Apprentice Accounts Assistant

Introduction

Apprentice Accounts Assistant is a full-time role in a close-knit finance team of three. You'll support day-to-day financial operations, including bookkeeping, purchase and sales invoice processing, expense approvals, and managing the shared finance inbox. As your experience grows you'll assist with accruals, prepayments and reconciliations.

About the Employer

Our mission is to make the world fairer.

Pearn Kandola LLP are one of the world's leading diversity and inclusion consultancies. We believe all businesses should embrace the power of difference. That's why diversity and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do, and our expertise in this area covers the entire employee journey. 

Based in Oxford yet working world-wide with clients from every sector of industry, we have a team of outstanding employees and a strong associate network. Through every project we help businesses understand the value of difference so that they can be more inclusive, more inspired, and more successful. A diverse workforce can play a vital role in inspiring businesses to achieve any objective. We help our clients to embrace difference, whether that be in ethnicity, gender or working style, and use it as a springboard to go out and do greater things.

What You'll Do

• Shared ownership of the purchase ledger• Shared ownership of the purchase ledger
• Processing supplier invoices
• Setting up and maintaining supplier accounts in Xero
• Preparation of supplier batch payments 
• Monitor the internal purchase order tracker
• Process employee credit card and cash expenses
• Manage supplier invoice queries
• Support with monthly reconciliation of consultancy revenue (delivered v billed)
• Raise sales invoices during busy periods
• Cash allocation of incoming receipts
• Credit control activity
• Assist the Accounts Assistant with month end management account reconciliation
• Assist the Finance Manager with month end/year end accounts

Training Outcome

• An opportunity to join a small business and become part of a supportive finance team
• As you develop in the role and progress through your AAT studies, you'll have the opportunity to take on greater responsibility and advance your career
• You'll gain hands-on experience across all aspects of the finance function at Pearn Kandola, from bookkeeping and transactional finance through to budgeting and financial reporting
• This is a varied role that will grow with your skills and experience, offering excellent exposure to all areas of accountancy

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working

Qualifications

• Essential - GCSE - English - 5
• Essential - GCSE - Maths - 5

Course Information

Course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Level: 2

Route: Legal, finance and accounting

Apprenticeship Level: Intermediate

Working Arrangements

Working Week: This hybrid role is based in Kidlington, with office attendance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (9.00am - 5.00pm). Mondays are college study days. Thursdays and Fridays are remote, except the last Friday of each month which is office-based for business briefings.

Expected Duration: 1 Year 1 Month

Training Provider: ABINGDON AND WITNEY COLLEGE

This employer is part of the Disability Confident scheme, committed to employing disabled people.