Finance Assistant Apprentice

Bromford Housing Group Ltd

Wolverhampton, WV10 6TB

Closes in 19 days (Thursday 7 November)

Posted on 16 October 2024

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Summary

Looking to start a career in finance? It’s an exciting time to join Bromford as our business continues to grow and evolve. We’re looking for a dedicated and motivated individual to join us as a finance apprentice. Fantastic opportunity to develop professionally, gain hands-on experience, and build a solid foundation for your finance career.

Annual wage
£19,370 a year

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Planned salary increase in year 2 and year 3

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

Duration

3 years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Assist with the accounts payable and receivable processes
  • Prepare and process financial documents such as invoices, statements, and expense reports
  • Input accurate financial and non-financial data to meet agreed deadlines
  • Support month-end and year-end financial close processes
  • Help with bank reconciliations and account analysis
  • Participate in the preparation of financial reports
  • Conduct research to support finance department projects

Where you’ll work

Venture Court, Broadlands

Wolverhampton

WV10 6TB

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

MBKB LTD

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

    • Your training plan

    • L2 Accounts or finance assistant Apprenticeship Standard


     

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Maths (grade 4 and above)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Team working
    • Creative

    About this company

    We are a housing association – one of the biggest in the country, with almost 45,000 homes spread across central and south west England. We believe in providing warm, safe and secure homes. But ultimately, we’re a people business. Not only do we care about the 100,000 people who live in our homes, we want them to thrive.

    https://www.bromford.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    Company benefits

    An annual allowance of £500 which you can use towards a choice of benefits including private medical cover, dental treatment and gym membership

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Progress as qualified Finance Assistant
    • Work within the Finance & Legal Service team

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    Bromford Housing Group Ltd

    Ricky Combo

    ricky.combo@bromford.co.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282350.

    Apply now

    Closes in 19 days (Thursday 7 November)

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    After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.