AAT Finance Apprentice

• Matching purchase orders against invoices.

• Posting purchase invoices on the accounting system.

• Query handling on invoices, payments and remittances.

• Assisting in weekly supplier payment run and staff expenses.

• Performing monthly reconciliation of supplier statements and

balance sheet ledgers.

• Setting up new suppliers and managing the supplier

database.

• Posting sales invoices on the accounting system.

• Query handling on invoices, receipts and the credit control

function.

• Setting up new customers and managing the customer

database.

• Posting the End of Day sales and activity reports, daily

posting of bank transactions.

• Learning how to reconcile a bank statement and perform

monthly

• Assisting with commercial settlements for shows, hospitality

and merchandising.

• Account for fixed assets, depreciation, and disposals.

• Assisting the payroll manager with administration and

understanding the processes and controls in place to deliver

3 x payroll cycles.

• Understand the complexities of VAT and assist with the

quarterly return.

• Assisting with the Charity’s statutory reporting and the annual

financial audit.

• Understanding the Charity’s investments and loans,

accounting for any interest payable and receivable.

• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations for key assets and

liabilities.

• Assist the team to prepare and present monthly management

accounts for budget holders.

• Preparing quarterly forecast information at departmental level.

• Understanding and helping with the annual budgeting

process.

• Ad hoc financial analysis to assist decision making.

• Helping with other deliverables such as the bi-annual

members payment run, gift aid claims, submissions for

National Statistics.