Accounts Apprentice

Kraft Heinz Worcester

Worcester (WR5 1DT)

Closes in 15 days (Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 27 March 2025

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Summary

The Finance Apprentice role is ideal for someone starting their finance career and looking to expand their skills and gain an official qualification. You’ll be working alongside impactful peers always trying to reach the next level. Get ready for a lot of exposure to senior internal colleagues across our UK and European business!

Wage

£18,000 a year

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wage range: £18,000 - £21,000 per annum

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4:30pm, 3:30pm finish on Fridays. Hours reasonably flexible, can start an hour later 30 min unpaid break. In time we could consider a working from home day in the week if desired.

40 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 1 May 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

The Worcester Site has entered into a key period of development, and we are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our developing team. This role will support the Financial Controller in the day to day processes on site.

What we offer:

  • 27 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
  • Options to 'buy' additional annual leave
  • Tusker Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Discounts on gym memberships
  • 12x Life Assurance
  • Virtual GP and Best Doctors service
  • Private Medical Insurance and Critical Illness Insurance
  • Eye-care
  • Time away from the office to attend college

Description:

The Finance Apprentice is a people focused collaborator who is supportive of an inclusive environment, and plays a crucial role in delivering accurate and on-time financial reports. Reporting into the Financial Controller, the Finance Assistant will increase efficiency by taking responsibility for day to day tasks and reporting. This role is ideal for someone starting their finance career and looking to expand their skills and gain an official qualification, as study support is available.

You’ll be working alongside impactful peers always trying to reach the next level. Get ready for a lot of exposure to senior internal colleagues across our UK and European business!

Responsibilities & Duties:

  • Receipting of invoices
  • Statement supplier reconciliations
  • Main point of contact and support for various suppliers
  • Updating the internal Kraft Heinz systems and databases
  • Journal posting
  • Supporting the Financial Controller with forecasting, monthly management accounts and annual budgetary review process
  • Responsible for ordering of administration stationary and materials
  • Being the main point of contact for financial matters when the Financial Controller is unavailable
  • Assist with quarterly control processes and write offs

Why Us

We grow our people to grow our business. We champion great people who bring ambition, curiosity, and commitment to the table as the guardians of our beloved and nostalgic brands. Good isn't good enough. We choose greatness every day by challenging the ordinary and making bold decisions. All while celebrating our wins - and our failures - as we work together to lead the future of food.

Challenging the status quo takes talent. We invest in your purpose and potential by developing skills and cultivating strengths that leave a legacy on our business and a lasting impact on your career. Because great people make great companies, and we’re growing something great here at Kraft Heinz.

Where you’ll work

3 Midland Road
Worcester
WR5 1DT

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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

  • You will receive training one day per week which is face-to-face, as per your assigned training plan. Your weekly training sessions will be held at WGTA, McKenzie Way, Worcester. WR4 9GN. 

More training information

  • Additional training for functional skills in English and Maths will be undertaken if needed.
  • You will receive monthly visits from your assigned Learning and Development Specialist, who will set you work, monitor your development and wellbeing, and discuss training sessions. They will also prepare you for your End Point Assessment to gain your Accounts/ finance Apprenticeship qualification.
  • There is also a five-day teambuilding residential trip that is held in the spring of each year offered to all apprentices on programme.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C or 4 above)
  • Maths (grade C or 4 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
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

The site has access restrictions due to the age of the building. The main offices are two fights of stairs up with no lift access unfortunately. As we operating in a working factory it is important this is noted (interesting smells and loud noises from time to time). There will also be a requirement to go out onto the factory floor every now and then to check in with the team or support with stock counts.

About this company

We are Kraft-Heinz Worcester - home of Lea & Perrins, the iconic Worcester Sauce and in production since 1837! You'll be joining a dynamic and multifaceted food manufacturing environment with the opportunity to make a real impact with the Worcester site.

https://www.kraftheinz.com/en-GB/lea-and-perrins (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 27 days annual leave • Options to 'buy' extra annual leave • Salary Sacrifice Car & Cycle to Work schemes • Discounted gym memberships • Private Medical Insurance & life assurance • Eye care & Virtual GP & Best Doctors service

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

  • There are many routes for development at Kraft Heinz. On this site specifically the apprentice role may develop into a more permanent position and develop further from there.
  • Within the operations perspective, there are two other factories in the UK where.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Emily Jackson

emily.jackson@hwgta.org

01905 330732

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312004.

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Closes in 15 days (Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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