Apprentice - Accounts Receivable

**Employer**
Sutton Council**Location(s)**
Kingston, Sutton**Contract Type**
Apprenticeship**Length of Employment / Contract End Date**
18 months**Working Hours**
Full Time**Grade**
Apprentice**Hours Per Week**
36**Salary Range**
£24,684 (London Living Wage)**Salary Basis**
Per annum**Leave Entitlement**
24 days**Apprenticeship Duration**
18 months**Application Deadline**

13/01/2025, 23:55

**Anticipated Interview Date(s)**
15th-16th January**Apprenticeship Standard**
Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant**Apprenticeship Standard - More Details**
This can be in Sutton or Kingston and study will be offered through Sutton College.**About the Borough**

Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two.

Sutton and Kingston councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one Council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies.

We work flexibly in both Sutton and Kingston offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.

There are some really exciting things happening in both Sutton and Kingston. We are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. We are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in Kingston, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact.

You should choose Sutton and Kingston if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do.

Sutton is a well connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through our museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long established Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan “Ambitious for Sutton”, that will ensure Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family. The Council plays a leading role in a number of local partnerships and places great emphasis on engaging effectively with its residents, listening to local voices and making their message heard across London Government.

Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushey Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor Kings and Queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a council plan “Greener, Fairer, Safer, Together”, that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient. The Council engages with residents through a number of forums and events through the year, and like Sutton plays a leading role in developing the South West Region of London.

As an Apprentice, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of the service plan by providing a co-ordinated, consistent and high quality service within the Department.
The post holder will be required to work flexibly across all service areas, within the Shared Finance Accounts Receivable team.
The postholder will carry out a range of tasks and use a variety of equipment and technology. This position is Hybrid working which requires 2 days the office a week.

**About Us**
The Shared Finance Service ambition is to add value, inspire success and this role is part of the Shared Finance Service (SFS) team collectively responsible for delivering SFS activities to realise this ambition. Working within the Shared Finance Service Accounts Receivable Team to maximise the daily income collection and enforcement process to both Councils through effective, responsive processing activity. This will include the billing, collection and recovery of sundry debt, BIDS/CIL
and Housing Benefit Overpayments in line with legislation. There will be a requirement of this role to work across two locations with a view to moving to one
location at a later stage being either LBS or RBK.**Our Offer To You**

As an organisation that values and nurtu