Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2

Course Overview

An Accounts Finance Assistant is an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within a business. The Accounts/Finance Assistant is responsible for assisting the team of accountants with junior accounting duties.

What will you learn?

 General Business

• Aware of elements of commercial law that may have an impact when working in accountancy, such as contracts, data protection or Anti Money Laundering.

• Can explain the importance of upholding relevant codes of conduct.

• Can explain different legal entities and organisational structures.

• Aware of the impact of technology on business and its accounting and finance functions.

 Understanding your organisation

• Understand own role within the context of your organisation.

• Understand transactional processes of accounting and their use within a finance function.

• Understand what makes a business or organisation successful, through either buying or selling products or supplying services to a market.

 Ethical Standards

• Understands corporate social responsibility (CSR), ethics and sustainability within organisations.

• Understands the importance of the need to keep up-to-date with relevant policies, procedures, regulatory or system changes

   Communication

• Deals effectively with a range of stakeholders using appropriate communication methods to deliver accurate and timely results.

• Avoids jargon and uses the correct technical terms where appropriate.

• Demonstrates good listening and speaking skills to be able to communicate effectively in the right manner.

 Uses Systems and processes

• Utilises relevant office/accounting software packages to input and manage data accurately.

• Ability to maintain the security of accounting information using passwords and other appropriate security measures.