Accounts Apprentice

About the role

Finance & Admin Assistant 📊

Are you ready to dive into the world of finance and gain some serious real-world experience? We're looking for a sharp, organised, and eager-to-learn individual to join our team. This role is perfect for someone who loves getting the details right and wants to make a tangible impact.

What you'll be doing:

• Keeping our purchase and sales records ship-shape 🧾
• Handling bank payments and receipts with precision 💰
• Inputting credit card invoices and performing monthly reconciliations to keep things balanced 💳
• Helping out with preparing weekly payments – keeping the wheels turning! ⚙️
• Entering crucial data into our farm stock database (GateKeeper system) 🐄
• Managing inter-organisational charges and reconciliations, ensuring everything adds up ✅
• Sorting through the daily post – the traditional way! 📮
• Maintaining smooth document flow within our paperless system (Docuware) 📄
• Organising and archiving important documents – keeping our records tidy 📂
• Providing telephone and reception cover – the friendly face and voice of our company! 📞
• Managing Petty Cash and balancing it monthly – accuracy is key! 💸
• Administering utility accounts, including council tax – important stuff! 🏡
• Taking on ad-hoc administration duties to support the team and keep projects moving forward 🚀
• Assisting with ad-hoc finance tasks to support the Finance Director and Management Accountants – learning from the best! 🤓
• Tackling any other tasks that come your way and are reasonably expected – flexibility is a superpower! 💪

What we're looking for in you:

• Essential: A strong pass in GCSE Maths (Grade 6 or above) – you've got the numerical chops! 💯
• Essential: An eagle eye for detail – nothing gets past you! 👀
• Essential: Fantastic interpersonal skills – you're great with people! 👋
• Essential: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) – you're a digital native! 💻
• Essential: A genuine eagerness to learn and grow – we love ambition! 🌱
• Essential: Excellent problem-solving skills – you can tackle challenges head-on! 💡
• Preferable: Car driver (unless you're lucky enough to live locally in the village!) 🚗

Key responsibilities

• Maintaining the purchase and sales ledgers
• Inputting bank payments and receipts
• Inputting credit card invoices into the finance system and reconciling the credit cards each month
• Assisting with weekly payment preparation
• Data input to the farm stock database (GateKeeper system)

Entry requirements

GCSE in: (English (grade 5/B), Maths (grade 5/B))