- GMFJ Reference
257507
- Wages
£23,500 p/a
- Hours
45.00 per week
- Date Posted
07/02/2025
- Start Date
14/03/2025
- Approx. Duration
18 months
- Location
London
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Accountancy
- Opportunity Type
Advanced Level 3
- Apprenticeship Standard
Assistant accountant (ST0002)
- Employer
Hanbury Strategy and Communications Limited
Description
Your duties;
- Ensuring all electronic invoices and expenses are approved by the relevant approvers.
- Ensuring all credit card claims are correctly coded and supported with VAT receipts.
- Responsible for being alert to issues of lost/stolen cards and fraud.
- Ensuring prompt and timely management of credit card queries, including ensuring prepaid cards are topped up.
- Responsible for ensuring expense claims are supported by VAT receipts, and following up with staff in instances where they are missing.
- To support the Assistant Accountant / Assistant Management Accountant in coding and posting purchase invoices to Sage.
- To support the management of the Finance Team email inboxes.
- Ensuring enquiries are handled promptly and effectively and are responded to within two working days.
- Support the assistant accountant in preparing monthly overhead reports for budget holders.
- Responsible for carrying out monthly reconciliations of supplier statements, ensuring accounts with negative balances are queried and resolved.
- To complete weekly bank reconciliations for both Hanbury Strategy and Stack Data Strategy.
- Responsible for ensuring the filing systems (e.g. direct debit invoices filed) are kept up to date.
- Ensuring supplier details are accurate and up to date in Sage.
- Support in preparing bi-monthly payment runs, including checking supplier bank details, checking payment terms and gathering copy invoices.
- Working closely with the Office Operations team and assistant accountant to ensure fixed asset register is up to date.
- Attending monthly subscription meeting to ensure the Finance team maintains up to date records of company subscriptions.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Kaplan Financial on kaplan.recruitment@kaplan.co.uk (Ref ID: 257507)
Company website : https://hanburystrategy.com/
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to work in a face paced environment.
- Professional with good written and verbal communication.
- Must have completed AAT Level 2, preferably with a merit (Applicants must be able to evidence this and show proof of their AAT certificate to certify)
- GCSE's grades 9/A* - 4/C including Maths and English.
Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship Level 3 - AAT
This Level 3 programme builds on the foundations for entry level talent to support growth within an Accountancy and Finance function.
Employees on this apprenticeship will ensure an Accountancy and Finance practice performs in the most effective way. It includes the AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting and provides the opportunity for them to support the business with essential skills and behaviours to drive results.
You will learn how to prepare financial statements for Sole Traders and Partnerships, the importance of management accounting information, and how to prepare VAT returns. You’ll develop the technical skills to start, or progress, your career in accountancy and this will allow you to continue with your studies onto Level 4.
To pass this level you will need to study the following four units:
Financial Accounting; Preparing Financial Statements (FAPS).
Management Accounting Techniques (MATS).
Tax Processes for Business (TPFB).
Business Awareness (BUAW).
You will also be required to complete an End Point Assessment (EPA), which will include a synoptic assessment and discussion with supporting portfolio.
Training will be provided by attending either face-to-face classroom based lessons or Live Online. 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 Junior Finance Executive is essential to supporting the day to day running of The Finance Team, is a key point of contact and responsible for ensuring an efficient and effective handling of transactional finance operations so we are looking for someone personable who will fit in with a close knit team.
Our company values are:
- We under promise and over deliver.
- We debate but don’t argue.
- We believe excellence is about doing good work AND being good colleagues.
- We take risks.
- We don’t tolerate jerks.
- We have fun.
We would support the candidate beyond level 3 should they wish to continue.
Please note there is no parking - public transport only.