Finance Apprentice / Apprenticeship (Learn AAT Level 2 & 3) Position: Finance Apprentice

Location:
Blackpool, Lancashire Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary:
£Competitive Who we are? At Burton's Biscuits we are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels to name just a few We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits Our Vision is to have a shared Pride and Passion for baking sensational biscuits & snacks that delight our consumers, shoppers and our customers. We're the only major biscuit manufacturer in the UK to focus solely on biscuits, making us one of the key players in the market. We employ circa 1,600 people around the UK, with the majority of our workforce being based at our three main Bakery facilities in Llantarnam, Edinburgh and Blackpool. Our head office is based in St. Albans, with a subsidiary office is located in Blackpool & smaller but equally important Bakery based in Dorset. We had an amazing 2018, which has included seeing Wagon Wheels featured on the Great British Bake Off and our Llantarnam site featuring on ITV4, as part of their documentary 'Made in Britain'. Along with having amazing brands, we have secured a long term agreement to allow us to manufacture a number of Mars Biscuit branded products & Cathedral City savoury snacks, we are also forming key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector. In order to ensure we can continue to make fantastic biscuits, and to help us on this amazing journey, we are proud to announce that in early 2019 we completed the acquisition of a premium sweet and savoury biscuit manufacturer Thomas Fudge's. This will only increase our baking capabilities across a number of brand new sweet & savoury categories. As the new home of Thomas Fudge's premium biscuit brand, Burton's Biscuit envisage Thomas Fudge's as forming a key branded range across our existing product portfolio. What we are all about here? Here at Burton's Biscuit we pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope and pace of change. Our culture is the foundation of our business. We are fast paced, agile and fun. We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join our Bakery Finance team as Finance Apprenticeship, although the role is permanent, we expect the apprenticeship course will take around 15-18 months to complete. During this apprentice course, you will complete and become AAT Level 2&3 qualified and will spend 1 full working day offsite at college. As part of the application process, you will be required to upload a covering letter to support your application, please explain what your interest and motivation is for applying for this opportunity and why a career in finance is specifically of interest to you. We don't want to bore you with just a Job description about the role we want to tell you what it's really like to work for us? So let's start with ....... Why work as part of our Bakery Finance team? This position will support the Blackpool Bakery finance department in its active role of providing accurate Management Information to key stakeholders about the performance of the bakery. What does your typical day look like? Every day is different at Burton's Biscuits and this team is no different. At the start of the day, you may be taking part in weekly stock adjustments on SAP (Ingredients & Packaging), checking delivery notes and challenging discrepancies. Other tasks will range from packaging return adjustments on SAP, to adjusting bulk stocks daily, clearing the reprocessing list, to checking ITR transfer notes. Raising Purchase Orders and Goods Receipting, Contribute to the Period End process, including reconciliations, running GR / IR process and producing sundry invoices as well as tracking spend, in particular, engineering spends and assisting in the preparation of product costs. What are the key ingredients needed for the role? To be successful in your application you will have a grade B in maths at GCSE and a C in English and are a recent A-Level or college leaver. You will have good analytical skills and be an effective communicator. (Please note candidates who are degree educated already or have industry finance related qualifications will not be eligible for this apprentice scheme) Final part of the mix. A good knowledge of MS Office is desirable & experience in internet tools / email etc. You may be looking for one of the following opportunities: Finance Apprentice, Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Financial Services, Financial Apprentice, Trainee Scheme, Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship Accounting Apprentice, Finance Apprenticeship, School Leaver, College Leaver etc.