Trainee Accountant

TN United Kingdom; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Trainee Accountant to support the finance function. This role involves assisting with data entry, reconciling invoices, and managing financial reports. The company fosters a people-first culture, emphasizing diversity and inclusion, creating an environment where everyone feels respected. With a commitment to professional development, employees benefit from study support and a range of company perks, including private health insurance and a pension scheme. If you're proactive and detail-oriented, this is a fantastic opportunity to kickstart your career in finance.

Benefits

Study support after probation

Professional memberships paid

Pension Scheme

Private Health Insurance

25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Electric vehicle leasing scheme

Qualifications

• 1 year of relevant experience required in finance or accounting.
• Basic understanding of key accountancy principles and processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist with data entry, processing, and recording transactions.
• Reconcile invoices and identify discrepancies.
• Update the ledger and audit vendor bills.

Skills

Level 4 AAT

BSc/BA in Accounting

Basic Excel skills

Time-management

Strong inter-personal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Level 4 AAT

BSc/BA in Accounting, Finance, or relevant field

Job description

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Jointly owned by EDF and Dalkia, we are a leading technical services group operating nationwide in the UK. Housing key expertise under one roof, we provide specialist technical services in technical facilities management, mechanical and electrical engineering, energy performance contracting and systems integration and digital services.

We leverage the strength of our Group, without losing the personability of a smaller business. We are a people-first culture. In fact, our customers tell us that we build the best people and customer relationships in the business.

With an annual turnover of over c.£600m, c. 4,000 employees and a diverse and inclusive ethos, we are proud to attract great talent, nurturing and inducting our people who embed the Dalkia DNA and apply an innovative mindset across all customer engagements.

With c 80 employees, the Dalkia group centre has HR, Finance, Legal, IT, QSHE and Communications teams supporting our business unit colleagues in these specialisms. We provide technical expertise, governance, policy, guidance and support to the business units to provide a high-quality service to their own people and their clients. Roles in the centre work closely with Executive team to shape and deliver our strategic goals but also partner with the business functions to embed the values, behaviours and strategic ambitions.

Summary of the role:

Trainee accountant to support the accountant on the day to operations of the finance function, to ensure timely delivery, of the business-critical information against the set business timetable. At Dalkia, we have a healthy culture that value diversity and inclusion create an environment where everyone feels respected and included. This includes diversity in terms of race, gender, age, background, and more.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with data entry, processing, and recording transactions.
• Reconciling invoices and identifying discrepancies
• Issue invoices to customers and external/Internal partners, as needed.
• Update the ledger, reconcile accounts, and audit and process vendor bills.
• Administrative duties, including implementing financial procedures when they’re introduced into the department. You also get involved in budgeting and preparing financial reports. You should expect to manage work schedules as required.
• Reporting discrepancies, mistakes, or potential fraud to senior management
• Complying with financial laws and regulations alongside in-house policies
• Researching and resolving discrepancies in a timely fashion
• Dealing with subsidiary finance department queries.
• Assist Management accountant with Year-end audit participation.
• Daily bank reconciliations of the group
• Standing data analysis for NAV

General & Other Responsibilities:

• Set an example of hard work, enthusiasm, and loyalty in the performance of all tasks.
• Cooperate with team members and other departments.
• Ad-hoc duties as required.
• Good math skills and the ability to spot numerical errors

Skills and experience:

• Level 4 AAT, Or BSc/Ba in Accounting, Finance, or relevant field
• 1 years’ relevant experience required
• Basic understanding of key accountancy principles and processes
• Basic Excel skills
• Information management
• Time-management
• Strong inter-personal skills, being confident working with individuals across the group and wider businesses.
• Hard-working, proactive, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Encourage and challenge others to drive business objectives.
• Consistently acknowledges and appreciates all stakeholders’ contribution.

Company benefits:

• Study support provided once probation period of 6 months is cleared
• We pay for professional memberships relevant to your role and invest in our people’s professional development
• Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance
• 4 x Salary Life Assurance
• 25 Days Holiday (increasing on service) PLUS Bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• An electric vehicle scheme – where we help you lease an electric vehicle for a fixed monthly cost.