Finance Apprentice in Manchester

Introduction

Greenergy are looking to hire a Finance Apprentice! Whilst studying towards AAT qualifications, the apprentice will start in the transaction teams - spend 9 months in sales ledger and 9 months in purchase ledger, then move to duty or VAT team, and then spend the last rotation in accounting team.

About the Employer

Greenergy supply over 15 billion litres of fuel annually across the UK, Ireland and Canada – managing fuel supply chains from refinery gates to customer sites and managing over 500 deliveries per day. To deliver fuel to our customers, we have a 24/7 in-house haulage operation, Greenergy Flexigrid, made up of over 650 drivers and a fleet of over 250 tankers. Greenergy also owns and operates biodiesel manufacturing plants in England and the Netherlands that process waste oils sourced globally into biodiesel, which is used to displace diesel in road transport.

For over 30 years, Greenergy has been investing in lower carbon renewable fuels that can be used in vehicles on the road today. As a leading European manufacturer of waste-based biodiesel, renewables are central to Greenergy’s strategy to support customers through the energy transition.

What You'll Do

Duties include:

Sales Ledger Duties:

• Maintain all operational aspects of the Sales Ledger and the specific allocated customer accounts.
• Handling and resolving queries in a timely manner through effective communication, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively seeking to improve or create processes that benefit all involved parties.
• Maintaining a high level of customer service and ensuring that all service level agreements are complied with.
• Month end duties
• Raising daily, weekly and monthly invoices from across the Greenergy group – a combination of automated and manual invoicing depending on complexity of the customer
• Reconciling data from multiple sources, ensuring data is correct to allow invoices to be raised by the automated Invoicing system.
• Ensure the daily invoicing checks are completed prior to posting and instil the culture of getting things right first time.
• Maintenance and verification of Sales Ledger data, including customer volume reconciliations if needed.

Purchase ledger duties:

• Maintain all operational aspects of the Purchase Ledger and the specific allocated supplier accounts. Including but not limited to: Fuel purchases, Esso Cards, Demurrage, Greenergy America purchases, Greenergy Asia, Greenergy Terminals, GRINT, Biofuels and Flexigrid.
• Being the account manager for a portfolio of suppliers within the team with a focus on excellent customer service.
• The handling and resolution of queries, liaising with internal and external customers.
• Proactively seek to improve or create new processes that benefit all parties.
• Ensuring all aspects of Customer Service Level Agreements are completed.
• Processing of daily, weekly and monthly invoices from Greenergy suppliers, using agreed work streams to maintain a clean Purchase Ledger.
• Reconciling data from multiple sources, debit balances and unapproved invoices are at a minimum, and all volumes are reviewed for efficiency and accuracy.
• Managing the Purchase Ledger reporting outputs, including; Cash flows, Overdue reports, GRNI, etc.
• Maintenance and verification of Purchase Ledger Month End close processes, including Accruals calculations and postings, and the reconciliation of Accounts Payable to GL.

Training Outcome

• Greenergy invests in its employees and offers opportunities to grow while providing a safe modern environment
• Its open and honest culture enables its people to strive to be the best version of themselves while developing with the organisation

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Team working

Qualifications

• Desired - GCSE - English - C/4
• Desired - GCSE - Maths - C/4

Course Information

Course: Assistant accountant (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Legal, finance and accounting

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30.3 days in the office but can be 5 depending on preference.

Expected Duration: 1 Year 2 Months

Training Provider: THE APPRENTICE ACADEMY LIMITED