Accounts Assistant Apprentice - Colchester, United Kingdom - Sportsafe UK Limited

Sportsafe UK Limited

Verified Company

Colchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Since it's conception in 1997, Sportsafe now employs over 70 staff at three locations in Essex (head office), Manchester and Scotland.

Sportsafe offers installation, service and sales of sports and fitness equipment to more than 10,000 customers from the Shetland Isles to the South Coast in the including primary and secondary schools, private schools, sports centres, care homes and more than 120 county councils and fire, police and NHS authorities.

The company is ISO 9001; ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Constructionline Gold, Safecontractor, CHAS, AFPE accredited.

This accounts-based role will be assisting within our finance team.

In this role you will cover Accounts Payable and Sales invoicing and will include other areas of the Finance function.

Therefore, this role is ideal for someone who's looking to start a career within business Finance.

Responsibilities
The Apprentice Accounts Assistant will be expected to perform any of the following tasks:

Invoice sales orders upon receipt of notification of completion of work.
Management and data entry of all aspects of purchase ledger including validation of all purchase invoices, reconciliation of supplier statements, and supplier payment scheduling
Processing companywide credit card expenditure onto Access ensuring receipts are received for all expenditure.
Maintain accounts payable records and ensure filing is kept up to date.
To process Ecommerce orders on a rota system within Accounts team.
To assist with creation of new customer accounts on Access Dimensions.
Assisting with booking hotels for engineers as/when required.
To provide support and cover in any other area within the finance department.

The Finance team deliver outstanding support to our business and customers throughout the week, Monday to Friday, between the hours of :00, however flexibility to meet the needs of the business is essential and is especially true around month end.

The role will be fast paced but will be a great opportunity for someone keen to get onto the ladder within a Finance role to learn the fundamentals within a medium corporate business, working within a small close team to learn from as you work and study alongside an apprenticeship and the associated education and coursework towards the apprenticeship, so applicants must be aware this opportunity encompasses both the job role and separate study alongside, however you will be given time within working hours to complete apprenticeship work and tasks.

And the role is paid at the UK national apprenticeship hourly rate for the first 12 months.

Key Skills, Characteristics and Experience

Basic level of awareness of Microsoft Packages, especially Excel
High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communicator at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
Ability to develop robust working relationships
Strong team player
Proactive approach, results driven
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Selfmotivated