Assistant Accountant Apprentice

Apprenticeship Preventx Ltd; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established company in Sheffield offers an apprenticeship where you'll gain hands-on experience working with financial tasks and administration. Responsibilities include data inputting, liaising with management, and handling sales and purchase ledgers. Successful apprentices may secure permanent employment. You'll attend Sheffield College City Campus one day a week for training. Gain valuable skills while working within a professional team dedicated to quality service.

Benefits

Potential for permanent employment

Qualifications

• Required to work with Company Sage programme.
• Ability to perform general administration duties effectively.
• Strong communication skills to handle client queries.

Responsibilities

• Perform data inputting and manage financial tasks.
• Liaise with management regarding finance-related queries.
• Handle sales and purchase ledger duties.

Skills

Data inputting

Communication

Sales ledger management

Purchase ledger processing

VAT Return preparation

Education

Attendance at Sheffield College City Campus

Tools

Sage programme

Job description

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a well‑established company with a great team to gain hands‑on experience, new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

• Use of Company Sage programme & data inputting
• Liaison with the Managing Director and Company Accountant’s office regarding finance tasks/requirements
• General administration duties & phone cover, answering client finance and other queries etc.
• Sales ledger– checking, preparation, creation & sending out of invoices to clients
• Purchase ledger– collection, collation, checking, inputting of purchase invoices
• Some VAT Return duties– preparation of records/chasing missing invoices etc.
• Timesheets– collation and initial analysis of timesheets for payroll purposes
• Preparation of incoming/outgoing payments due lists
• Office/administration cover when required for bespoke work planning systems/phones
• Permanent employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship

About the Training

• As part of your apprenticeship you will be required to attend Sheffield College City Campus one day per week

About the Employer

Elite Security Systems Ltd. was incorporated in 2012. We are a company based in Sheffield, and invest in a directly employed, locally based work force. To achieve the very best in performance, we support our staff professionally and personally to enable them to achieve their full potential. All operate as part of a dedicated team committed to high quality customer care and service.

We work on some of the largest security systems, integrating the below disciplines into one complete set of security and fire solutions.