L3 Accountancy Apprentice

**Brief overview of role**

A new opportunity has arisen at Willis & Co for a Finance Apprentice. Throughout your time with the practice, you will be reporting to the Partner or Senior Accountant and assisting with bookkeeping, VAT returns and accounts preparation for a wide variety of business sectors, as well as other accounts and general office duties.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Reporting to your manager, your typical roles will include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:

- Bookkeeping for clients (learning fundamentals of debits & credits)
- Working towards the preparation of accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies
- Calculating & submitting VAT returns
- Understanding and identifying different cost classifications (e.g. expenses & capital expenditure)
- Creating and maintaining a range of accounting spreadsheets using Microsoft excel
- Learning to use accounting software
- General finance admin tasks as and when required

**Training**

The apprentice will be enrolled on the Level 3 Assistant Accountant apprenticeship standard, which includes 6 AAT exams, in addition to the Synoptic Assessment as part of the End-Point Assessment (EPA) process.

The knowledge units will be delivered at the EMA training hub in Derby or Nottingham (depending on apprentices location) through day release.

AAT Modules are as follows:

- Bookkeeping Transactions (L2 Unit)
- Bookkeeping Controls (L2 Unit)
- Advanced Bookkeeping
- Final Accounts Preparation
- Management Accounting: Costing
- Indirect Tax

**Career Progression**
- Full time employment
- Progression to move onto Level 4

**Skills and Personal Qualities**
- Good and confident communication skills, both written and verbal
- High level of accuracy and good attention to detail
- Structured approach to work and very well organised
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Good understanding and confident in the use of Word and Excel
- Good numerical and analytical skills
- A proactive team player who is confident about working with others but also independently and can promptly escalate any issue as required

**Things to Consider**
- Development and career growth
- Christmas party
- Company Pension
- Vibrant and supportive work environment
- Career progression opportunities
- 28 days paid holidays (including Bank Holidays)

**_At EMA we value our Apprentices highly, hence why we have created a reward and recognition platform especially for them_**

**_The platform is called EMAzing and it is designed to recognise hard work and reward in the process. It is that unbelievable, we will even go as far as saying that no one else in this industry offers anything quite like this._**

**_It offers: Discounts at thousands of shops, FREE birthday gift, FREE weekly Caffe Nero drink or Gregg’s sausage roll, FREE monthly Rakuten film stream, FREE learning and development tools and so much more _**

**_As well as: A recognition area with e-cards to applaud good work, celebrate milestones & appreciate peers, EMA podcast series, monthly awards and EMA Alumni._**

**Working week**:Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 16:30, with 60 minute lunch break

**Salary**: £5.50 per hour

**Apprenticeship programme**: Assistant Accountant L3

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

**Salary**: £5.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Store discounts

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Application question(s):

- Do you have 5 GCSE's C/4 or above or equivalent?
- How would you travel to work everyday?

Reference ID: Willis