Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Government jobs, apprenticeship; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you as a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprentice with a dynamic design and manufacturing company. This role offers hands-on experience in accounting, where you'll learn to process invoices, manage financial data, and support the finance team. With a supportive environment and regular pay reviews, this apprenticeship is not only a pathway to a rewarding career but also an opportunity to gain valuable qualifications. Join a forward-thinking organization that values your growth and offers a full-time position upon successful completion of your apprenticeship.

Benefits

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Higher level AAT training

Chartered Accountant training

Team social events

Supportive team environment

Pay reviews

Company Pension

Qualifications

• GCSE in English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above) required.
• Willingness to learn accounting practices and software.

Responsibilities

• Process invoices and maintain documentation.
• Carry out stock takes and manage accounts software.
• Prepare financial statements and bank reconciliations.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Number skills

Team working

Initiative

Interest in Accounting

Hardworking

Education

GCSE in English

GCSE in Maths

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Summary
Swarm Training is working with TimeLine Gifts to help search for a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprentice (AAT Level 2). This is an exciting opportunity to join a diverse and exciting design and manufacturing company that supplies products to the heritage, tourist, and promotional industries.

Wage
£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Timeline Gifts will have regular pay reviews throughout the apprenticeship.

Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours Core working hours will be 37.5 hours per week, from 9 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday to Friday. A 30-hour week can be available if needed by a candidate.
37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date
Monday 2 June 2025

Duration
1 year

Positions available
1

Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You'll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Full training will be given for the below:

• Carrying out a stock take of the highest-value products and amending the stock and any subcomponents in the account's software
• Processing invoices and maintaining invoice documentation
• Processing customer and supplier payments
• Leading to working on the full Sales, Purchase and Finance Ledgers
• Processing of bank reconciliations within agreed time scales
• Examining data to identify transactional issues such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices
• Processing and preparing financial statements

The following may be required but are not a pre-requisite for the job

• Responding to queries from customers via email or telephone with high-quality customer service and promptly

Where you'll work

UNIT 2A BOWLES WELL GARDENS
DOVER ROAD
FOLKESTONE
CT19 6PQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE
Course contents

• Record transactional data.
• Use 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.
• Use 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.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you'll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

Training will be with us - Swarm Training, a national provider of apprenticeships throughout the UK. The successful candidate will work towards the Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant qualification; this apprenticeship will take 12 - 18 months to complete with assessments. The Level 2 Accounts Apprenticeship comes with AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting.

The apprentice is required to complete a minimum of 6 hours per week during working hours, working towards achieving the qualification. A tutor will conduct training sessions once a month, where the apprentice will be allocated tasks to be completed during working hours.

Requirements
Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English and Maths (grade Grade C/4 or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Number skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Interest in Accounting
• Hardworking

About this company
The Ancestors Group was formed in 1992, the company has worked designing and manufacturing products on the premises over many years, with the help of their dedicated outworkers, for names such as Harrods, Hamleys, English Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces, Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, Fluid Branding and many other famous clients both large and small. The business is located in a 11,000 sq. ft factory in Folkestone, Kent, where they now concentrate on research, design, development, and manufacturing services and products for trade buyers. The Ancestors Group also casts in eco-friendly resin, with 20 different manufacturing processes spanning their factory, allowing for a huge variety of products.

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Company benefits

20 days holiday plus bank holidays, Higher level AAT and Chartered Accountant training and qualifications available to work towards after completion of the apprenticeship, Team social events, Supportive team environment, Pay reviews, Company Pension.
After this apprenticeship

After successful completion of the apprenticeship, there is a full-time position available for the right candidate. Higher level AAT and Chartered Accountant training and qualifications available to work towards after completion of the apprenticeship - paid for by the company.

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C

Sophie Duffy

[e-mail]

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312605.
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Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025

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