Accounts and Finance Apprentice

BCD Travel; City Of London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel management company is seeking an Accounts and Finance Apprentice to join their London team. In this role, you will support the finance team by ensuring accurate and timely accounting support while learning valuable skills in finance. Responsibilities include generating sales reports, raising invoices, and assisting with various financial projects. The ideal candidate will have GCSEs in English and Maths, strong communication skills, and a detail-oriented approach to work. This is an excellent opportunity to start your finance career.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including English and Maths at grades 9-4.
• Relevant qualifications and industry experience if applicable.
• Strong communication and IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Client Finance team with financial information and analysis.
• Produce accurate sales and transaction fee reports.
• Raise invoices and credit notes, maintaining accurate records.
• Support finance team with ad-hoc projects throughout the year.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Administrative skills

Number skills

Education

GCSEs (including English and Maths) at grade 9-4

5 GCSEs including English & Math (or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Accounts and Finance Apprentice to join the team at BCD Travel, based in their London office. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to begin a career in finance, where you will support the finance team by providing accurate, efficient, and timely administrative and accounting support.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Client Finance team, supporting the provision of financial information and analysis to both existing and prospective clients.
• Produce timely and accurate sales and transaction fee reports for review by Branch and Account Managers.
• Raise monthly and quarterly invoices and credit notes, accurately log these in Excel, and file documentation within the appropriate client directories.
• Monitor transaction fee reports to ensure all required approvals are in place, supporting timely and accurate invoicing.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly commission statements in line with agreed processes.
• Maintain accurate records of newly created client accounts.
• Support the finance team with ad-hoc projects and tasks as required throughout the year, using the organisation\'s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
• Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
• Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
• Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
• Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
• Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
• Record transactional data.

Qualifications

• GCSEs (including English and Maths) at grade 9-4
• 5 GCSEs including English & Math (or equivalent), with relevant qualifications and industry experience if applicable
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills

About BCD Travel

BCD Travel helps companies make the most of what they spend on travel. We give travelers innovative tools that keep them safe and productive, and help them make good choices on the road. We partner with travel and procurement leaders to simplify the complexities companies face toward their goals. In short, we help our clients travel smart and achieve more. We operate in 109 countries with a global client retention rate of 98%, the highest in the industry.