Apprentice Accounts Assistant
CT Skills, Nog Tow, Preston
Apprentice Accounts Assistant
£16,224 a year
CT Skills, Nog Tow, Preston
- Full time
- Permanent
- Apprenticeship programme
Posted 2 days ago, 4 Aug | Get your application in today.
Closing date: 22-08-2026 (In 16 days)
Job ref: None
Location ref: Nog Tow, Preston
Full Job Description
Introduction
You will be joining the dedicated Finance Team at Austin Lenika where you will support with office duties and develop important knowledge and skills for your apprenticeship.
About the Employer
Austin-Lenika provides Innovative Engineering Solutions for all industry sectors, including water, fuel and rail. This includes the full package from conceptional design through to client hand over and plant in use, covering all areas of design, manufacture, installation, commissioning, documentation and project management.What You'll Do
- Assisting with day-to-day bookkeeping
- Assisting with accounts payable and receivable tasks
- Supporting routine reconciliations and helping to identify data inconsistencies
- Recording financial transactions using accounting software (e.g. Xero, QuickBooks, Sage) and spreadsheets to enter and manage data
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records
- Supporting VAT return preparation
- Communicating with colleagues and stakeholders to support timely financial operations
- Contributing to the planning and reviewing of finance tasks as directed
- Assisting with the processing of invoices and credit notes, obtaining approvals, goods received data and matching against purchase orders
- Assisting with processing supplier payment runs and obtaining relevant approvals
- Assisting with matching outgoing payment run batches accurately to supplier accounts and sending out remittance advices to suppliers
- Assisting with month end tasks, running Aged Creditor Reports, reconciliation of supplier statements and liaising with Management Accounts team
- Assisting in submission & Payments of CIS and PAYE
- Creating and sending out CIS statements to subcontractors
- Keeping on top of purchasing office stock and supplies
- General office duties
- Minimum of 6-hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training
Training Outcome
As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.
Skills Required
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Logical
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Qualifications
- Desired - GCSE - None required - None required
Course Information
Course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Level: 2
Route: Legal, finance and accounting
Apprenticeship Level: Intermediate
Working Arrangements
Working Week: Monday to Thursday 8am to 4pm, Friday 8am to 3pm
Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Training Provider: CT SKILLS LIMITED