Trainee Accounts Assistant

Robertson Group; Stirling; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Trainee Accounts Assistant to join their dynamic team in Stirling. This role provides an excellent opportunity to kickstart your career in finance, where you'll gain valuable skills and qualifications while working on essential tasks like month-end reporting, credit control, and purchase order matching. With a commitment to professional development, the company ensures that you receive support throughout your traineeship. If you're eager to learn and grow in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts with Hapi Rewards App

Annual Flu Vaccine

Access to E-Learning

Health & Wellbeing Support

Life Management & Financial Support

Qualifications

• Prepared to work towards HND/HNC.
• Nat 4/5/GCSE equivalent in Maths and English required.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in month-end processes and reporting.
• Assisting with year-end procedures and credit control duties.

Skills

Mathematics

English Communication

Computer Literacy

Team Collaboration

Methodical Approach

Initiative

Education

HND/HNC

Nat 4/5/GCSE equivalent

Job description

Overview

Your career path. See it our way.

Role: Trainee Accounts Assistant

Location: Stirling

Customers. Homes. Lifestyle. At Robertson Residential Group, we see them our way. We’re open enough to understand what really matters. Honest enough to put our customers first, every time. Respectful enough to always think locally and create homes that work for everyone. Join us and you’ll join the UK’s largest family-owned construction, infrastructure and support services businesses. As a Trainee Accounts Assistant you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the communities we support, and for a truly sustainable future.

Your new role

Ready to head into the world of work? A Traineeship could be your ideal start to the next phase of your career. You’ll learn about the job, on the job, whilst we support you through further studies, so you’ll gain qualifications as well as work experience and skills.

About the role:

• Involvement in month end processes and reporting timetable
• Assisting with year-end procedures and tasks as required
• Credit control duties to ensure that all amounts owed are recovered as quickly as possible
• Matching purchase orders, GRN’s and invoices
• Assisting with monthly CIS submissions
• Working across all finance department functions as required in order to deliver on timetables and departmental requirements

What you'll need:

• Prepared to work towards HND/HNC
• Nat 4/5/GCSE equivilent in Maths and English required
• Ability to work under pressure
• Methodical approach
• Computer literate and numerate
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literate
• Willingness to learn
• Dedication and ambition to develop within the role

About you:

As a Trainee we understand this may be one of your first roles so we’re looking for someone with a genuine interest in Accounts. Experience within this sector would be great however if you can demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative and demonstrate a methodical approach with excellent written and verbal communications skills this could be the role for you. We will support you through your Traineeship to develop and progress in your chosen career path.

What's in it for me

Our Principles - The Robertson Way

Our principles are our roadmap to achieving positive outcomes and delivering on our purpose. They influence daily decisions around what we do and how we do things, creating an environment ofgrowth, innovation and high performance.

We listen

Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, and gives customers, partners and colleagues the assurance that their voices are always heard.

We are professional

Our mix of prudence and diligence, care and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do and trust us to deliver.

We take responsibility

Each of us is accountable for what we do. From the smallest detail to team safety and caring for our communities and the environment, we know that everything matters.

We are determined to succeed

Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity and quality to find solutions we can be proud of and that provide a positive, lasting benefit.

We are one team

We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and with our customers. We respect each contribution, and everyone stands up to be counted. We are Team Robertson.

For more information on our principles and culture, please visit: https://www.robertson.co.uk/careers/culture

Benefits of working with Robertson:

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and employee benefits such as:

• 33 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time or FTC positions, increases with length of service)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out etc.) with Hapi Rewards App
• Annual Flu Vaccine
• Access to E-Learning
• Health & Wellbeing Support
• Life Management & Financial Support

Diversity & Inclusion:

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Robertson. That’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome, and where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.

Apply now

If you’ve got what it takes to look at things differently, to find new perspectives, and to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary, we’d love to meet you. To apply for this role and to start seeing things our way,submit your CV.

This role will be subject to pre-employment screening, including references. The level of screening may vary depending on role responsibilities and will be discussed at interview.