About the organisation
Eco2 Management Services Ltd (EMSL) are looking for a Business Support / Accounts Apprentice to join our Finance team on a fixed-term apprenticeship with a clear route to a permanent Accounts Assistant role on successful completion. You’ll gain real experience completing day-to-day finance administration activities while completing a Level 2 Digital Skills for Business apprenticeship with our training partner, ACT.
Why Work with Eco2 Management Services?
- You are looking for an opportunity to start your career whilst completing a Level 2 Digital Skills for Business apprenticeship.
- You feel aligned with our Company Values:
- Trust: We trust each other and earn the trust of our clients. We are a safe pair of hands.
- Teamwork: We are there for one another and we work in partnership with our clients.
- Responsibility: We take ownership of tasks and challenges to find the right timely solution.
- Quality: We embrace robust systems and procedures to ensure a high quality, consistent service.
- Creativity We adopt a developer’s zeal, always seeking creative solutions that add value.
About the role
You will be helping the Finance team run efficiently by keeping transactions processed on time and records accurate. Reporting to the Senior Financial Controller and partnering with other members of the Finance team, you’ll manage support a wide range of finance activities from payment runs, to setting up new suppliers, to bank reconciliations, to handling customer queries.
They offer a supportive, hands-on learning environment in which you can complete your apprenticeship.
Location: Vision House, Oak Tree Court, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff, CF23 8RS
Hours: Full time. 37 hours per week
Pay: £12.21 per hour, £23,500 per annum.
Apprenticeship: Level 2 Digital Skills for Business
Key Duties:
- Accurately enter data, prepare documents, maintain orderly records, and meet agreed deadlines.
- Process purchase invoices via the approval/PO system, ensure correct coding, maintain supplier accounts, and complete supplier statement checks.
- Post bank transactions, support bank reconciliations, prepare payment-run documentation, and upload to banking software.
- Handle supplier and customer queries, liaise with Project Accountants and Asset Management, follow financial procedures and internal controls, and escalate issues appropriately.
Essential:
- GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4+ (or equivalent).
- Desire to progress in an Accounts/Finance career path.
- Baseline digital literacy: can use email/calendars, Word/Docs, basic Excel, and collaborate via Teams/OneDrive (or similar).
- Must be organised and methodical, and able to follow processes.
- Clear written and verbal communicator.