Accounts/finance Assistant Apprentice

About the role

🚀 Accounts Apprentice at CST Pharma 🚀

Ready to kickstart your career in finance? CST Pharma is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Accounts Apprentice to join our buzzing Accounts/Finance team. This is your chance to dive headfirst into a busy finance department and work towards a professional accounting qualification! 💯

What you'll be doing:

• Purchase Ledger: Find, match, and attach digital invoices to Sage 200. 🧾
• Invoice Processing: Post component invoices on ERP, matching and reconciling with goods received, and attaching digital invoices to Sage. 📦
• Claims & Returns: Post from Acre Aesthetics (Salesforce) and DMG (Outlook Dashboard) to Sage. ↩️
• Write-offs: Handle matched Goods Received Notes write-offs via ERP. ✅
• Monthly Accounts: Generate stock-in-transit reports for Acre Aesthetics. 📊
• Reconciliations: Reconcile reports to the nominal ledger monthly. 🧮
• General Tasks:
• Process and reconcile credit card transactions. 💳
• Re-qualify existing customers/suppliers and set up new ones on Sage 200. 🤝
• Assist with carbon emissions reporting for employee travel (business mileage). ✈️
• Perform bank reconciliations. 🏦
• Reconcile the invoice finance ledger. 🧾
• Sales Ledger:
• Credit control for DMG & Acre Aesthetics. 📞
• Create reports and chase overdue payments. ⏰
• Post and allocate payments across all companies on Sage, marking them as paid in each portal. 💻
• Enter and submit weekly Tesco invoices via their EDI portal. 🛒
• Manage average holiday reporting for payroll. 🗓️
• Handle data entry (when not confidential). ✍️

Systems you'll master:

• SAGE 200: Our go-to accounting package. 💻
• WMS: For warehouse management and stock reports. 📦
• ERP: Linked to our stock system, for sales/purchase ledger and treasury functions. 🔗
• Excel: You'll get training to create and analyze spreadsheets. 📈
• Salesforce: Specifically for Acre Aesthetics, for stock reporting and ledger functions. 🌟
• Web Expenses: Get familiar with our expenses package and credit card reconciliation. 💳
• Bank: Potential for your own login after probation – for setting up 'one-off' payments, checking payments, and searches. 🔑
• TESCO EDI: For submitting Tesco invoices. 🛒
• Spindle: An accounting add-on. ➕

Your learning journey:

Your apprenticeship will be a mix of classroom learning and practical experience:

• Fortnightly Workshops: Delivered at Walsall Training Centre by your tutor, covering new topics. 🏫
• Self-Study: Use the BPP and Kaplan platforms throughout the week to reinforce your learning. 📚

Travel to work:

We'll discuss how you'll travel to work as part of your programme. 🚗

Join us and grow your career! 🌱

Key responsibilities

• Manage purchase ledger processes, including invoice handling and reconciliation.
• Administer sales ledger and credit control, including payment allocation and overdue chasing.
• Conduct various financial reconciliations, including bank and ledger accounts.
• Generate reports and manage data for customer/supplier accounts and other tasks.
• Process credit card transactions and submit invoices via designated portals.

Skills