Finance Apprentice J3399

SOUTH WEST APPRENTICESHIP COMPANY LTD

Nottingham, NG4 2AN

Closes in 14 days (Sunday 26 January at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 January 2025


Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual looking for that next step in their finance career. The successful candidate will work in the heart of the business as a Finance Apprentice.

Annual wage
£15,502.50 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm with ½ hour for lunch

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 10 February

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

Duties to include:

  • Assist in the preparation of month end reconciliations
  • Dealing with general accounting and Supplier queries
  • Managing monthly purchase card reconciliation
  • Preparing monthly KPI reports
  • Processing data requests
  • Providing general administration support
  • Supporting wider Finance Team with other tasks around monthly reporting requirements

Where you’ll work

Private Road Number 1

Colwick

Nottingham

NG4 2AN

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

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

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.
  • 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

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 to 9 (A* to C))
  • Maths (grade 4 to 9 (A* to C))

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Reliability
  • Motivated

Other requirements

This vacancy is with a large and complex organisation with a number of departments who the finance team support. This will be a role that will support hybrid working and will need someone who is happy to adapt to this style of working.

About this company

As an apprentice, South West Apprenticeship Company Limited, the Flexi Job Agency (FJA) will employ the successful candidate on behalf of this employer. 99% of our apprentices gain full-time employment with their host organisation after completing their apprenticeship or they have progressed onto higher qualifications. The experience and knowledge you gain, plus the relationships you develop, make it easier to progress quickly.

http://www.theswac.org.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On completion of this apprenticeship the opportunity to move on to study towards further higher level qualifications

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295596.

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Closes in 14 days (Sunday 26 January at 11:59pm)

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