Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship

at  LMP Group

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Skills & Personal Qualities Required:

• Ability to work quickly and with confidence
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Able to act on own initiative when the situation demands
• Good management, leadership and team working skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise everyday workload and implement continuous improvements
• Basic IT skills, good knowledge and experience using Sage Line 50
• High level of accuracy and attention to details
• Can be relied upon to produce high quality work and complete tasks
• Aware of the needs of customers/suppliers and the company
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Reliable, honest and disciplined
• Good at time keeping and able to work under pressure
• Flexible and willing

Qualifications Required:

• GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 4) essential
• GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4) essential

Key details:

• Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
• Wage: £6.40 per hour
• Location: Riverbridge House Street, Anchor Boulevard, Dartford, DA2 6SL
• Apprenticeship Standard: Level 2 Accounts Assistant
• Duration: 12 months

Overview of the role:
We require a proactive and experienced person to join our accounts department as an accounts assistant supporting both the Treasury and Accounts payable functions. The role will report to the Finance Assistant and Accounts payable supervisor

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the treasury function with reconciling company bank accounts daily
• Providing reports on balances and cashflows to senior management
• Assisting in the resolution of payment and receipt queries
• Assisting accounts payable with the processing of supplier invoices for both stock and overheads
• Managing deposits and balance payments with import suppliers
• Allocating payments to supplier accounts
• Assisting with the resolution of queries on supplier accounts including chasing up the relevant internal departments
• Assisting both treasury and accounts payable with any tasks in order to hit month and year end deadlines
• Miscellaneous payable related tasks requested by finance manager.
• Improving and implementing processes within the department.
• Producing reports for finance manager on payables and related.
• Setting up credit accounts with suppliers or customers
• Supporting the credit control team if team members are off