Finance Apprentice
HTS Property & Environment Ltd · Harlow
Weekly Hours Worked: 40
For the first year there is no hybrid working.
Must be willing to travel to the office for 5 days of the week.
About Company
HTS is a wholly council-owned limited company, with Harlow Council as its sole shareholder. The company provides a range of facilities management services, primarily focused on environmental maintenance and housing repairs for council-owned properties throughout Harlow Town, ensuring residents receive high-quality, cost-effective, and responsive services.
Principal Accountabilities
Finance and Payroll systems, processes and procedures
Duties
Assist with the timely and accurate production of cash requirements for HTS (Property & Environment) Ltd
Maintain cashbooks and financial records
Assist with the preparation of weekly payments
Maintain general ledgers: Purchase ledger and Sales ledger
Support the monthly finance processes to ensure accurate and timely period-end close
Learn how to prepare journal entries and perform profit and loss and balance sheet analysis
Maintain weekly and monthly costing information. Analysing data to review trends
Learn and assist with balance sheet reconciliations
Assist with analysis of WIP, debt and cash positions
Support payroll administration activities
Assist with investigating and resolving finance queries
Undertake a variety of finance and administrative tasks within a busy finance department
Maintain confidentiality and adhere to Data Protection requirements at all times
General
Participate in the performance and development review process and take responsibility for learning and apprenticeship studies.
Comply with health and safety responsibilities in the workplace.
Ensure duties are carried out in accordance with HTS policies and procedures.
Provide flexibility across the Finance Department and undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the line manager.
Skills required
Essential
Basic Microsoft office skills (Word, outlook & Excel)
Understands basic principles of confidentiality within the finance profession
Good written and verbal communication skills
Able to work effectively within a team and independently.
Able to proactively plan, organise and manage workloads.
Understands confidentiality and Data Protection requirements.
Desirable
Experience of Sage or other finance systems.
Previous office or customer service experience.
Demonstrates initiative and continuous improvement mindset.
Knowledge of GDPR principles.
Qualifications required
Essential
Minimum 5 GCSE at grade 5 or above (Maths & English compulsory)
Desirable
AAT studies, A Levels or relevant business qualification.
Training you'll get
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Future prospects
Accounts Assistant would be the progression pathway.
The essentials
Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.
Training provider
Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.
