Assistant Accountant Review
at Routes Healthcare
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Accounting
Rochdale
Review Submitted: March 2025
Overall Rating
4.4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
Assistant Accountant -
My Roles and Responsibilities:
- Bank Postings and Bank Reconciliation
- Posting Month End Journals
- Importing Financial Data to Sage200
- Overhead Analysis
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Solving current and historical queries
- Setting up bank payments
- PAYE and Attachment of Earnings Payments
- Petty Cash Management
- Stock orders/control for Uniforms
- Accruals and Prepayments
- Creating Corporate Tax Information Packs
- Assist with Audit
My Roles and Responsibilities:
- Bank Postings and Bank Reconciliation
- Posting Month End Journals
- Importing Financial Data to Sage200
- Overhead Analysis
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Solving current and historical queries
- Setting up bank payments
- PAYE and Attachment of Earnings Payments
- Petty Cash Management
- Stock orders/control for Uniforms
- Accruals and Prepayments
- Creating Corporate Tax Information Packs
- Assist with Audit
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
4/5
Happy with my development here and get the support I need.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
Yes, when joining routes, the majority of the role and responsibilities were new to me and learnt on the job from my Manager.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
4/5
I attend college once a week each week.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
I receive good support from my employer, especially my manager who always ensures I am getting the support I need.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
4/5
The support from the training provider is always available via email or teams call.
6 hours of classroom lessons every week.
6 hours of classroom lessons every week.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
4/5
Gaining more of an understanding about accounting and the bigger picture of different areas of accounting.
I can apply the new skills I'm learning to my current role and be more confident in training for new tasks or gain in exposure of processes.
I can apply the new skills I'm learning to my current role and be more confident in training for new tasks or gain in exposure of processes.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Routes Healthcare to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Routes are a professional organization who care about the wellbeing and development of all of their staff.
Everyone is treated equally and well.
Everyone is treated equally and well.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Routes Healthcare?
If you care about the wellbeing of others and the nature of the business is important to you, then it could be a good fit.
