The Place Young People's Company - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - Inspire ATA

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The Place Young People's Community are looking for an enthusiastic and hard working individual to work towards achieving a Level 3 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship.

To accurately record and process financial information across the business, aligned to accounting standards and controls, resolving discrepancies and providing data and support to aid decision making.


Key Accountabilities;

  • Processing and reconciling financial data, information and payments meeting all compliance and EYP standards and expectations
  • Recording and accurate posting of accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices and payments, resolving queries and disputes through to resolution
  • Providing accurate and up to date payroll information to provider within agreed timescales
  • Supporting key colleagues, homes and schools with financial processing and reporting
  • Processing and reconciling financial data, information and payments meeting all compliance and EYP standards and expectations
  • Conducting month end reporting and reconciliation of monthly accounts, ensuring all information is accurate and delivered within agreed timeframes and schedules
  • Posting of accurate costs, accruals and prepayments to the relevant systems and standards
  • Maintaining accurate posting of activities to the right journals and cost centres
  • Providing day to day cash management, cash/funding allocation and reporting
  • Accurate month end reconciliation delivered accurately and within agreed timeframes
  • Systems, journals and cost centres are accurate and up to date
  • Cash/funding accurately allocated and reported on within agreed time frames
  • Recording and accurate posting of accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices and payments, resolving queries and disputes through to resolution
  • Recording and processing of supplier invoices and payments in line with payment schedules
  • Reconciling supplier statements, resolving and escalating, where appropriate, queries and disputes through to resolution
  • Processing colleague expenses accurately and in line with agreed approval levels
  • Maintaining accurate and up to date accounts payable purchase ledgers and cash books
  • Checking customer invoices are accurate and are distributed in a timely manner
  • Reconciling customer payments
  • Monitoring and managing customer queries and discrepancies through to resolution, in conjunction with key colleagues and finance team members
  • Identifying, monitoring and following up on unpaid and old debts through to payment agreement
  • Maintaining accurate and up to date accounts receivable ledgers and journals
  • Ledgers, cashbooks and journals are accurate and up to date
  • Statements, invoices and payments are accurately reconciled
  • Queries, disputes and discrepancies are resolved within agreed timeframes
  • Providing accurate and up to date payroll information to provider within agreed timescales
  • Collating and reviewing payroll date and information, ensuring that accurate information is provided to payroll outsourced partner/provide
Managing all changes to colleague information, ensuring that information is updated, accurate and supplied to payroll outsourced partner/provider for action, including but not limited to;

  • Change in colleague status
  • Change in role status
  • Change in contract/benefits
  • New starters
  • Leavers
  • Conducting payroll auditing and accuracy spot checks, identifying and correcting information and data quickly
  • Providing the first point of contact for payroll related queries, ensuring these are resolved

Measures of Success;

  • Payroll information provided is accurate and up to date for each payroll cycle
  • Payroll queries are resolved within agreed time frames
  • Supporting key colleagues, homes and schools with financial processing and reporting
  • Conducting financial record audits across homes and schools, providing feedback and corrective action support
  • Gaining feedback and requirements from operational colleagues regarding financial support and provision, recommending improvement to processes, reporting and ways of working
  • Providing accurate and up to date financial reporting and query management to key colleagues/managers
  • Contributing to identifying risks and opportunities, assisting in the tracking of agreed actions to achieve performance
  • Supporting the provision of month end processing and report production, annual budgets and forecasting through accurate data and information
  • Providing data and information to support key and adhoc projects and continuous improvement activities

Measures of Success;

  • Colleague/stakeholder feedback is at expected levels
  • Audit actions are owned and monitored to completion
  • Risks and opportunities have owners and plans in place to address these
  • Project and adhoc information is accurately provided within agreed timeframes

Skills Required & Qualifications;

  • Committed to working towards recognised accounting qualification
  • Experience of and working knowledge of finance an

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