Apprentice Finance Assistant

6 days ago

Preston, United Kingdom Places for People Full time

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More about your role

As our Apprentice finance assistant, you'll develop the skills knowledge and behaviours to start your career in finance with opportunities to see career progression into a finance assistant upon completion of the programme. You'll study a Level 2 Accounts/ finance Assistant qualification and access a bespoke learning and development programme.

Day to day you will complete tasks to support the wider finance team. This will include the smooth processing of invoices and payments, particularly in relation to joint ventures; Preparation and posting of journals and forecast / budget uploads. You can find out more on the attached job description.

As you develop in experience your role will become more challenging and varied. With more autonomy to take on tasks.

You'll benefit from support from the wider team, who have a proven record of developing graduates and apprentices with the chance to shadow qualified members of staff.

This role is hybrid, which means you will spend some time working from home and some time based at our Preston office.

At Places for People, we prioritise our dedication to safer recruitment. Therefore, a basic DBS check is mandatory for this position.

More about you

This is the ideal role for someone wanting to take their first step into a career in Finance. You'll benefit from support from across Places for People including your team and the Early Careers Team.

No previous experience is required, as you'll receive the qualifications and training you need to succeed. You'll have an interest in numbers, an eye for detail and ideally will have had some exposure to Microsoft office tools, this could be within a school or college environment.

You'll be able to motivate yourself and take constructive feedback well. A clear commitment to learning and self improvement is essential to success in this role.

**Benefits**:
You'll join The Places for People Skills Academy, our apprenticeship development programme. Learning whilst earning, the programme is designed to enhance your skills knowledge and behaviours over the two years.

You'll learn a lot and quickly, you'll get exposure to our leaders and industry experts as well being connected to our early careers team to support you throughout.

You'll be encouraged and empowered to flourish and thrive within a nurturing environment. Our ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that's why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

- Yearly salary review
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Excellent holiday package - 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
- Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year
- A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
- Training and development
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

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