Apprentice Assistant Management Accountant

Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 plus a 5% recruitment and retention premium.

Contract: 18 months (Fixed term until completion of appenticeship.)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (A minimum of 2 days per week to be worked in Trust Headquarters.).

Accountable to a Senior Management Accountant and working closely with Management Accountants, this post is responsible for helping to provide a pro-active management accounting service to the Trust’s budget managers, and working as part of a pool of staff to support the work of the Finance team.

Main duties of the job

• Duties include helping to produce divisional monthly accounts, assisting in analysing financial information, producing financial reports and answering budget manager’s queries.
• The ideal candidate should be a quick learner, flexible and self-motivated, with a desire to contribute positively to the team and wider organisation. You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and an ability to manage your workload to ensure deadlines are met.
• A good working knowledge of excel and an interest in learning to use new systems and software to enable you to work effectively and efficiently are essential. 

Person specification

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Flexible and adaptable approach.
• Proactive and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• GCSE’s or equivalent with high standard of numeracy and literacy.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in a financial environment.
• Experience of working with Excel.
• Interpreting and analysing large volumes of data.
• Interpreting and analysing financial information.
• Working to deadlines.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of basic management accounting techniques such as using accruals and prepayments.
• Experience of computerised financial systems.
• VAT.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team.
• Proven ability to learn and apply new skills in the workplace.
• Good organisational skills and able to meet deadlines.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.