Assistant Financial Accountant Apprentice

Secure Trust Bank; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading bank as an Assistant Accountant, supporting the Finance team while completing an apprenticeship. You'll prepare journals, perform reconciliations, and assist with financial reporting, all while developing your skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

Life assurance

Matched pension contributions

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

A wellbeing hour

Flexible benefits

Free fruit and hot drinks

Paid volunteering days

Free parking

Qualifications

• Interest in a career in Finance and willingness to learn new skills.
• Basic computer literacy in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journals through to the accounting general ledger system.
• Perform general ledger reconciliations to substantiate accounting balances.
• Support payment processing activities and resolve queries.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Education

GSCE in Maths and English at grade C/4 or above

Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

About The Role

Secure Trust Bank is a well-established UK Bank, having been incorporated in 1954. It has an exemplary reputation for providing banking services including a range of lending solutions and savings products. The bank operates from its head office in Solihull, West Midlands and currently has approximately 850 employees across the UK.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, but we cannot achieve our customer focused strategy without the right people in our team. At Secure Trust Bank, we know that people are our biggest investment, which is why a career with us is not just a job. It is the chance to be part of something bigger, to add real value to the Bank and help us constantly improve, in order to achieve our ambition of becoming the best bank in Britain. We believe in giving our staff autonomy, with initiative and exceptional performance recognised through a variety of individual and team awards and incentives. All our employees have a tangible impact on the Group's core values, and we are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, proactive and enjoy working in a fast paced environment. So join us as we strive to Grow, Sustain and Love the way we work.

Job Purpose

To support the Finance team in maintaining excellent service and support to the wider Group, by undertaking various accounting processes that support the the Group's general ledger, financial and regulatory reporting, whilst completing a Level 3 Assistant Accountant apprenticeship working towards achieving the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) professional qualification.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journals through to the accounting general ledger system.
• Perform general ledger reconciliations to substantiate accounting balances and take ownership of resolving reconciling items as identified.
• Prepare financial information and analysis as agreed with line manager.
• Support the wider Finance teams on timely delivery of accurate information for various internal and external reporting requirements.
• Development of effective relationships with both internal and external key customers.
• Support payment processing activities, assisting in resolution of payment processing queries from both the business and customers.
• Support the accounts payable function in resolving queries to ensure timely and accurate payment of supplier invoices.

Knowledge, experience, skills, other attributes

• Interest in a career in Finance and willingness to learn new skills
• Proven communication and relationship building skills
• Basic computer literacy in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Good problem solving and judgement.

Qualifications

• GSCE in Maths and English at grade C/4 or above
• Working towards a Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship

How you will be rewarded

Our entry level salary is £22829 per annum (depending on experience), you also get;

• Annual bonus scheme
• Life assurance
• Matched pension contributions
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off, on us!
• A wellbeing hour to spend doing whatever makes you happy
• A wide range of flexible benefits from Cycle2Work to healthcare checks
• Free fruit and hot drinks throughout the day
• Paid volunteering days and matched charity fundraising
• Free parking

At Secure Trust Bank you will not be a small cog in a big wheel, you will have the autonomy to use your skills and experience to drive our business forward and have a tangible effect on our success.

As a business we celebrate achievement and have a range of generous recognition schemes that reward both individual and team successes. We offer excellent in house training and development schemes and a range of external qualifications to enable your progression and career development. Every single member of our team has a personal development plan to help them achieve their goals, whatever their career ambitions.

Everyone is different. Everyone is valued

We're building the most trusted specialist lender in Britain. It's what we've been doing since 1952 and in that time, we've learned that we're more than the sum of our parts. We're a strong Group because of our people. And all our people are different.

Every one of our employees brings unique talent, ability and perspective to their role.

That's why Secure Trust Bank Group nurtures differences. We understand that we perform better because we're not cast from the same mould. We actively embrace and celebrate diversity, work with leading industry bodies and support initiatives that reinforce our philosophy of giving you the freedom to be who you are.

We're an award-winning bank providing savings accounts and lending services to over one million customers. We're Secure Trust Bank Group. We embrace difference.

Behavioural Competencies

• Risk Aware - We keep our custmers and us safe and secure
• Customer focused - Our customers are at the heart of everything we do
• Ownership - Each of us take personal responsibility
• Performance Driven - To be the most trusted specialist lender in the UK by each of us taking personal accountability for our performance
• Team Oriented - We achieve more when we work well together
• Future Orientated - Embracing change and implementing good ideas gives us a competitive edge.

About The Company

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, but we can't achieve our customer focused strategy without the right people in our team.

At Secure Trust Bank, we know that people are our biggest investment, which is why a career with us is not just a job. It's the chance to be part of something bigger, to add real value to the Bank and help us constantly improve, in order to achieve our ambition of becoming the best bank in Britain. We believe in giving our staff autonomy, with initiative and exceptional performance recognised through a variety of individual and team awards and incentives. All our employees have a tangible impact on the Group's core values, and we are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, proactive and enjoy working in a fast paced environment. So join us as we strive to Grow, Sustain and Love the way we work.

• Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits
• Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits