Assistant Finance Apprentice

About this opportunity

This role will help the company with credit control, chasing debtors and getting the money in, dealing and building those stakeholder relationships. Being responsible for dealing with high value invoices.

A normal day would include:

• Perform daily bank reconciliations in Xero
• Process and upload purchase invoices using Dext, ensuring accurate data entry and correct coding
• Carry out credit control tasks, including debtor chasing and maintaining accurate debtor records
• Import customer payments and assist with reconciling them against sales invoices
• Import sales invoices and issue them to customers in a timely manner
• Support the preparation of supplier payment runs for review and approval
• Monitor and manage the finance inbox, responding to customer and supplier queries or escalating where appropriate
• Support VAT preparation by ensuring transactions are correctly coded
• Provide general administrative and ad hoc support to the finance team
• Assist with the preparation of reports, including margin and management reports

How you will be supported
Full training and support will be provided by The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role.

What will happen next
New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team. You will then have the opportunity to find out:
• More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
• Any training you need to complete
• What the next steps will be

How you could get there
If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take.

What you should have to apply

• GCSE Maths and English grades 4-9/A*-C
• Level 2 in Accounting AAT

Personal Qualities

• Confident, it’s a vibrant office and sales so needs to be adaptable, problem solving, technical and maths focussed, common sense
• Not phased sitting next to CEO or Directors in small office
• Company has themed days and celebrate success as a team so team player

Skills

• Strong attention to detail with a willingness to learn and develop
• Previous exposure to credit control and debt chasing, with confidence speaking to clients by phone
• Basic understanding of accounting principles (through studies or prior experience)
• Comfortable working with numbers and spreadsheets (Excel)
• Organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Good communication skills with a professional approach

Desirable (but Not Essential)
• Experience using Xero and Dext