- GMFJ Reference
259141
- Wages
£18,000 p/a
- Hours
37.50 per week
- Date Posted
28/03/2025
- Start Date
05/05/2025
- Approx. Duration
15 months
- Location
Manchester
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Accountancy
- Opportunity Type
Intermediate Level 2
- Apprenticeship Standard
Accounts or finance assistant (ST0608)
- Employer
Morson Group
Description
Job duties include:
- Accounts Payable.
- Comparing purchase ledger invoice details to a purchase order schedule.
- Ensuring any variances are identified and referred to the appropriate person for investigation and resolution.
- Coding and processing purchase ledger invoices.
- Cash Collection.
- Reconcile cash received and ensure the prompt posting and accurate allocation across multi-currency accounts.
- Monitor trends and provide reporting on unallocated cash positions.
- Monitor daily cash received to ensure that accurate information is always available for reporting purposes Billing.
- Process self-billing invoices to tight timescales ensuring attention to detail.
- Prepare and reconcile applications for payment.
- Ensure all relevant invoices are raised on client partner portals in a timely and accurate manner.
- Process Intercompany and other recharges.
- Process credit notes per the Group policy Account Management.
- Ensure a high level professional service is provided to clients in all interactions.
- Provide statements to clients on a monthly basis.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Kaplan Financial on kaplan.recruitment@kaplan.co.uk (Ref ID: 259141)
Company website : www.morson.com
- Strong all round Microsoft Office experience including basic level Excel skills.
- High degree of organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and produce high quality results within tight deadlines.
- Accuracy and attention to detail. Must have a proactive attitude with the ability to manage allocated workflows in an efficient way and a keen eye for detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to form relationships with stakeholders, leaving a positive impression of the department, whilst also ensuring process management.
- Ability to work on your own initiative.
- Process driven and able to identify improvements and opportunities.
- Open minded to flexible ways of working and able to adapt to new processes and procedures.
- Excellent Team player with a flexible, proactive and committed approach.
- 2 A Levels grade A-C.
- GCSE's grades 9/A* - 4/C including Maths and English.
Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship Level 2.
This level is ideal for existing staff or new talent in accounting and finance. Their work could include basic bookkeeping activities, working with sales and purchase ledgers, running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct, recording of cash and data entry.
Learners will complete the mandatory AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting. The Certificate in Accounting comprises of four exams and an End Point Assessment. You must successfully complete the following:
- Introduction to Bookkeeping (ITBK)
- Principles of Bookkeeping Control (POBC)
- Principles of Costing (PCTN)
- Business Environment (BESY)
- EPA - In Tray exercise
An apprenticeship has to be relevant to the job you are undertaking and you must dedicate time to off the job training, as well as completing knowledge, skills and behaviours associated with your apprenticeship.
The individual will need to have a passion for a long term career within accountancy and finance. They ideally will have a great passion for numbers, great attention to detail, want to work in a face paced finance team and have great communication skills.
We will then progress them onto a AAT Level 3 apprenticeship all the way up.
Benefits include:
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Health and wellbeing programmes:
- Discounted gym memberships.
- Free confidential mental health support and counselling services.
- Access to wellbeing apps.
- Free parking onsite.
- Award winning culture.