Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

You'll work under the guidance of experienced accountants who can provide valuable insights and support. You will develop key skills of attention to detail, analytical thinking, and proficiency.

Wage

£11,778 to £19,047.60, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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If you are under 18, your wage will be £7.55 per hour. However, if you are over 18, your wage will be £10 per hour.

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday (9.00am - 3.00pm).

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

To assist with all aspects of administration across the business, including finance, sales, transport & logistics, training, HR and Health & Safety.

Producing daily sales reports in Excel
Producing weekly finance and sales reports in Excel
Checking orders and pricing for accuracy
Scanning documents for digital archives and maintaining digital records
Working within GDPR and to strict confidentiality standards
Using Adobe Acrobat and Outlook to obtain e-signatures
Assisting with the administration tasks on customer price lists
Using the Microsoft Suite to produce training documents
Using the Microsoft suite to assist with payroll administration
Using Sage Accounts software to assist with financial & accounts administration
Using in-house software for administration & reporting (sending copy invoices, entering credit notes)
Booking in goods
Carrying out vehicle checks
Assisting with recruitment, including attendance at careers fairs and events and organising recruitment events

Where you’ll work

LONGPARK
NEWTON ROAD
TORQUAY
TQ2 7AL

Training

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

College or training organisation

SOUTH DEVON 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

Workplace:

Producing & Maintaining digital records
Sage Accounts
Office 365
Multiple department procedures & legislation (Accounts & Finance, HR, Transport & Logistics, Sales & Customer Service, Production & Food Safety, Health & Safety)
Transferable skills
Conduct, professionalism and teamworking

College:

The organisation
Stakeholders
Relevant regulations
Business fundamentals
External environmental factors
Project management
IT
Record and document production
Decision-making
Interpersonal skills
Communications
Quality
Planning and organisation
Project management
Professionalism
Personal qualities
Managing performance
Adaptability
Responsibilty

More training information

You will spend one day a week at South Devon College developing your Knowledge, Skills and behaviours.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 6/B)
Maths (grade 6/B)

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

Must be comfortable learning numbered codes for products. You will be involved in some heavy lifting (up to 25kg). We are on the Number 12 bus route in Torquay but we will require evidence of how you will get to and from our business every day. Your safety is our number one priority.

About this company

Frank H Mann has been established for 76 years in 1948. They are one of the largest independently owned fruit and vegetable wholesalers in the South West of England.

After this apprenticeship

There is an opportunity for career progression within our organisation, and you will also develop your skill set in order to achieve this.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE

Penny Davies

01803 613193

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314477.

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Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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