectiveness

Behaviour:

• Personal Development
• Team Work
• Customer Focus
• Professionalism

In addition to the above, as part of the apprenticeship standard the candidate will undertake and achieve the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) Level 2 Certificate and this will be delivered at Kirklees College.

The AAT L2 Certificate qualification covers the following:

• Bookkeeping Transactions
• Bookkeeping Controls
• Elements of Costing
• Using Accounting Software
• Work effectively in Finance

Online exams taken.

You will be required to attend college one day as part of your apprenticeship.