Finance Assistant Apprentice - px Group Cogent Ssc Limited

Location

Stockton on Tees, County Durham | United Kingdom

Job description

What you will do in your working day

We are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to embark on a career in finance with a leading global company within the industrial sciences sector.

The Finance Apprentice will be a key member and contributor to the px Finance Department - part of a highly skilled, self-motivated team whose primary objective is to ensure px meet company, statutory and all other regulatory financial requirements to the specified standards.

Due to our continuing growth, we’re pleased to offer a new apprenticeship opportunity at our head office for a Finance Apprentice.

The Finance Apprentice will be a key member and contributor to the px Finance Department - part of a highly skilled, self-motivated team whose primary objective is to ensure px meet company, statutory and all other regulatory financial requirements to the specified standards. Under the direction of the Finance Manager and working alongside the Finance, Purchasing and site operations departments, completing administrative duties including invoice processing and book-keeping.

The Finance Apprentice will support a diverse range of finance administration duties, including:

• timely and accurate processing and matching of purchase invoices, sales invoices, resolving payment queries, supplier statement reconciliations, supporting payment runs, maintaining spreadsheets, contributing towards accurate month-end reporting, document control (filing, photo-copying and scanning)
• provision of excellent customer service & positive promotion of the finance department to internal & external customers & colleagues, in line with changing business needs and finance strategies and requirements
• helping to provide and ensure a safe, tidy and welcoming office environment at all times
• answering telephone calls & resolving queries whenever possible, appropriately forwarding messages clearly and precisely
• helping, preparing and ensuring outgoing mail is sent at the required time and incoming mail is correctly distributed in a timely manner

This is a fantastic opportunity to embark on a career in finance with a leading global company within the industrial sciences sector.

The training you will be getting

Qualification: Accounts / Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard

AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting

Apprenticeship Standard: Accounts / Finance Assistant

Training Provider: The Apprentice Academy

Delivery model: Weekly on-line teaching sessions with an AAT tutor, regular online meetings with support coach and 12-weekly progress reviews. AAT exams will be undertaken and invigilated in a local AAT-approved centre (Stockton Riverside College).

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

This role is part of our talent planning for the future and, for the right person, we are looking to continue to develop the Apprentice upon successful completion of the Apprenticeship.

Our business is growing, is fast paced and evolving so there may be the opportunity to gain permanent employment in the team, subject to performance, successful completion of the Apprenticeship, and a role being available.

Completion of this apprenticeship will provide the foundation to progress to the Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship, which incorporates the Level 3 AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting.

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Salary

£10.3k per annum