This is an exciting opportunity to work within the finance team at Kirklees College. You will support the Income Manager and the Payments Manager with timely collection and processing of college income, processing of supplier invoices, payments and related queries.
In your role, you will be accountable for:
There are things that we are all accountable for, whatever your role, these are:
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
Technical & People Skills/Impact & Influence:
College values and behaviours:
Evidence of being able to demonstrate our college values in action:
Please take a look at our website for more information on our values.
DBS Advanced check is required.
We are committed to exploring opportunities for flexible working and ensuring the work-life balance and wellbeing of our workforce. Please note that any job offer is subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS check, online searches and references from former employers, in line with guidance from the Department for Education.
There are good transport links by bus/train. Please check the cost and time it will take to travel. There will be a requirement to work evenings and weekends for enrolment and other events at any of our other sites throughout the academic year.
Communication skills, IT skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Customer care skills, Problem solving skills, Presentation skills, Administrative skills, Number skills, Analytical skills, Logical, Team working, Microsoft Office
GCSE in Maths and English with grade 4 or C or Functional Skills (Essential)Microsoft in Word and outlook with grade PASS, MERIT OR DISTINCTION (Essential)
The broad purpose of the occupation is to carry out accounting and finance tasks. These tasks support the creation of items such as financial statements and other data. Their work is carried out under supervision following set procedures for most tasks. Such tasks may include financial data entry, reconciling figures, trial balances, double-entry bookkeeping, handling accounts payable and receivable. The accounts or finance assistant is responsible for assisting accountants with routine duties. These can vary depending on the team structure and size of business. They use digital finance and accounting systems and tools to collate and enter data.
An accounts or finance assistant’s work would include tasks such as financial and accounting data entry and basic bookkeeping duties. They will also work with sales or purchase ledgers. They will run calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct and may be involved in the recording of cash transactions.
All Accounts/Finance Assistants will gather work-based evidence and attend classes to meet the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours.
We will be delivering the industry recognised AAT (Association of Accounting Technician) Certificate in Accounting Level 2 as part of this apprenticeship standard.
This qualification comprises four mandatory units:
The duration of the apprenticeship is 15-months; to allow confirmation of successful examination results/re-sits as well as completion of the required End Point Assessment.
The two End Point Assessment methods are:
As part of your contract of employment completion of the Apprenticeship Training Programme forms part of your duties as well as helping your personal and professional development; the requirements to complete the programme are as follows:
Whilst there will be no guarantee of a substantive position with the college at the end of the period, the college will guide, support and encourage suitable apprentices to apply for appropriate vacancies as and when they arise.
The college has a very good record of supporting workers through in-house apprenticeships, and many apprentices have secured employment with the college beyond their apprenticeship.
There may be a full-time position for the candidate to apply for, subject to successful completion of the apprenticeship and employment targets.
Our mission is creating opportunities, changing lives and this is at the heart of everything we do. The college has a common set of values for both students and staff: Kindness, Unity and Excellence, and they define how we behave and interact with each other. Kirklees College is a uniquely vocational college whose student community reflects the diversity of the local area. We offer inspirational teaching in industry standard, state-of-the-art facilities and ensure curriculum is developed with employers to enable students to progress. At Kirklees College we aim to foster an honest and compassionate approach to ourselves, our people and environment, develop a shared purpose across our community, and set a culture of high aspiration, expectation and success. We strive to be ahead of the curve in our approach to teaching and learning and be a first-choice provider for students and industry alike. With over 10,000 students on full-time and part-time courses, and apprenticeships, we provide seven bespoke centres across the Kirklees region, from two main centres based in Dewsbury and Huddersfield, and dedicated learning centres for Animal Care, Construction, Engineering, Process Manufacturing and Higher Education.
