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Roles such as this don’t crop up too often and this Trainee Accountant position is one that you’ll not want to miss!
Offering a fully-funded AAT Level 4 course, this is a training opportunity that offers plenty of development and progression! Joining on an 18-month contract, you’ll become part of a professional setting and will be offering your support to the company Accountant who works across a group of companies. The beauty of this role is not just access to the AAT Level 4 course, but also the variety on offer - believe us when we sat that undertaking a role such as this one will stand you in good stead and will undoubtedly strengthen your career.
What’s in it for you?
- Work hours: 9am to 5:30pm, Monday to Thursday, with a 5pm finish on a Friday
- Salary: £22,500 to £24,000
- Fully-funded AAT Level 4 course, with access to other training opportunities and apprenticeships
- 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, Christmas shutdown, and your birthday off
- Holiday buy back scheme
- Discounted travel and gym access
- Rewards for long service
- Career development opportunities
- Access to BHSF and wellbeing support
- Life Assurance
- Plus, many, many more!
Trainee Accountant Responsibilities:
- Undertaking fully-funded AAT Level 4 training to strengthen your knowledge and skillset
- Working with the company Accountant to support the preparation and production of management accounts for the group of companies
- Producing in-depth finance reports for the use of the senior finance team and wider business
- Supporting with purchase ledger duties which involves registering invoices and accurately checking and coding invoices
- Assisting with sales ledger duties which involves creating invoices and chasing overdue accounts
- Handling all day-to-day finance administration tasks, ensuring all finance, creditor, and debtor data is accurately added to the accounting software and up-to-date
- Managing internet banking to reconcile accounts and make payments
- Helping the wider business and finance function with finance-related queries and undertaking ad-hoc finance-related projects
Trainee Accountant Skills and Experience:
- Finance and Accounting Graduate or graduate-calibre Accounts Assistant/Finance Administrator with an AAT Level 2 or 3
- Experience gained within a finance-related role is preferred, and it would be a distinct advantage if you had experience within purchase ledger
- Possesses a keen interest in finance and accounting and has a desire to pursue a long career as an Accountant
- Highly organised, able to meet important reporting deadlines and prioritise a busy workload accordingly
- Strong eye for detail, able to work with accuracy and spot anomalies in data
- Good communication skills, able to liaise with senior team members and can clearly articulate
If this is an opportunity you’d like to explore, please send your CV for consideration!
