Finance Apprentice

River Stewardship Company; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused environmental company is seeking a Finance Apprentice to assist with day-to-day finance operations, including ledger entries and payroll. The ideal candidate should hold an AAT Level 3 qualification and will receive structured classroom and online training. This full-time position in Sheffield offers an opportunity to gain practical skills and insights into finance management within a growing organization.

Qualifications

• AAT qualification at Level 3

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day duties of the finance function
• Regular posting of purchase and sales ledger entries to Xero Accounts
• Monthly payrolls
• Maintaining the fixed asset registers
• Month and year end procedures
• Petty cash payments including reconciliation
• Supplier payments
• Establish, maintain and reconcile supplier and customer accounts
• Credit control and chasing debtors
• Raising purchase orders
• Process supplier invoices ensuring goods received prior to payment
• Coding of supplier invoices and obtaining the necessary approvals
• Respond and deal with telephone and email enquiries for the Finance Department
• Maintain spreadsheet records, filing, storage, archiving and security of documents
• Monthly credit card reconciliation
• Ensure the safeguarding of all Company finances
• Reconciliation of Control Accounts
• Reception duties and managing company email accounts
• Assisting both Business Support and Finance team with other duties

Job description

Overview

The role provides support to River Stewardship Company and Riverlution CiC, delivering our social impact activities. Reporting directly to the Senior Finance Officer, the Finance Apprentice will support and assist in ensuring the smooth running of Finance Department operations. The Finance Apprentice will assist, ensuring that all employees and company processes run to maximum efficiency.

River Stewardship Company provides a commercial contracting service offering high quality watercourse maintenance and improvement projects throughout Yorkshire and beyond. We have a highly skilled, in-house team who design and deliver specialist projects which aim to restore and maintain healthy waterways and all the benefits they bring, through quality, innovative professional services. Our dedicated, commercial contracting team delivers invasive non-native species, tree and other vegetation management, habitat creation, access works and site furniture installation and improvements. We also deliver bespoke social impact and engagement programmes designed to inspire, empower and connect local people to their waterways. Alongside regular volunteer days we deliver environmental education, citizen science, guided walks and festivals and events. We are an ambitious young company with high professional standards and are committed to continuous improvement.

Full-time - 37.5 hours per week. Shifts to be confirmed.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day duties of the finance function
• Regular posting of purchase and sales ledger entries to Xero Accounts including managing incoming queries
• Monthly payrolls
• Maintaining the fixed asset registers
• Month and year end procedures
• Petty cash payments including reconciliation
• Supplier payments
• Establish, maintain and reconcile supplier and customer accounts
• Credit control and chasing debtors
• Raising purchase orders
• Process supplier invoices ensuring goods received prior to payment
• Coding of supplier invoices and obtaining the necessary approvals
• Respond and deal with telephone and email enquiries relevant to the Finance Department
• Maintain spreadsheet records, filing, storage, archiving and security of documents meeting all Data Protection requirements and responsibilities
• Monthly credit card reconciliation
• Ensure the safeguarding of all Company finances via the implementation and adherence of financial policies and procedures
• Reconciliation of Control Accounts
• Reception duties and managing of company email accounts
• Assisting both Business Support and Finance team with other related duties as required

Qualifications

AAT qualification at Level 3

Programme Details

The successful candidate will undertake a full review of their existing skills versus what is required in their new role. First Intuition will then advise on the best apprenticeship programme for them. This will be a structured AAT Apprenticeship programme at Level 3. A blend of classroom and online training will support the candidate to achieve a well-recognised accountancy qualification which will both help with their new role and potentially lead on to further study.