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Accountancy Apprenticeship

Employer
Confidential
Location
Sheffield
Salary
17000.00 - 17290.00 GBP Annual + Excellent Benefits
Closing date
23 Aug 2021

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Specialism
Other
Sector
Unspecified
Role Type
Apprenticeship
Start Date
Immediate
Duration
Permanent
One of the UK's largest and foremost law firms is currently offering an opportunity to complete a 2 year accountancy apprenticeship at their Sheffield office.

This is a fantastic opportunity to begin your career and develop your accounting skills as part of one of the UK's top law firms. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you'll receive the Level 3 AAT Advanced Diploma qualification which is a great foundation to flourish within a finance setting.

Many people accept permanent roles with the business after completing their apprenticeship. The scheme will help you develop your skills further and you will have opportunities to advance to more senior positions. Wherever your career takes you, you'll have an industry-recognised qualification and training from one of the UK's top law firms as proof of your skills and knowledge.

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The Role
As part of the Finance Operations Team, you will gain unique exposure to a high volume, fast paced, central support function. The role will initially be placed within the Electronic Payments Team which will provide exposure to dealing with approximately 32,000 electronic receipts and payments each month. The role will also support rotation through Operational Finance teams to support data entry and team objectives for service provision to the business, to include sales ledger processing, purchase ledger processing and controls, bank reconciliations and regulatory reporting.

The academic element of the apprenticeship is delivered though the company's chosen training provider. You will spend 20% of your time studying, building your base knowledge. Throughout the apprenticeship you will attend regular one-to-one meetings with a trained assessor.

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The Candidate
Qualifications needed???
- 5 GCSEs at grades 4 to 9 (A to C) including Maths and English (or equivalent)
- 3 A Levels at grade A - C (excluding General Studies)

On top of your strong academic background you must be able to demonstrate???
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to work equally effectively as part of a team and alone
- Strong time management and organisational skills, able to deal with high volumes of work and show attention to detail
- Numerate and accurate, with excellent problem-solving ability
- IT proficiency, in particular MS Office packages including Word, Office and Excel

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The Package
Yearly salary GBP17,290, working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.

You'll also receive the following benefits with the role:
- A huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace
- Westfield health membership, offering discounted leisure and travel and refunds on medical services

Full details of the package on offer will be revealed once we receive your application.

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The Company
The business you'll be working for is one of the largest law firms in the UK, operating out of 14 UK offices with over 2,500 members of staff. They are proud of their values and offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace.

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Interested? If you think you're right for this Finance Assistant role, then click the 'Apply Now' button, send us your CV and we'll consider you for the first round of interviews. We are acting as a Recruitment Consultancy for this role

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