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Summary
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Assistant Apprentice to support the Accounts Department at Aura Infection Control. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day financial operations, maintaining accuracy, and meeting deadlines.

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

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Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours Monday - Thursday, 08:30 - 16:30 (30min break) and Friday, 08:30 - 14:00.
37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date
Monday 7 July 2025

Duration
1 year 3 months

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

Key Responsibilities

• Process and accurately inputting debtor invoices and credit notes.
• Manage payment processing and upload data to internal accounting systems.
• Prepare cheques and organize bank deposits as required.
• Maintain accurate daily balances and financial records.
• Investigate and resolve any financial discrepancies.
• Monitor and respond to daily finance-related communications and queries.
• Conduct credit control, including debt chasing and managing customer accounts.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations across all business accounts.
• Provide timely financial reports.
• Collaborate with other departments to manage orders (e.g., stationery, office supplies).
• Assist in managing departmental budgets and cost control.
• Process purchase invoices and credit notes accurately and promptly.
• Liaise with suppliers, clients, and third-party providers regarding financial transactions.
• Process staff expense claims and ensure compliance with policies.
• Assist in VAT reporting and ensuring compliance with HMRC regulations.
• Support internal and external quarterly and annual audits.
• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts.
• Maintain financial records using spreadsheets, sales/purchase ledgers, and journals.

Where you'll work

Unit 7
38 Ward Court
Faverdale
Darlington
DL3 0FX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE EDUCATION TRAINING COLLECTIVE

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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What you'll learn
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

• Level 2 Accounts/Finance Assistant at Stockton Riverside College.
• Functional skills Maths and English, if required.

More training information

This will be one day a week at Stockton Riverside College.

Requirements
Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade A*-C/9-4)
• Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)

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
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• High level of accuracy
• Able to work independently
• Time management
• Interpersonal skills
• Proactive
• Willingness to learn
• Able to prioritise work
• Detail-oriented

About this company
Aura Infection Control are the market leaders in dental infection control. We have been supplying innovative infection control solutions for almost 20 years. Our experience has made us one of the leading infection control suppliers in the dental market, as well as the wider infection control market in a variety of sectors. We introduced the UK's leading dental unit waterline treatment - Alpron to the UK market in 2003. We are very proud that Alpron has become the product of choice for treating dental unit waterlines to this day. In addition to our flagship dental unit waterline treatment, we are also a leading supplier of hand hygiene, surface disinfection, aspirator and handpiece cleaners, PPE and many other infection control products During the Coronavirus pandemic, we worked closely with key sectors to ensure frontline staff and patients are well protected. We are still a family company and we believe in keeping it personal. Going the extra mile and doing what's right to support our customers to protect their staff and patients. We know our products, we know the industry, and we know our customers... and if we don't know the answer we will find it.

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After this apprenticeship

An opportunity for a full-time position at the end of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE EDUCATION TRAINING COLLECTIVE

Anna Reeves

anna.reeves@the-etc.ac.uk

07436 795883

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324731.
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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 29 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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