Accounts Assistant Level 2 or Level 3 Apprenticeship – The Kings School
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join The Kings School. As an Accounts Assistant Apprentice, we are looking for someone to study AAT - either level 2 or level 3. The purpose of the role is to provide support to the Finance Manager and the finance team, providing an efficient service to the school.
Key Details
Salary: £15,186 per year (increasing to NMW after 12 months)
Working hours: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm (37 hours per week)
Location: 25 The Precincts, Canterbury, CT1 2ES
Apprenticeship Details – 17 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 2 Accounts Assistant Qualification
20 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Accounts Assistant Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote).
Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)
Duties
During your time as an Accounts Assistant Apprentice your role will be varied and will include processing purchase orders through the online portal, ensuring that budget holder queries are dealt with so that order processing is not delayed. You will be supported by the internal finance team. Your day-to-day duties will include:
* Processing purchase invoices on to the finance database ensuring complete and accurate records of all transactions are maintained;
* Reconciling supplier statements;
* Processing payments, expenses and refunds relating to trips and monthly reconciliations of balance sheet trip accounts.
* Providing support and assistance for the Purchase Ledger Administrator with processing of purchase ledger invoices and staff expenses.
* To provide support and assistance to the Fees Ledger Manager with the processing of Sales Invoices, Extras, Deposits and Wisepay transactions
* To administer the Box Office receipts and accounting.
* To maintain the financial recharges for the Recreation Centre.
* To assist with processing Barclaycard transactions through the finance system.
* To record and monitor internal re-charges of materials and staff costs in respect of activities including catering and the School Press.
* To support with preparation of daily banking of cash/cheques, issuing of petty cash and foreign currencies alongside reporting and monitoring of the school's Caxton cards and updating the schedule of Council Tax and Business Rates.
* To assist with the monitoring of utility charges, including water, gas and electricity.
* To assist the Fees Ledger Manager with the bill run process
* Daily banking
* To sort and distribute department post on a daily basis alongside monitoring of departmental email inboxes.
* General administrative duties e.g. scanning and filing;
* Checking and responding to telephone/email enquires;
* Any other ad-hoc duties as required.
Essential Skills And Personal Qualities
* Minimum of GCSE's (or equivalent) in Maths and English Grade 4/C
* Numeracy: Strong mathematical skills, ability to work with numbers accurately and efficiently.
* IT skills: Proficiency in Excel and Word.
* Attention to detail.
* Organisational skills.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
* Willingness to acquire new skills and knowledge in the field of finance.
About The Employer
"It is an enormous privilege and pleasure to lead this remarkable school."
We began as the monastic school of Canterbury Cathedral and you can almost feel the centuries of accumulated knowledge and studious endeavour all around you. 1400 years on, our three schools are inspired, not constrained by this illustrious and unmatched history, and as the original educational pioneers we look to the future and to the world for which we are preparing our young people. At their heart, each of our communities cherishes the individual, supporting each individual pupil as part of our diverse and remarkably inclusive whole. It is this which enables our children to find their place, and to flourish. A King's education is one which enables pupils to find their passions and to illuminate their path, and equips them with the skills and confidence which they will need to thrive in a fast-moving and ever-changing world. Our pupils emerge with the self-confidence, self-awareness, resilience, and open-mindedness required to face the challenges and to seize the opportunities of their futures, alongside a desire to make a positive contribution: at King's, and beyond.
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