Job Description
Business Admin Apprentice
Haines Watts are looking for a passionate and highly enthusiastic Business Admin Apprentice to join their office in Berkhamsted.
As part of the Haines Watts Berkhamsted & Aylesbury team, you will be supported to provide high quality administrative support services to the team!
We are a top 15 accountancy firm specialising within the owner managed business area across the UK. A well-established firm since the 1930’s with an entrepreneurial and dynamic feel who are continuing to grow nationally as well as regionally.
We are proudly known as an excellent place to work, with the prized one-star accreditation for employee engagement from Best Companies, an accreditation showing our ‘very good’ levels of workplace engagement.
Haines Watts is committed to develop its people and will provide extensive training offering a full study package including qualification funding, study leave, college based tuition and a mentor/buddy who will support you throughout to successfully complete your professional qualification.
Full training will be given and for the right candidate it is an opportunity to begin a prosperous career with excellent training and progression working for an award winning firm.
Your duties will be:
Liaising with Client Engagement Manager to bring in client workflows in a timely and effective manner.
Preparing, distributing and updating reports for the wider team to ensure that workflows and deadlines are met.
Ensuring that the firm’s standard processes are used in all aspects of work and that high standards are maintained when dealing with queries from clients.
Answering calls from clients and ensuring these queries are dealt with or passed to an appropriate member of the team.
Covering reception during the Receptionists lunch hour to include assisting with the meeting and greeting of clients when required.
Database maintenance to assist managers with client progress on jobs and planning as well ensuring that GDPR is adhered to.
Ad hoc tasks such as booking meeting/travel, assisting with facility management and email management.
You will be expected to contact clients in connection with non-technical issues such as the collection of debtors and be involved on an ongoing basis in administrative activities such as billing.
To professionally represent the firm and its interests in dealings with clients and other professionals at all times.
What you will need to be;
Punctual, presentable and with the ability communicate
Be authentic in every situation and like to be connected to your team, clients and local communities
Like to listen and understand, to show up every day with passion and to stand up for things that matter to you
Be driven to succeed, take initiative and want results
Qualifications:
At least 5 GCSE’s graded A*-C/9-4 which includes English and maths or equivalent.
What you get back from us;
Competitive Apprenticeship salary
Training for a lifelong career with great prospects for you
Study support package to suit you (on-line/classroom)
Excellent personal development programme and career growth opportunities
Supported on the job practical training
Flexible benefits reward package – gym, discounts etc
Working and learning directly from a qualified and knowledgeable mentors
Opportunity to progress all the way to the top!
Working towards your level 3 Business Admin Apprenticeship.
We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Haines Watts by any means. For any CVs which are submitted without instruction from the Haines Watts Recruitment team, Haines Watts reserves the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fee.
