Trainee/junior Accountant

**Trainee/Junior Accountant**

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly firm of Chartered Accountants as a Trainee Accountant. Based in our office in Cottingham, this is a full-time position (available Spring/Summer 2023) working 37.5 hours per week; Monday-Thursday 8.30am-5pm, Friday 8am-4pm.

This vacancy would be ideally suited to a School or College leaver wishing to pursue a career in Accountancy, or someone who has already commenced AAT studies. You will gain practical experience in the workplace working alongside our qualified and experienced team, and study on day-release with a local training centre for the AAT qualification at Level 2 and 3, full funding will be provided by the firm.

This role will involve a variety of accountancy and administrative tasks including:

- Accounts preparation
- Bookkeeping
- Payroll
- Inputting of accounts using a variety of software
- Booking client appointments
- Using the telephone to answer client queries and request information
- Filing/copying/scanning
- Writing and typing letters
- Ordering/restocking of office supplies

We are a friendly, experienced team that are proud of the achievements of our Apprentices in the past and we will offer all of the support and training required to fulfil this varied and interesting role.

**Requirements**:
**Experience**:
Accountancy experience is not required, just genuine enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Qualifications:
It is essential that applicants have (or are predicted) 5 GCSE’s at A*-C/9-4 which must include English and Mathematics.

Personal qualities/skills:
A friendly, polite and professional manner

Good written and verbal communication skills

IT skills

Good timekeeping and personal organisation

Reliability

**Future prospects**

**Salary**

Salary will follow the National Apprenticeship Wage scheme.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £5.28-£10.42 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: KAS16