Apprentice Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Apprentice Accounts Assistant

Full time - 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm

Position pays: Depending on experience with AAT support package

Position available in Jaguar Land Rover Swansea

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Apprentice Accounts Assistant to join our Accounts team at Jaguar Land Rover Swansea, part of the Sinclair Group. The hours will be Monday to Friday 8.30 to 5.30pm a total of 37.5 hours per week.

We are seeking a charismatic, outgoing individual with excellent communication skills. You will be highly motivated, have excellent attention to detail and accuracy, be very competent using word and excel and be highly organised with ability to time manage.

Job Purpose:

• To take full responsibility for maintaining the books of prime entry by entering the daily transactions into the Keyloop computer system.
• To provide excellent support and administrative service to the Management Accountant, Group Accountant and Business Leader
• Deal efficiently with accounts queries and requests from other departments for financial information
• Help Sinclair Group to achieve their quality standards of process efficiency and cost control

Key Responsibilities

• Bank function: print off bank statements, post entries to Keyloop sales purchase and nominal ledgers, reconcile the balance from statements to Keyloop.
• Sales ledger: send out monthly statements, review aged debtors and highlight potential bad debts, perform credit control function to collect the money due.
• Purchase ledger: register invoices and send to relevant person for authorisation, code invoices and pass invoices for payment, perform monthly BACS run and write occasional cheque, review aged creditors list to highlight any further action required
• Vehicle Stock maintenance: Reconcile several Balance sheet accounts to Brand statements, maintain clear accounts by investigating errors and liaising with sales staff
• Funding accounts: Download vehicle invoices and credit notes, print Funding reports and report to sales managers on maturity dates, check all vehicles are properly funded
• Nominal Account maintenance: Maintain Fixed Asset registers, WIP control accounts, Estimates and Actuals, Bonus Debtors, Prepayments and Accruals
• Ad hoc queries: Monthly fuel logs, telephone queries relating to the accounts, cost analysis for the business leader.

What’s in it for you?

• 30 days annual leave per year (including bank holidays) that will increase with length of service
• Birthday day off
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption payment
• Manufacturing specific training along with inhouse training
• Staff discounted parts and servicing plus a free MOT every year
• Recognition of length of service at 5,10,20,30 & 40 years anniversary
• Life Assurance (death in service benefit) *
• Staff Car Scheme*
• Colleague Referral Scheme / Customer Referral Schemes
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance programme with access to a 24/7 helpline and designated Mental Health First Aiders
• Sinclair Foundation – charitable foundation designed to support members or their close family who find they need financial support at times of ill-health.
• Development opportunities within the Sinclair Group

• available after a suitable qualifying period