Trainee - Business Outsourcing Apprentice

5 days ago


Guildford, United Kingdom Howett Thorpe Full time

**Reference no HT13693**

**Business Outsourcing Apprentice - About The Role**

Opportunity to take 6 month FTC and gain invaluable experience in accounting with the view to training for AAT and beginning your career in accounting. Depending on the focus of your local team responsibilities should include:

- Maintain records for our clients using various accounting software packages including Xero, Quickbooks and Sage 50
- Use cloud accounting tools to process transactions, prepare and post journals, update ledgers, perform bank reconciliation and cash book analysis as required to complete monthly reporting processes
- Prepare both management and statutory accounts for clients under the supervision of more senior members of the team
- Undertake financial close procedures eg reconciliation of inter-company balances, preparation of journals and schedules
- Produce statutory accounts under both UK GAAP and IFRS for review by managers including working on consolidations and cash flows
- Applies understanding of the client to ensure the transactions are recorded appropriately, and make commercial sense, and highlight unusual transactions to senior members of the team for consideration.
- Develop a basic knowledge of the rules and regulations of doing business in the UK included reporting requirements, tax requirements (employment, corporate and VAT), filing requirements from a company secretarial perspective and general commercial awareness
- Work as part of a team to provide ad-hoc accounting assistance and ensure clients receive excellent service
- If taken on permanently after 6 months study towards your professional qualification and, where relevant, corresponding apprenticeship.

**The successful Business Outsourcing Apprentice will have**:

- Three A-levels or equivalent at A* to C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted)
- A* to C in Maths and English at GCSE/Scottish Standards or equivalent (non-UK qualifications also considered)
- Highly organised & diligent
- Excellent communication skills written & verbal
- Excellent attention to detail

**Trainee 6 month FTC - Benefits**

Excellent benefits include training, agile working conditions

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