Group Finance Apprentice

About this opportunity

This role will provide support to the other members of the Group Finance Team by assisting with a wide range of finance activities including transaction processing, data analysis, bookkeeping,, financial controls, monthly/annual reporting.

The following are examples of activities the role holder could get involved in. This is not an exhaustive list, and further ad hoc tasks should be expected. Similarly it is not necessarily expected that the individual will be involved in all the tasks listed.

• Assistance with gathering information for preparation of UK corporation tax returns
• Preparation of withholding tax relief forms
• Monitoring/tracking group tax compliance and ensuring all filings saved to central repository
• Liaising with overseas finance teams to collect and record statutory and management reporting submissions
• Review of basic financial data and the opportunity to analyse more complex information with experience
• Ad hoc analysis to support budget and strategic planning
• Support the accounting team to process banking payments, supplier invoices and supplier payment queries
• Assist senior members of the team with key financial review controls, such as revenue recording
• Collect and perform basic reviews of insurance renewal information
• Complete integrity and consistency checks of the group’s management and external accounts
• Helping to administrate the HMRC portal for all UK taxes
• Helping to administrate the group banking platform
• Assisting with new account set ups across all jurisdictions in which Renold operates
• General cash/liquidity management, for example monitoring daily cash and providing assistance with collating monthly cash forecasts prepared by regional accountants
• Assisting with ongoing bank account related compliance
• Assisting with drafting intragroup loan agreements, ongoing tracking/monitoring
• Providing assistance to Group Finance team in relation to interim and year end external audit
• Providing assistance to the Group Finance team in relation to the production of the annual Report

How you will be supported
Full training and support will be provided 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

What you should have to apply

• GCSE maths and English A*-C/9-4
• Good A-level results, including ideally mathematics

Personal Qualities

• A confident communicator in English, both written and verbal
• Enthusiasm
• A good work ethic
• An ambition to become a qualified accountant
• A desire to do a good job and to take pride in a job well done
• A willingness to learn and acquire new skills across different finance related disciplines
• Ability to work well as part of a team to achieve common goals

Skills

• Prior use of Excel would be preferable (ability to sort/filter high volumes of data)
• Good standard of numeracy
• A prior knowledge of double entry bookkeeping or any accountancy experience would be an advantage