Apprentice Accounts / Finance Assistant
Lewis Business Recovery and Insolvency are looking for an aspiring Apprentice Accounts / Finance Assistant to join a growing team! The role involves supporting a team to ensure a professional offering of business recovery and insolvency services is provided to our clients.
To apply for this apprenticeship, please click the button below and complete the application form. For any questions or queries regarding this vacancy, please contact us on 01246 278931 or email recruitment@apprenticeteam.org.
Hourly Wage
£16,000 per annum
This mean you will earn the National Apprentice Minimum Wage
Working Week
37.5 hours per week,
Each week, you will work from Monday until Friday, from 9am until 5:30pm
Information
Level 2 Accounts / Finance Assistant with L2 AAT alongside
Taking roughly 12+ months to complete.
About Lewis Business Recovery and Insolvency
Lewis Business Recovery and Insolvency is an independent, friendly and professional practice that adds value to directors, lenders, creditors, stakeholders, accountants and other advisers by delivering proactive and pragmatic solutions to businesses and individuals experiencing financial difficulty.
Responsibilities & Tasks
- Reception duties to include answering and fielding calls and taking messages
- Greeting visitors & providing refreshments
- Ensuring office areas are kept clean & tidy
- Opening & distributing mail
- Franking outgoing mail & keeping post area tidy
- Practical administration tasks such as filing, posting, delivery, scanning, shredding & photocopying
- Monitoring all office supply levels and ordering in stationary as required
- Support case administrators, managers and directors in carrying out specific case related tasks
- Assisting cashier with client account postings and bank reconciliations
- Preparing accurate books and records inventories, and taking responsibility for the safeguard, removal and storage of such from company premises
- Data entry of case documents as required
- Complete appropriate banking and cheque request forms in
order to ensure that client estate monies are handled and dealt with correctly - Adhere to statutory compliance and current legislation, best practice and procedures under supervision
- Attendance on site at clients as and when required
- Prepare and maintain excel spread sheets, and providing analysis of data
Apprenticeship Programme & Training
- Full day-to-day training will be provided by the employer.
- This apprenticeship qualification is called Level 2 Accounts / Finance Assistant with L2 AAT alongside.
- The learning will be delivered by dedicated, industry-specialist tutors via remote or face-to-face sessions. The only exception are any speaking and listening assessments – these may be delivered in a classroom.
- These session take place once or twice per month, for roughly 1.5-2 hours, at a time convenient for both you and the employer.
Requirements & Prospects
Desired Skills & Personal Qualities
Skills: Communication, ICT, Organisation, Customer Care, Problem-Solving, Presentation, Administrative, Number and Analytical Skills.
Personal Qualities: Attention to Detail, Logical, Team Working, Creativity, Takes Own Initiative, Non-Judgemental and Patience.
Qualifications
Essential: Grades A*-C/9-4 in GCSE maths and English (or equivalent).
