Apprentice Accounts Assistant

2 days ago


Devon, United Kingdom South West Apprenticeship Company Full time

This company is one of the world’s leading players in the development, manufacture, and sale of first-class generic pharmaceuticals.

**Job purpose**:
To support the financial performance of the Barnstaple Operations site by providing robust planning and reporting and ensuring financial control procedures are in place and are operating effectively

**Key skills**:

- GCSE’s (English, Maths)
- Strong numerical and spreadsheet skills
- Strong communication skills
- Desire to complete Accountancy training

The role will be around analysing budgets, forecasting, working with other departments and teams, working to deadlines, prioritising and planning workloads etc.

During the period of the Apprenticeship work and responsibilities will be varied include a wide variety of Accounting roles and could include:
**Accounts Payable support to include**:

- Sorting all invoices received daily and entering details onto the ERP system
- Reconciling statements received to the supplier ledger to ensure data is complete
- Processing expenses on company system, preparing reports for management use
- Overview of preparing the monthly Intrastat and Deferment reports (legal requirement)
- Overview of process weekly payments for suppliers
- Overview of monthly management reports

**Account Receivables support to include**:

- Cash collection. Contacting customers to ensure payment is received on time and helping to resolve any payment issues
- Preparation of customer statements to show amounts owed and when payment is required
- Allocating customer payments against their account balances

**Payroll support to include**:

- Updating of payroll system for new starters, leavers, salary adjustments, overtime sheets, pension calculations, bonus payments, tax codes, student loan deductions
- Support the monthly pay process

**General Ledger support to include**:

- Creating and obsolescing business units
- Preparing and entering journals for expenses, fleet and purchasing/Amex cards, prepayments, royalties/commissions
- Reconciling the bank accounts
- Managing petty cash
- Raising cheques

**Financial Planning and Analysis support to include**:

- Management reporting of sales and expenses
- Product costing
- Inventory control

Such other duties and responsibilities as may be required to meet business needs.

This job description is not exclusive or exhaustive. Any aspect in consultation with the post holder may be reviewed and revised as the business function requires.

**Qualifications required**:
5 GCSE’s at grades 4 to 9 (A* to C) or equivalent including English Language and Maths

35.5 hours per week
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Friday 8.30am to 2pm with ½ an hour unpaid lunch

£13,383.50 per year



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